Compare and Contrast: "The Masque of the Red Death [by Edgar Allen Poe]" vs. "A Rose for Emily [by William Faulkner]"

Most notably recognized for their strange and bizarre stories, both Edgar Allen Poe and William Faulkner wrote several disturbing narratives. As such, it is not surprising to find that Poe's story, "The Masque of the Red Death," and Faulkner's tale, "A Rose for Emily," have much in common. Among their numerous similarities, the most apparent comparison is the theme of death in both plots.
Foremost, in "the Masque of the Red Death," the country had been exposed to the bubonic plague. Victims of the plague died an untimely death. Prince Prospero, in an attempt to defend himself from the epid…