Read the excerpt from poe's the masque of the red death."
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. all these and security were within. without was the "red death."
what distinguishes the excerpt as a dark romantic text?

not exaxtly

explanation: it depends on the situation like if u do something good there will be good consequences which arent punishments but if you do somthing bad there will be bad consequences which are punishements.

what are the words supposed to be listed?

jenkins wanted the narrator to write a ghost story for his magazine. he wanted the narrator to give the readers a story based on the supernatural. he wanted him to give the readers real 'horror' stories and not the type of live ghosts which he had presented in his earlier stories.