Why does prince prospero seclude himself in the palace

In The Masque of the Red Death, Prince Prospero secludes himself in the palace - to avoid the plague.

there are many cases in the crucible where propaganda is present, the types of propagandas that are shown are: bandwagon, testimonial, transfer, and card-stacking. the crucible is mainly focus on the ancient beliefs that people from towns had, if someone didn’t follow the rules they would be punished.

3 is blunder, i’m not sure about the last one but the first two look correct