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The sinister epidemic of dying rats would seem like an obvious warning, but the townspeople show the human desire to ignore the Absurd – the plague, or the cruel meaninglessness of life – and maintain their habits and peace of mind.
Rieux is proven wrong – the plague does strike odd, harmless people like Grand – but Grand miraculously recovers, marking the beginning of the end for the epidemic. In his brush with death Grand seems to achieve some peace with his struggle to express himself.
23 paź 2024 · Black Death, pandemic that ravaged Europe between 1347 and 1351, taking a proportionately greater toll of life than any other known epidemic or war up to that time. The Black Death is widely thought to have been the result of plague, caused by infection with the bacterium Yersinia pestis.
10 gru 2020 · One of the most devastating environmental consequences of war is the disruption of peacetime human–microbe relationships, leading to outbreaks of infectious diseases. Indirectly, conflicts...
The plague can sometimes make people “rise above themselves,” but it brings with it so much suffering that there is no choice but to fight against it. Tarrou and Rieux act out the only truly human response to the Absurd, taking action against the plague even in the face of defeat.
23 mar 2020 · The Plague and the Peloponnesian War. As the world endures a pandemic, we look to a plague of the past: that which struck Athens early in the Peloponnesian War. And we do so with the aid of Neville Morley, professor of classics and ancient history at the University of Exeter.
20 kwi 2023 · Plague is a serious illness caused by a germ called Yersinia pestis. The germs mostly live in small rodents and their fleas. The most common way for humans to get plague is a flea bite. Plague is a rare disease. The illness mostly occurs in only a few countries around the world.
