Ditches were dug for the dead, they were pilled on top of each other until there was no room to fit anymore; and then another ditch was dug. Even though these people were terribly ill with a very contagious disease I believe they at least deserved a proper burial. I do understand that under the different circumstances they had no other choice, in order to keep the streets clean. I do have one question though, how was it that some were able to walk away from the Death unharmed? I guess it would be something like chicken pox, although this was very contagious before the doctors came up with a vaccine that assures children will not get it anymore.
These lines are about what the plague did to the body and how fast the disease acted upon its victims. Nobody wanted to waste time to retrieve them with the chance of them catching the plague also. Beginning in the 1900’s, funerals and burials were delayed to make sure that their dead were actually dead. Before this time, people wrote books on how to determine if someone was dead of not. French physician Jacques Benigne Winslow wrote “The Uncertainty of the Signs of Death.” Dr. Winslow wrote that he was mistaken for dead twice and put into a coffin, which made him in his, words “An expert in the field.” His thesis was “a body can be called a corpse only when signs of putrefaction were obvious.” Which meant don’t bury them until you can basically smell
Both Antigone and Emery fought against unjust laws like improper burial and illegalization of marijuana but were punished for their actions. Antigone is a tragedy written by Sophocles in 442 B.C that illustrates how unjust laws are broken to have true justice in the society. In the play, Antigone buries her brother Polyneices defying King Creon’s law of leaving him unburied to rot and be eaten by animals, because Polyneices fought against the city of Thebes in order to conquer it. King Creon believed his law is justified in order to keep peace and defend Thebes against traitors. Creon is a king who is dedicated to his city more than his family thus as the play progresses Creon ignores his family relations to serve the laws of his city.
He goes to Montag’s house to check up on him. Noticing that Montag seems uneasy, the captain explains how books became illegal and why firemen do what they do. He explains that books only cause conflict across the human race and that they have no purpose. New concepts like television and sports have been created as a non-degrading new form of entertainment, revealing that this society takes place in the future. Books are seen as evil in this society so the new job of firemen was to burn these banned books to promote world peace.
Death was constant and not unusual for soldiers. Many soldiers didn’t even survive the first day. Besides this, many of the trenches were infested with rats, and soldiers feared them. Rats tended to feed on human corpses, spread infections and contaminate food. Rats weren’t the only problem concerning infection.
Another major piece of evidence to support this theory is the tomb of who they believe to be Nefertiti. Markings and evidence collected on the mummy and within the tomb itself suggest that it was looted and a mask of approximately the same size and weight of Tutankhamun’s mask was ripped off the mummy, leaving extreme damage to the face and shoulders of the mummy. The theory itself is also based on other historical facts such as Tutankhamun and his advisers being the ones to bury Nefertiti thus knowing where and how to access her tomb. The poor financial state of Egypt and the fact that Tutankhamun due to his young age at the time of his death would not have had the time or the wealth to accumulate the amazing treasures he was buried with. Also, because of the fact that Nefertiti’s death mask, which was constructed for her on Akhenaten’s orders, and is said to be of unmatched beauty, has never been found by modern
When it was revealed that Oedipus himself murdered Laius, he chose to be banished from Thebes. It sounded definitely the best exit because he wanted his punishment to be more symbolic than justice like. Despite all this, Oedipus didn’t want to commit suicide because it would not do the citizens of Thebes any good, to be people belonging to a kingdom where two kings dye, one past another. Even though it seems that Oedipus has not been a particularly good monarch, in fact his only major accomplishment seems to be killing the Sphinx all those years ago; having a king put to death could have serious repercussions on the rest of the kingdom. By highlighting Oedipus’ punishment one could see that the play contains some gray area.
Some doctors even thought that bad odors would get rid of the disease so they smeared feces and urine on their patients, which produced the opposite effect, and spread the disease. Since people lived in crowded cities due to famine in the years leading to the outbreak, they were exposed to the disease and it spread quickly among them. Fleas could travel from victim to victim easily in such close proximity. The disease is also known as the bubonic plague because it caused swelling and black sores on the body known as buboes. Interestingly, this is where we get the word for injury known as “boo boo”.
Unlike the medieval times we have the science and medicine to make immunizations, antibiotics, and cures (Furedi, 2001). This makes scenarios like that of the Black Death more easily avoided. The disease that ravaged much of the world’s population, spread across Europe, economic change, and lasting fear can be summed up in two words; Black Death. Rat flies help to spread the bubonic plague, leaving a trail of dead bodies in its wake. There was no-one to call for help, because the Doctor and the priest was already dead.
Some cases of hoarding are so bad, however, that the hoarder even keeps the garbage and, yet again, increase the risk of getting mold in the house. If it gets bad enough, the home cam become as uninhabitable as the polluted area in Ukraine. The hoarder also increases the risk of death because the mold can carry a devilishly deadly disease and the person would be blind to it. Lastly, the hoarding problem can become a disorder and will be as bad as a smoking habit. There