Identify the following references and motifs using specific examples from course materials in one to three sentences (one paragraph at most). You may use any of the books or films discussed in your explanation, but avoid undo repetition (of one work). In addition, give the approximate historic time period and war, as well as and some information about the author in your explanation.

Using examples from Jezebel, The Iliad, or any other films and course readings since the mid-term, discuss the connection of war and plagues. Why and how are characters made sick from living in a political state of lawlessness, rot and exploitation? What is the relation between the plague and the social context? How is the plague a way that moral pollution is portrayed? Is there a resulting “cure” and if not why?

Identify the following references and motifs using specific examples from course materials in one to three sentences (one paragraph at most). You may use any of the books or films discussed in your explanation, but avoid undo repetition (of one work). In addition, give the approximate historic time period and war, as well as and some information about the author in your explanation. (5 points each)
1. Jezebel
2. American Colonization Society
3. Halcyon
4. Lazarette Island
5. Achilles Shield
6. Hector
7. Patient Zero
8. The Cure at Troy
9. Malaria/Yellow fever
10. Madame “Ma” Sirleaf

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