contrast and comparison on two stories Excellent paper The Effects of Setting on Character         'The Masque of Red Death' and 'The Shawl' are quite similar yet very unalike. The way the authors described the setting set the traits of the characters' personalities. In 'The Masque of Red Death,' by Edgar Allan Poe, Prince Prospero was the main character. In 'The Shawl,' by Cynthia Ozick, Stella was a supporting character. Both were greatly affected …showed first 75 words of 481 total…

…showed last 75 words of 481 total…herself warm. She felt her life was more important than someone else's. The adjectives used to describe the characters and setting were alike. All were negative, sometimes deathly descriptions of the clock, the black room, Prospero, Stella, her thoughts and her environment.         To conclude, the setting in 'The Masque of Red Death' and 'The Shawl' has morbid and deathly details that are similar but they set the characters Stella and Prospero apart in some ways.