Essay On The Bubonic Plague

An important event of Shakespeare's time was the Bubonic Plague. The Bubonic Plague is one of the world's most well-known epidemics. During the middle ages this deadly disease managed to kill 30 to 50% of Europe's population. Throughout the years the plague's effect has died down, but it is very much still alive today.
The play is a very deadly disease caused by bacteria called Yersinia Pestis. The main way that the plague gets transported is by rats and fleas. The bacteria can also be transported by other small mammals. In order for the bacteria to get to a human the small animal must be bitten by a flea then that same flea must bite a human. The Bubonic Plague is an infection of lymph nodes. Lymph nodes are a the parts of the body helps fight diseases. They are important part of the human immune system. Some common symptoms of the Bubonic Plague or chills, fever, malaise, headache, muscle pain, seizures, and lymph node swelling. The swelling of the lymph nodes her called buboes. The buboes will mainly appear in the groin area, armpits, neck,
Shakespeare lost his sisters to the plague when they were children. Later he lost his brother, too. Williams's greatest loss was the life of his son Hamnet. The plague also caused the closing down of the Globe theater. This happened three times in his life. Shakespeare often wrote the plague into his plays. He mentions it in The Tempest, Timon of Athens, King Lear, and Romeo and Juliet. In Romeo and Juliet the plague is a main reason why both of them killed themselves. The plague prevented the message that Juliet was still alive to get to Romeo, so he killed himself. It is also suspected that in Romeo and Juliet the reason for their being so many young and old people is because of the plague. The generation of people that would be adults at this time were most likely killed as children by the plague. Although not as prevalent, the plague still exists in the modern