The Plague is a disease caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis. It is responsible for killing millions of people in the Middle Ages. However‚ today we have a cure for it. The author Giovanni Boccacio wrote The Decameron to report‚ warn‚ and record the disease. He wanted people to be aware of what happened. The disease spread from place to place‚ animal to human‚ human to human. The people around it were aware that it was spreading and understood that is was “contagious”. As a result‚ they got rid
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June 27‚ 2012 Book Critique of Albert Camus’ THE PLAGUE In reading Camus’ The Plague‚ I found myself easily attaching personal significance to the many symbolic references and themes alluded to in this allegorical work. Some of the most powerful messages woven throughout the novel seem to all speak to conflict or imbalance between two ends of a spectrum. The ideas of apathy vs. concern‚ solidarity vs. isolation‚ freedom vs. imprisonment (intellectually and physically)‚ individual moral
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that changed the world forever and ever. For last there are many types of diseases‚ plagues‚ and other nasty things that make us sick to the stomach. The Bubonic Plague made many people sick and killed millions of people. The sickness is also known as the Black Death. Thankfully the sickness is not created by people that is a good sign that we will know if you are that person who knows everything about the plague. The one and only way to get infected is get bitten by an infected flea on a dead rodent
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In 542 CE a disease called‚ The Great Plague struck Constantinople that was so overwhelming‚ it changed the face of history forever in Eastern Europe. The disease was first noticed in Pelusium‚ an Egyptian harbor town. The problem with this plague was that no one was sure of what caused it. In later years we have found out that the disease was caused by bacteria and parasites that used rats as hosts. North Africa‚ in the 8th century CE‚ was the primary source of grain for the empire‚ along with a
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In the 1310s‚ churches and kingdom became strong‚ cities‚ trade and industries were grown. It was a really good time for Europe. However‚ suddenly‚ pattern of global climate shift‚ temperature dropped rapidly so that crops failed. In the 1340s‚ the plague began to extend to many places. The plague was shrouding these places‚ everyone got panic. Even though the city decided to stop people outside came in‚ it still couldn’t stop the virus spreading. Cause we know that Yersinia pestis bacteria are transmitted
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absurdism. What Camus is saying is that life has plenty of value and to live in the moment with the things that make us happy even if they are absurd. In The Plague Camus shows us the absurdity of life‚ the struggle of life‚ and also the value of life through the people in Oran and the main characters that he portrays. Throughout The Plague Camus displays humans violating logic‚ which can be defined as absurdity. Albert also said that “Accepting the absurdity
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was a deadly‚ devastating outbreak disease also known as the Bubonic Plague‚ it was between 1347 and 1352‚ that caused an estimated 25 million deaths in Europe. Many suggest it started in Asia. The disease was carried by fleas that lived on rats. Historians think that black rats living on European merchant ships caught the disease‚ eventually bringing it to Europe. First why don’t we figure out what exactly the Bubonic Plague means. Bubonic is named after the buboes (swollen lymph nodes) which
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A Litany in Time of Plague Thomas Nashe’s poem‚ “A Litany in Time of Plague” is one that must be closely looked at to be fully appreciated. This meaningful poem is concerned with death and is a stand out work due to its structure‚ word choice‚ and what it means to relay to the reader. The poem also has characteristics that make it unique. Both the structure and word choice that Nashe uses‚ help to set this poem apart from other works from this time. The poem is made up of six stanzas‚ each adhering
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Procopius: The Plague‚ 542 was written by Procopius as an explanation of the plague that struck the Byzantium Empire. Procopius goes into an in-depth explanation of how the plague physically affected the individuals that became ill during the plague as well as how it affected the friends and family of those that became ill that had to take care of them. The writing finishes with the emperor also falling ill during the plague. Throughout the reading‚ Procopius did a good job of backing up his
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of the plague’s effects on the European people and Europe in general. The plague was brought to Europe by cargo from China. In this cargo there were rats that had flea’s on them that carried this plague‚ and this little flea’s caused one of the most devastating epidemics in the history of the world. The people of Europe were already in bad times before the plague due to economic depression and agricultural expansion had reached its limits. Then in 1347 the plague struck‚
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