End Of The World: The Black Death Tuchman

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Authors draw on a variety of sources to support their arguments in their essays. The clarity of their arguments depend on their choice of sources. In her essay, This is the End of the World: The Black Death Tuchman uses sources one may overlook entirely or not even acknowledge as a ‘factual’ source such as illustrations and paintings. Illustrations and paintings are extremely powerful. Tuchman includes both a detailed fresco by Francesco Traini titled The Triumph of Death and an illustration of a plague victim’s burial. These images appeal to emotions and intend to depict the horrors of the Bubonic Plague. However, while these images certainly capture the reader’s attention, they leave room for subjectivity. Even when people are viewing