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    Griffin­1  Kaylee D. Griffin  Ms. Bramlett   AP English III­ 2nd  4 February 2015  The Plague of the 21st Century  Rape.   As I say that‚ I guarantee that if I were to take a head count based on the amount of  students in a class‚ I would find at least 5 people that shuffled their eyes around the room in  search for someone that shared the same sense of discomfort as they were feeling; I’d notice  some anxious fidgeting amongst the seats; and I’d realise that majority of the eye contact that  w

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    The bubonic plague‚ also known as the Black Death‚ was one of the deadliest pandemics in history. While mostly everyone who came into contact with the plague or another individual who was infected would soon become sick and eventually die for the deadly plague. But‚ there were a select few the didn’t become infected at all or became infected and then over came the sickness. How did some individuals live and most individuals die? This is because of natural selection. Natural selection is the

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    many couldn’t afford it or they did not believe in doctors because they believed they were evil. During this period of time due to the lack of hygiene and a proper system like today’s world this caused many diseases including even plague causing the emerges of the plague doctors and their believes. Also women of this era did not have the advantage has we do in today’s world in taking care of ourselves… a mid-wife was the closest women

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    about what happened in Europe far before modernization took place‚ specifically the never- forgotten pandemic of the century known to man as the Black Plague. This outbreak has been the main source of suffering for so many Europeans centuries ago‚ affecting not only the people but the whole country itself. Ranging from economic to personal‚ the Black Plague has sought to destroy each and every Englishman alive. All of which started from a simple virus that was not curable at that time‚ and by the next

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    Through many of his poems‚ William Carlos Williams presents the reality of poverty among a great portion of the American society. Within Williams’ work of Selected Poems‚ he not only reveals the trapped lifestyle of those living in poverty‚ but he also represents the horror of the war between social classes along with the coinciding war on the poor. Williams’ use of plutonic images among these poems provides powerful meaning to his argument of American societal values‚ claiming the men of America

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    that was able to spread from country to country and kill millions in the process‚ the Black Death‚ also known as the Bubonic Plague‚ was able to leave a mark on almost all of the Eastern hemisphere. Additionally and ironically‚ the impact the Black Death had on many countries was both negative and positive. While killing millions and destroying economies‚ the Bubonic plague also helped improved health care and sanitation. By far‚ it is easy to see that the Black Death was no simple disease and its

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    million people died because of the disease. People called it the Bubonic Plague or “Black Death”. Many people were affected because of the Bubonic Plague. The Bubonic Plague or “Black Death” was a disadvantage. The people that were infected had symptoms because of the disease. In Document 1‚ it said that the Bubonic Plague began in (Europe) Italy. It started approximately in 1348‚ and it took 2 years for the plague to spread. The Bubonic Plague travelled East to West. The Bubonic Plague was

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    Black Plague Most Tragic Disease In History Have you ever wondered how serious the black death was? Why it was one of the worse things to happen on earth? The black death was a terrible disease during the medieval time period causing millions of deaths across the world.The black death could be wrote down as the most tragic disease to happen in history.The black death was the worse disease to ever occur causing millions of deaths‚ unsanitary lifestyles‚ lots of lies‚ filthy animals‚and cruel and tragic

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    Ebola Vs Black Plague

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    in this year that the Plague hit Europe. The disease was spreading throughout their village and there was no escaping it. The parents did everything they could to protect their children‚ keeping them away from others. Sadly both of the parents contracted the disease and died. This happened to many families during this time and the Plague killed at least 25 million. Ebola was not nearly as bad therefore‚ Ebola in modern Africa was a better disease to have than the Black Plague in the Middle Ages. This

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    Black Death: Bubonic Plague The Black Death was an epidemic that killed about one-third of Europe’s population. In the early 1330’s a deadly disease known as the Black Death occurred in China. China was one of the top world trading nations so it wasn’t long before the Black Plague started spreading throughout other countries. Eventually in the late 1340’s the disease occurred in Europe by sea resulting in about 20 to 30 million deaths. During this time many groups of people were made scapegoats for

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