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    Jack The Ripper Murders

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    Eleven murders in four years all linked to an unidentified serial killer later named by the public as “Jack the Ripper”. The true identity of Jack the Ripper is a Whitechapel resident Aaron Kosminski and he is to blame for all eleven murders. Back in early fall of 1888 in Whitechapel located in London's East end, prostitute Mary Anne Nichols was murdered. Mary Anne Nichols’ body is found naked and mutilated with organs missing and her abdomen in ruins. Eight days later a few blocks down from…

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    Author Peter Fisher proposed John Moses Eppstein as a possible Ripper suspect. Fisher pondered the question of how the Ripper was able to escape blood-stained through the streets of Whitechapel without attracting undue attention. He came to the conclusion that the Ripper wore a cassock over his blood-stained work clothes and was in fact a clergyman. Fisher believed the suspect seen by witness George Hutchinson carrying a parcel contained…

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    "The Complete Jack the Ripper" "The Complete Jack the Ripper" by Donald Rumbelow is an in-depth book that looks at the theories', murders, and suspects. of Jack the Ripper and the crimes that were committed in Whitechapel. He even looked at the more unlikely suspects very thoroughly. It was originally published in 1975 but has been revised since then. Donald Rumbelow was an London policeman and a crime historian. He is also a tour guide on the Jack the Ripper Walk in London. He has several…

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    Victorian Era Life in the Victorian Era was an intriguing time to be alive. Crime was a major obstacle. There were interesting trial cases going on. The fashion of the time was drastically different and way more expensive than our modern “fashion.” The expectations that women were required to uphold were drastically different than those imposed on men. There were many threats to daily life during the Victorian Era. According to “Hooligans, Harlots and Hangmen, Crime and Punishment in…

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    Jane Austen in Whitechapel London: A Jack the Ripper Adaptation I will adapt and combine the two Jane Austen’s novel, Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility, into a drama set in the 19th-century Victoria-era. The narrative itself will take place between August and November of 1888 and center around the historical serial murderer Jack the Ripper. The adaptation will be a collection of narrative poetry broken up into five chronologically parts, each labeled with the dates and names of the…

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    Mary Jane Kelly Murder

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    during the investigation into her murder. It was said that she hailed from Limerick, Ireland. Mary suggested she had several brothers and sisters and some extended family that she at one time lived with, in Wales before she settled in East London’s Whitechapel district. She at one time had also married a man that supposedly died in a mining accident. Overall she was considered a good looking woman and when not under the effects of drunkenness was viewed as a charming, and likable…

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    Jack The Ripper Thesis

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    Jack the Ripper In London 1888, Jack the Ripper was a murderer that killed prostitutes such as Mary Nichols, Annie Chapman and a few others (Jones). His real identity is still unknown today, because of their lack of forensics and technology then they could not find the actual murderer (Jack the Ripper Biography). The name Jack the Ripper was created by one of the letters that was sent to the Metropolitan newsletter and they had signed it as "Jack the Ripper" (History.com Staff 1).…

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    Sherlock’s goal. “During the era which the Ripper was active, there were eleven murders committed in London’s east end. These murders took place between April 3, 1888 and February 13, 1891” (Whitechapel Jack). Jack the Ripper was a famous serious killer in the late 1880s in London. The murders took place in Whitechapel District in London’s East End. During this time many prostitutes were killed and found with mutilated bodies, indicating he had knowledge of the human anatomy. “Jack” was never…

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    Indigenous Australians in this well know Australian character, while also emphasising the underlying ideas behind his text. In contrast to D’aguiar’s novel, titled The Longest Memory, which implies the more personal and individual experience of Whitechapel. In his play, Black Diggers, Wright conveys the racial discrimination of Indigenous Australians during the 20 th century and WW1. In comparison to D’aguiar’s fictional novel, The Longest memory, where he exposes the horrible oppression of…

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    Trinity College from 1968 to 1971. He travelled to India and Sir Lanka to learn more about Buddhism between 1971 and 1974. After attending Saint University College in London between 1977 and n1979. Gormley career began with a solo exhibition at the Whitechapel Art Gallery in 198. Almost all of his work takes the human body as its subject with his own body used in many works as the basis for metal casts. Gormley describes his work as “an attempt to materialize the place at the other side of…

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