1. Plague
In considering Camus? philosophies and beliefs, I think The Plague is an essential read. Compared with my other exposure to him, it seems to be his only work where he provides both the question and answer of life (as he sees it). In The Fall and Exile and the Kingdom we were made very familiar with Camus? idea of the problem of humanity: of isolation. He did not, however, give us much more than a glimpse of that problem's solution. In The Plague, on the other hand, Camus gives us another account, through symbolism, of isolation and then its antidote. .
I believe the city of Oran is a symbol for the world; that Camus depicts us as people locked in a city of plague. The plague, I think, is representative of the pain and death. With this symbolic setting, Camus makes the statement that humans, as mortals, are, irrationally (as he was an atheist) being constantly chased by death. With this we are once again presented the hopelessness of the Camusian world. These ideas were common in his other works also. In The Plague, however, we are given a sort of hope for the hopelessness; the idea that we are capable of giving meaning to our lives. This hope, as defined in The Plague, was to choose to fight death and suffering. Camus is pretty unashamedly clear, also, that this action is futile, but noble. .
Camus also sets up two polar characters to validify his views: Paneloux and Tarrou. Observing these characters and the way they lived, reacted to the plague and died both personifies Camus? ideals, and degrades the opposed views. Paneloux passively accepts death, dying with what the reader could infer as much doubt in his dogmas. The Camusian hero, Tarrou, fought hard against his dying and lost. He, however, was not adoubtful case?, and seemed to have an understanding on the human condition, unlike Paneloux. .
The hopelessness is represented in the way he outlines the ineffectual choice between death and death.
The plague caused the people fear because of the contagiousness and rapid spread of the disease. ... Document 13 further demonstrates the precautions due to the fear of the plague by stating how "nobody will dare to buy any wig, for fear of infection, that the hair had been cut off the heads of people dead of the plague". ... Physicians' concerns as to how to cure the plague are best demonstrated in documents 6, 10, and 16. ... During the course of the Plague, common beliefs and concerns underwent a distinct change. ... These areas during the time of the Plague were also develop...
The spread of the plague was vastly wide. ... The Septicaemic plague is more like the bubonic plague. ... The Septicaemic plague still has no treatment. ... Most physicsian quit and moved for fear of the plague. ... (Knox) The Church also took a toll on Plague. ...
This deadly disease, known as the plague, still persists in the world today. ... It can spread to the lymph nodes and become the bubonic plague, it can spread into the blood stream and become the septicemic plague, or it can spread to the lungs causing the pneumonic plague (Author Unknown. 2011). ... Modern day treatment of the plague relies on heavy antibiotic use. ... For example Killed Whole-Cell vaccine protects from the bubonic plague, but does nothing to deter the deadlier pneumonic plague (Alvarez. 2009). ... Possible weaponization of the plague has required governments to expand regul...
The Black Plague (also known as the Black Death or Bubonic Plague.) was a disease, which killed as much as two thirds of the population during the Middle Ages. Rat fleas spread the Black Plague. ... Galen's theory was that the Black Plague was in the air. Scientists have proved Galen's theory of the Plague wrong. ... They wanted to get rid of all the fear of the Plague. ...
The Black Plague Before the Black Plague, most of the people in Medieval Europe were peasants. ... The Black Plague effected Europe in many ways. ... They also failed to find any cures for the plague. ... At the end the plague killed 25 million people. The plague died off in the 1350s. ...
During the 1330's, an outbreak of deadly bubonic plague occurred in China. ... Each spring, the plague attacked again, killing new victims. ... Medieval society never recovered from the results of the plague. ... The bubonic plague made serious indentures on the church as well. ... The bubonic plague took its toll on most of Europe and Asia. ...
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. The pneumonic plague usually infected the lungs. ... This was the most rare plague of all. ... The plague bacteria now had a new host. ...
The Bubonic Plague in the Middle Ages The bubonic plague, which is more commonly referred to as the "Black Death", ravaged through Europe between 1347 and 1350; after being nearly forgotten and absent from Europe for hundreds of years. ... The bubonic plague most definitely left its mark on medieval Europe. ... Victims of the plague were struck down quickly, but not quick enough. ... The plague can be transmitted directly through open sores or cut, which sent the plague directly into the blood stream. ... Two more forms of the plague were septicemic plague, which also poisoned a victim&...