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? the prince’s folly and grief the prince’s neglect of the masses the castle’s artistic offerings the castle’s security measures

The castle’s artistic offerings.

Explanation:

The castle's artistic offerings are the elements in the passage that make this a text characteristic of the Dark Romantic. The Romantic movement is distinguished by an interest in the supernatural, the macabre, the imaginary and the superstitious. Romanticism tried to shift its focus from the logic and reason of the Enlightenment and instead focus on the passionate and dreamlike. The dark element, however, lies in the fact that all this offerings were present in a castle from which the characters could not escape.

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explanation:

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