According to poe, What influence can an apocalyptic event (devasting plague) have on the nature of mankind and the collective society? (Referring to The masque of the red death by Poe)

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What is one thing that happened to benno harte when he and his family left france to escape the nazis?

2read this passage from "the raven." what is puzzling the speaker in this stanza? 60% but the raven still beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, straight i wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird, and bust and door then, upon the velvet sinking, i betook myself to linking fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore- what this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt and ominous bird of yore meant in croaking "nevermore." s and what the raven's message is why the raven came to visit where the raven came from how the raven got into his room

Which work would represent a change to the artistic medium of this original work?