The PlagueVarious Reactions

By

Eugene

David

Sam

•Death

•Sickness

•Despair

PLAGUE

Albert Camus

The Plague Shows how a City• Reacts to Death• Grieves as a

collective

The City becomes the

Character

The 5 Stages of Grief

Denial

Anger

Bargaining

Depression

Acceptance

Denial

No care about the dead rats

Government hesitant to Castel and Rieux Response

Media wary about M. Michel’s Death and the rising death toll

PEACE OF MIND OF ORAN

Paneloux Sermon• Punishment from God

Rambert’s frustration for the Circumstance

The attempted escapes from the city

ANGER

Attempts of Rambert and others to be smuggled out of the city

The constant complaints to the Prefecture and Government• For momentary travel outside• Exceptions to the Quarantine • The Longing for the Past

Bargaining

To be like Prisoners, trapped with no Hope

Depression

• A deep longing for loved ones• Communications Cut-off

• Exiled from everything• Helpless• To believe there is no future• Idle minds

• (empty bodies/spiritless)

Impartial JusticeAll classes are affected

Fate as a SocietyCollective disasterRise in Volunteers

Apathetic to misery

Passive/Active waiting

ACCEPTANCE

Masterful Combination of the Grieving of a City

Camus brings to life (or to death) the

collective experiences of a

bustling city.Able to showcase that a city moves and reacts like a living, emotional

human being