Answer:
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
Explanation:
The excerpt from "The Masque of the Red Death" best shows Prince Prospero's self-centeredness is option D.
This is because even in the face of a plague that was killing people, Prince Prospero called a feast to celebrate and he was happy that his feast was well attended without caring about their safety, or for that matter, his.
Answer:The parallel structure of "he wanted, he intended, he had arranged to weep...." affects its meaning by putting emphasis on the idea that the boss is not experiencing his grief the way he expected....
Explanation:
"I pray to the God within me for the strength to ask Him the real questions."