Whitechapel

suffered from an undetermined psychological issue that caused him to enact in murder, however, the true identity is never known. I. A Murder Spree The film takes place in London during the year 1888, much like the real crime the film focuses on the Whitechapel area of London. The murders were unlike any others and have gone down in history as the most notorious mysteries that were left unsolved for the murders of up to five prostitutes but it was rumored to have been up to nine victims. The…

Imagine looking at a painting on the wall and being instantly transported to another universe, one where there is no political divide, racism, or oppression. Through Lee Krasner’s Invocation, she transports the viewer away from the oppression created by society. Women during the 1960’s were unequal in the workplace to men. Stemming from the end of World War II where men were returning home from their tour of duty and demanding their jobs back. Even though this was slightly different than in…

Joseph Carey Merrick was an English man with very severe deformities who was first exhibited at a freak show as the "Elephant Man", and then went to live at the London Hospital after he met Frederick Treves, so becoming well known in London society. Merrick was born in Leicester, and began to develop abnormally during the first few years of his life: his skin appeared thick and lumpy, he developed enlarged lips, and a bony lump grew on his forehead, one of his arms and both of his feet became…

Throughout history the Jewish people faced an overwhelming amount of adversity around the world. As conditions worsened over time many Jews faced significant persecution and instability within their natural boarders. In turn, much of the international Jewish community began to look for new, safe and prosperous countries to immigrate to. At the top the list was England. It presented one of the best choices for the resettlement of Jews from around the world as England had many attractive qualities…

The changes are easy to see upon juxtaposition of A Study in Terror (1965) and Murder by Decree (1979), which are both Jack the Ripper murder stories and thus feature a serial killer targeting women and crime scenes are in Whitechapel, a den of vice in London’s East End. However, the victim’s portrayals are drastically different between the two movies. In A Study in Terror, the prostitutes are inaccurately dressed well: they are clean, their dresses are new and expensive, their…

Our enterprise began seven years to the date beyond the treacherous malfeasance, of a madman called, “Ripper.” His haunt extended from Whitechapel to Pall Mall, preying on the working-class woman. By comparison, this brutal display of carnage progressed unrivalled, since Scotland Yard expunged the Fleet Street tonsorial and his bawdy innkeeper. Yet, Never a man nor beast more dreadful walk the prestigious Isle of Great Britain, than the monster we'd come to extirpate. The killings had…

Aged Wife Hacked to Pieces in Their Home" (Linder, Doug). There was a reward for five thousand dollars to whoever had any information about the suspect. There were even theories that "Jack the Ripper" had come to America after finishing off at Whitechapel (Pearson 28). These newspapers and posters spread across the country, along with some new information given out to the…

Denis Diderot -Le Salon de 1767 Diderot is well known for his distinction in the formulation of the ‘poetics of ruin’. Diderot wrote nine Salons from 1759-1781 under the instruction of Melchior Grimm. These were to simply be the minutes of the exhibitions at The Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture as a part of the literary journal la Correspondance littéraire. Diderot’s writing however created a radical change to the nature and scope of the only artistic section of the literary journal,…

another person. Jack the Ripper had earned the name “the serial killer”. The expertise used in conducting the murder was a representation of what people would have wanted to become (Lindsey, 2011). This made him gain the title Leather Apron or Whitechapel Murder. His choice of the victim was questionable as he targeted the women who worked as prostitutes at the East-End. The representation could have been a suggestion that the social aspect and the accord were against the prostitution. The…

thousands just for fun. Elizabeth Bathory used to kill young virgins and then bathe in their blood because she believed their blood would keep her young and beautiful. The first modern serial killer was “Jack the Ripper.” He began killing in 1888 in Whitechapel, the east end of London. He was the first serial killer who committed the first known sex-related murder. His assaults were on prostitutes on the area’s poverty stricken side of town. Researchers have labeled Jack the Ripper both an…