Read the student's thesis statement and answer the question that follows. edgar allen poe creates a mood of horror through his use imagery in "the masque of the red death." which of the following is the best supporting evidence for this thesis? a. "it was toward the close of the fifth or sixth month of his seclusion, and while the pestilence raged most furiously abroad, that the prince prospero entertained his thousand friends at a masked ball of the most unusual magnificence." b. "but the prince prospero was happy and dauntless and sagacious. when his dominions were half depopulated, he summoned to his presence a thousand hale and light-hearted friends from among the knights and dames of his court, and with these retired to the deep seclusion of one of his castellated abbeys." c. "but in the western or black chamber the effect of the fire-light that streamed upon the dark hangings through the blood-tinted panes, was ghastly in the extreme, and produced so wild a look upon the countenances of those who entered, that there were few of the company bold enough to set foot within its precincts at all." d. "the abbey was amply provisioned. with such precautions the courtiers might bid defiance to contagion. the external world could take care of itself. in the meantime it was folly to grieve, or to think. the prince had provided all the appliances of pleasure. there were buffoons, there were improvisatori, there were ballet-dancers, there were musicians, there was beauty, there was wine."