Answer:
The masks worn by the prince and his friends symbolize Avoidance
Step-by-step explanation:
The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe is a story of a group of loyals who are hiding from a plage and they decide to have a masquerade, masks have always symbolized the secrecy of hiding something, in this case, it represents how hidden and disconnected they are from reality by thinking that they will not get sick as all the other people.