Read the excerpt from Poe’s "The Masque of the Red Death."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.Which words from the excerpt most convey the mood?
“Blood-tinted” most strongly creates a disturbing, ominous mood by suggesting blood and danger. “Black chamber” describes the room, but the blood imagery more vividly conveys the passage’s ghastly feeling.
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