Jack Shi
Mr. Smith
English 2 Honors
16 October 2014
Shrewsearch
Topic: The Black Death
Summary:
The Bubonic Plague, otherwise known as the Black Death, was a contagious disease that had been spread throughout many countries such as China and Egypt during the early 1340s. During the late months of 1347, the plague had finally arrived into Europe by using 12 trading ships and their sailors as hosts. A person with the disease would usually have large, black boils that formed near their underarm or groin area. These boils would usually cause blood and pus to leak out and be an early symptom for someone who had the plague. The forming of these boils would usually then lead to vomiting, fever, and unable to keep in food. All these symptoms would
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The bacterium at first infected the fleas in black rats that, in turn, infected the rats as well. These rats/fleas would usually then travel to human towns or houses and the disease would be passed onto the humans. The plague did not only have one form. The bubonic form was only the mildest form of the disease. It had the normal symptoms of the sickness which eventually led to death. The second form was called the pneumonic plague. It was a worse version of the sickness that led to more severe and clear symptoms. People who had the pneumonic form could pass on the disease even faster by sneezing or coughing. The 3rd form was called the septicemic plague. People with the form of the plague could also pass the disease on when healthy people came in contact with an open sore. All 3 forms of the disease were contactable and spreadable, though the bubonic form was the most common. …show more content…
Boy am I glad I got to research him though. I always knew him as just an important person in American literature but I didn’t really know any history behind it. I’ve read some of Shakespeare’s works in school but they never really interested me because I did not understand a lot of the book. I always thought he was a crazy playwright who wrote in a tongue that not really anyone but the teachers understood. By researching about this person, I’m able to gain new knowledge that I had not known before while also gaining information about the book we’re going to read. William Shakespeare has just improved the amount of things I know in my life. I know how life back then was for someone as famous as Shakespeare. I know that he was just someone who was pretty much normal until he created his famous writing style. I can kind of relate to Shakespeare because our childhoods were somewhat similar in that we both grew up in just a middle class family. We weren’t really anything special until we went on to discover who we truly were. Learning about Shakespeare also helps me understand a little more about The Taming of the Shrew. I know that because this book is a comedy, he wrote this in the early years of his career. By doing this research on Shakespeare, I was not only able to gain extra knowledge for myself but also a bit of background for the book we’re going to read.
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The Bubonic Plague, also known as the Black Death, was a fatal disease that affected millions of people. Originated from China, the Bubonic Plague spread throughout Europe and made its way to Italy in 1347. (document 1) The Black Death, which covered the body with dark and livid spots, was difficult to treat. No one knew how to treat the disease nor how it began to spread.
The Black Death also known as, the Bubonic Plague was a disease that came out of the east so which first happened in China which spread across Europe in the years of 1346-53. This disease wiped out anywhere between 25% or 50% of the European population.
The black plague, also known as the bubonic plague, swept its way across Europe beginning in 1346 A.D. , killing an estimated thirty to fifty percent of the total population. The plague was spread by fleas infected with Yersinia pestis, and was carried over oceans by hitchhiking rats and pet gerbils. The plague outbreak that decimated the population was transported by infected Christian merchants
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The Plague of Death Throughout history, the Black Death has been well known for the mass amount of death associated with its name. The Bubonic Plague was the most common form of the Black Death that swept across Europe during the Elizabethan Era. Annihilating anyone that crossed its path, the plague showed no mercy to those with whom it came into contact. Once the bacteria of the plague was transmitted to a person by infected fleas from rats, the bubonic form of the plague appeared on the skin as buboes, along with other symptoms.
The Bubonic Plague is also know as the black death occurred during the middles ages. The plague started in China and it transmitted from people to people very rapidly. During the middle ages Europe had been trading with China its goods but in 1387 a ship from Italian merchants came from china trade many people were dying in the ship when they aboard on Italy. This disease cause swellings on the victim neck or armpits and it would go up to size of an egg or an apple. This disease spread throughout the eurpope and in Asia as well.
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During 1348- 1349, a devastating sickness swept over all of Western Europe that wiped out about half of the population. The Black Death, also known as The Plague and the Bubonic Plague, killed thousands over the span of two summers. The Black Death was caused by the bacteria Y. Pestis, which normally lives dormant in a flea's stomach. However, when a flea bites a rat, the rat becomes infected, which eventually leads to a human being infected. Since rats had a high abundance in 1348-1349, the disease was very easily spread to humans, where it then became airborne (pneumonic), bubonic, or spread throughout the blood, also known as systemic. (The Black Death).
were three types of the plague. The Bubonic, Pneumonic, and Septicemic. The Pneumonic form was the most
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Simply stated, students should study Shakespeare's works in school because of the incredible value within them. In addition to exposing students to a multitude of literary techniques, Shakespeare's plays challenge the student with difficult language and style, express a profound knowledge of human behavior and offer insight into the world around us.William Shakespeare is recognized by much of the world as the greatest of all dramatists. The intricate meanings, extensive vocabulary, and powerful imagery contained within his works demonstrate the phenomenal story telling ability of the English playwright. "Shakespeare's use of poetry within his plays to express the deepest levels of human motivation in individual, social and universal