Jack the Ripper

Madness has been affecting humankind for centuries. From Adolf Hitler to Jack the Ripper, humans have been, and continue, to be plagued by madness. Inhumane, infamous people have committed repulsive and maleficent acts ranging from ordering the death of millions to committing acts of lunacy. Many killers have likewise been diagnosed with philological issues. Mental illness can transform any human's actions into irrational and crazy ones. Hamlet's sanity is a highly debated topic in…

Research methodology is the umbrella term for the ways in which individuals will use to gather data and information about others, such as interviews, case studies, experiments and surveys. In this critical review, I will focus on how case studies are used in terms of psychopathology; specifically in regards to offender profiling and the abuse of children. I will demonstrate by describing some case studies that have been used in regards to this, the strengths and weaknesses of case studies along…

This was a significantly fundamental advancement in law enforcement as it was the first time in British history that an organised policing force was introduced and it updated the predated system of watchmen and bow street runners. However, the force was met with varying attitudes from the public, much of which was sensationalised by the media[2]. Other major Acts were implemented to support the Metropolitan police, especially forces outside of London, for example; the Municipal Corporations Act…

The criticism of are based on the artists personal opinions There have been various ways to judge and criticize art throughout history, from the point of view of the painting and the voice of a story to the synchronization of the instruments of a song but never by the personal views of the artist themselves. The practice of art criticism is a practice that is meant to be unbiased to every form of art; they should be able to see a work of art they consider good based on the painting itself not…

It is true to suggest that the depiction of the working class changes from the sympathetic to the threatening during the Victorian period? The differences between plebeians and bourgeois during the Victorian period progressed from condole the working class to threatened by them. Regardless of the sentimental portrayal to a sympathetic representation of the working class, that Charles Dickens has presented in his novels, the Victorians shared an anxiety of revolution in the middle and upper…

American Horror Story: Freak Show begins its tale in Jupiter, Florida, in the year of 1952. To the untrained eye, Dandy Mott is the physical definition of beautiful, but underneath this alluring exterior is the epitome of excess wealth, and privilege taken too far to its detrimental conclusion (DeBussey, 2016). Dandy is an intellectual man-child, incapable of finding satisfaction in anything. The world is seemingly at his fingertips, and yet he is incessantly consumed with a gnawing feeling of…

Discuss the changing nature of popular journalism in the second half of the nineteenth century? Northcliffe revolution, commercial journalism, new journalism, society journalism, and “massocratic journalism” are words generally ascribed to the emergence of popular journalism. Popular journalism can be defined as quick and cheap journalism, which appeased the whole population. Examples include tabloid newspaper companies such as the Pall Mall Gazette and the Daily Mail. Commercial journalism…

Madison Verschleiser Social Studies The Victorian Man, Sherlock Holmes In 1887, Conan Doyle introduced, arguably, one of the most famous literary characters into the world, Sherlock Holmes. Even decades after the original publication of the series, Sherlock Holmes as a character still resonates with people around the world. Today people are drawn towards Sherlock Holmes as a polarizing character whom they can live vicariously through and be drawn into a world of a man so different from the…

The Axeman of New Orleans is said to be one of the most bloodthirsty, psychotic, manic murders in American history. He was horrific he is compared to London’s famous Jack the Ripper. His reign lasted from May 1918 to October 1919. He filled the city of New Orleans with horror and fear for over a year. Regardless of the massive amount of evidence left at the crime scene, the technology at the time was not advanced enough for him to be caught. No one knows what truly happened the day the Axeman…

have killed over 400 children, a man who decided to control women and bending them to his own sadistic desires, or a woman who rapes, mutilates, and kills girls with her husband. Not all the skeletons in Britain’s closet are as well known as Jack the Ripper but they are just as cruel and unusual serial killers, such as Amelia Dryer and the couple Fred and Rose West . Amelia Dyer never had an easy life, her mother was a raving lunatic and once her mother died she lived with her aunt. During the…