 The Phantom's (Erik's) costume is that of the Red Death from the aforementioned Edgar Allan Poe story "The Masque of the Red Death".In the play "Romeo and Juliet" by "Shakespeare", Romeo meets Juliet at a masquerade ball.The video game "Dishonored" has a mission called Lady Boyle's Last Party, taking place at a masquerade where the primary objective is discerning the identity of Lady Boyle, a masked party-goer.