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There is no reason to believe that Shakespeare was particularly afraid of any disease. He did lose a couple of siblings to the plague, but so did everyone. It was nothing to get excited about.
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∙ 12y agoThe black death was an epidemic centuries before WS was born and died. The famous plague of London was 40 years after his death.
His children died of the plague or black death however, which was actually rampant in England in Shakespeare's lifetime.
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∙ 11y agoThe Black Death was the nickname given to the Bubonic Plague when it swept through Europe about two hundred years before Shakespeare was born. People known to Shakespeare died from this disease. Most notable were his brother Edmund and his sister Anne.
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∙ 8y agoSince we have no records of Shakespeare's private thoughts, there is no way we can answer this question.
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∙ 13y agoWilliam Shakespeare was born around 200 years after the Black Death so he would not have been affected at all.
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Which illness was a threat to all people in Shakespeare's time?
black death
Why was William Shakespeare death mask black?
No death mask was taken of William Shakespeare. * * * * * * * * * * According to Freud one man could not have written his plays. Some think they were written by Tom Baker using TARDIS
What disease threatened the lives of the citizens of stratford the year shakespeare was born?
the black death, one thinks...
What was the world news in Shakespeare's time?
The black plague was in this time. Along with Queen Elizabeth's death and King James took over
Did Hamnet Shakespeare's death affect William Shakespeare?
It probably did, but if so it was not reflected in the plays which Shakespeare was writing at the time of Hamnet's death, viz. around 1596. Shakespeare was very close about his feelings and did not tell everyone about them (of if he did, they did not make note of it).
What black death plague have to d with shakespeare?
the black Death had nothing to do with Shakespeare,the plague was caused by the Flea off the rat.
Who did survive the black death?
Our ancestors.
Which illness was a threat to all people in Shakespeare's time?
black death
How did the black death effect Shakespeare?
Shakespeare's sister Anne died at the age of 8 from the pneumonic plague, a disease related to the bubonic plague, which was called the Black Death (because of the black swellings or buboes which formed in the lymph nodes). The Black Death or bubonic plague was no longer a problem by Shakespeare's day, although it had killed about a third of the population 300 years earlier, but the pneumonic variety was still a serious health risk.
Did people who got the black death survive?
Once you go black, you never go back.
Did the black plague kill any of Shakespeare's family?
William's som Hamnet died of the Black Death in 1596 at the age of 11
Why was William Shakespeare death mask black?
No death mask was taken of William Shakespeare. * * * * * * * * * * According to Freud one man could not have written his plays. Some think they were written by Tom Baker using TARDIS
How did the Black Death effect Shakespeare's plays?
Because so many people were ill with it that there was no-one to do the plays.
What disease threatened the lives of the citizens of stratford the year shakespeare was born?
the black death, one thinks...
How long did black death victims survive?
5 days, if the buboe didn't pop, then they would live!
What were your chances of surviving the black death if you lived in the country?
id say about a 40/100 chance to survive. id say about a 40/100 chance to survive.
How old were Shakespeare's sons when they died?
He had only one son, Hamnet, born in 1585. He died of the Black Death at the age of 11.
