The main characters of the plot of the story

Edgar Allen Poe presents a contrary gallery of the main characters which entices the reader to speculate. What draws my attention is the fact that I've found a lot of similarities between Poe and  his character Prince Prospero. The Prince is seemed to be a personification of Poe in this  thrilling story. Edgar Allen Poe is known to be rather eccentric and odd. He had a taste for macabre and bizarre and we run into the princes' qualitiies which coincide with the author's ones. Moreover, like Poe the character is reminiscent of a young man from a wealthy and distinguished family.

      Further looking at the character Prince Prospero, the name comes to mind. Prospero is suggestive of the word prosper, which means to do well, or be wealthy; it implies good fortune.

 And we see that it's really the truth. He invites citizens "from among the knights and dames of his court" to be with him in his queer castle. His intent is to evade the death Red Death  and to prevent not even himself but also his guests. But despite being so wealthy, noble and respected, he still dies. 

Another powerful character is, without doubt, The Red Death which appears at a mascuerade ball: "tall and gaunt, and shrouded from head to foot in the habilements of the grave" strolls through the castle. "His vesture was dabbed in blood and his broad brow, with all the face, was 

besprinkled with the scarlet horrow". "The Red Death had long devasteted the country". Many interpret the story as an allegory of life, because all in all it leads to the so called logical end - to the death. 

I can't but mention the nameless Prospero's guests. We just know that they are of noble blood and that peasants are locked out, however they also die.