How is the chiming of the clock different this time from previous occurrences? A stranger is noticed during the time it takes for the clock to complete twelve strokes. One of the masqueraders is now beginning to show signs of the disease. Prince Prospero is inside the most westward room, which others have avoided. The clock does not chime this time but buzzes and makes a horrible sound instead.

the statement flat characters usually only have one trait that is developed in their story lines is true.

imparadis't in one anothers arms  

the happier eden, shall enjoy their fill  

of bliss on bliss, while i to hell am thrust,  

where neither joy nor love, but fierce desire,  

among our other torments not the least,  

still unfulfill'd with pain of longing pines;  

yet let me not forget what i have gain'd  

from their own mouths; all is not theirs it seems:  

one fatal tree there stands of knowledge call'd,  

forbidden them to taste: knowledge forbidd'n?  

suspicious, reasonless. why should their lord  

envie them that? can it be sin to know,

1 - a

2 - a

3 - c

4 - b

5 - d

this answer to this question is c. allegory

why?

stories with allegories have a hidden symbolic meaning with a theme. the hidden meaning can be political, or other real life problems.