Cultural References
- The picturesque quality of the masquerade ball has made it a favorite topic or setting in literature. Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Masque of the Red Death" is based at a masquerade ball in which a central figure turns out to be his costume. Another ball in Zürich is featured in the novel Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse.
- Masquerades appear in several operas. The musical and movie The Phantom of the Opera has a scene at a masked ball.
- In the play Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, Romeo meets Juliet at a masquerade ball.
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