Literature has been around as long as man. Early man used pictographs to convey his messages even before there was a written language. Literature is used for many purposes, everything from entertainment to education. One of the most important pieces ever written is The Bible. The Bible may appear to be a single book, but it is a veritable library. It is divided into two major parts, the Old Testament and New Testament. The Old Testament contains examples of all types of literature. Within its volume is everything from history to prophecy. There are numerous depictions of people, places, and events contained in the Old Testament. One of the more intriguing events, told in the Old Testament, involved the ten plagues of Egypt. The plagues were allegedly brought on by God so that the Pharaoh would release the Israelites from Egypt. However, is that truly the case? Did the plagues actually even happen? If the plagues did happen then were the plagues an act of God or were they just normal occurrences in nature?.
The first plague, described in Exodus 7:14-24, was the reddening of the Nile. "All the water in Egypt- right from water already in buckets and jars, to ponds, canals, streams, even the Nile River- turned to blood" (Execulink). Obviously, to a religious person this appeared to be a miracle. The question lies in what was actually turned blood in color. Was it every drop of water or just the Nile? If the body of water in question is just the Nile there is a simple biological event that could have caused the reddening. There was a similar reddening of waters in the United States in nineteen hundred and eighty-seven. Due to the exceptionally hot weather in the Carolinas, there was an outbreak of the toxic algal bloom pHysteria. The algae dissolved the still living fish and made the water toxic (Ten Plagues of Egypt). This is quite similar to the events that happened in ancient Egypt.
In the renaissance period a plague called the bubonic plague. ... Cities were hit hard by the plague. ... Why did the plague go away? ... The first plague orders in 1518. ... Eight-ten days of suffering then convalescence (if not already dead). ...
The Black Death is just one name for 3 deadly plagues, and we have yet to find an effective treatment for any of these plagues. ... Alongside the bubonic plague there was the pneumonic plague, this was the second most common seen form of the Black Death. ... This was the most rare plague of all. ... The plague bacteria now had a new host. ... When the plague struck the area in 1346, tens of thousands of Tartars died. ...
During and after the plague most art and writings were about death and the plague. ... The plague had large scale social and economic effects. ... The ten young men and women who are telling the stories fled from the city of Florence to escape the plague. ... He chooses to have the ten story tellers meet in the church of Santa Maria Novella in the city of Florence. It is perhaps because the Church represents a refuge from the plague. ...
You should know what the Black Death is, the cause of the plague, the symptoms, the different effects it had on the people, and the preventions and cures for the plague. ... One of the things that made the plague one of the worst was that there were outbreaks almost every ten years (Rowse 29), but still restricted to Europe. ... Another explanation of the plague that scientists gave was environmental factors. ... This allowed the plague to spread more quickly and easily. ... Some people dreaded the time when the plague would come, and some people just sat back, ate, drank, and were ...
"The Black Plague" The Black Plague was one of the worst and deadliest diseases known to man in the history of the world. ... The Black Plague had several different names. ... This stopped 3 plague infested individuals from bringing the plague ashore, and if the plague was present on the ship, it would die out during the forty day quarantine. ... There are two ways of transmitting the Black Plague. ... In the first complete week of July it claimed seven hundred twenty five lives; in the second week, one thousand eighty nine lives; the third week, one thousand eight hundred fo...
The Plague of Existence The Plague by Camus is an interesting piece of work. ... Many see the plague as a metaphor for death. ... But naturally that was impossible to put into practice; moreover, what man knows ten thousand faces?" ... This aspect of life's relation to the plague could correspond with Tarrou's discussion of having had the plague before. ... They don't believe that the plague could ...
Beginning with their escape from the bubonic plague that was killing as many as seventy percent of the population in Florence, Italy. (1963) The first story on the first of the ten days the Brigata members would tell stories death shows up in the first line. ... The third was observed early in the eighth story of the fifth day when Nastagio saw "dogs seize the girl firmly by the haunches and bring her to a hault" (1978) All of these and many more deaths were probably influenced by Giovanni Boccaccio's own fear of death by the plague. ...
Ten years ago the infamous Berlin Wall, a solid symbol of Communism, was broken down. ... The Bolshevik Revolution caused Czarist Russia to be enslaved by plague of Socialism. ... True this may gives one a bleak outlook on our future, but for every one horrible event, there have been ten good ones. ...