Elizabeth is often proclaimed to be one of the most prolific serial killers, believed to have murdered more than 600 hundred people during the 17th century. Nicknamed the Blood Countess, Bathory's life story is tainted by blood and haunted by torture. Being exposed to violence from a young age and having a husband encourage her actions, the blood countess was ruthless with her victims. She was known to be one of the first vampires due to her drinking and bathing in the blood of her victims, saying it would give her forever life. She was never executed, instead, she was isolated from the rest of the world in her castle and died alone. Elizabeth Bathory is shown in mixed feelings using bias, pathos, logos, and tone. In the article ‘The Bloody …show more content…
The final article is ‘Hungarian Countess Elizabeth Bathory is thought to have murdered hundreds of young women in the early 17th century.’ The author, Sara Kettler, uses bias and logos to talk about the life, crimes, and isolation of the blood countess. Throughout the article, bias seems to be a common term the author uses. The article has a section dedicated to whether Bathory was innocent or guilty. It states, “Bathory was only punished because her victims were said to have included noblewomen — but would still make Bathory responsible for many ruined lives.” The author seems to be talking down Bathory's actions, which is reasonable since what Elizabeth did is unforgivable. This helps by giving more reason as to why Bathory deserved what happened to her and her isolation. The second term used in the article is logos. In the section discussing whether Bathory is innocent, there are witness accounts though the evidence is not reliable enough due to the witness overseeing the investigation. “Many of the witnesses who spoke against Bathory were beholden to Thurzó, who oversaw the entire investigation.” The author decides to use witness accounts to describe the trial of
The cumulative effect of this perspective is that if the judge is hard on the allegedly obscene editors and misrepresents their defence to the jurors, this would only be what you would expect of such a second-rate individual. Robertson’s presentation, based on truth, is heavily influenced by bias and opinion against the judge and, thereby, in favour of the defendants. The eventual verdict of guilty is seen to be inevitable. The editors were sent to prison for psychiatric examination.
The authors used primary sources, they depended on the original court recorded documents. In this cause its prevalent to say there documentation of the trial was an accurate
From the early 1740s to 1829, an African-American woman lived and unexpectedly became an important woman in history. Even though most people never heard of her, what she did change how people look at other African-Americans. She was born in the early 1740s to African parents, and she grew up as a slave with her sister Lizzie in Claverack, New York, which is about twenty miles south of Albany. Their owner was Pieter Hogeboom, who was the head of a wealthy Dutch-American family. In 1735, Hogeboom’s daughter Hannah married John Ashley, who was the son of one of the original proprietors permitted by the General Court of Massachusetts to organize settlements along the Housatonic River. When Hogeboom died in 1758, Lizzie and her were taken
The queen believes that Elizabeth was involved with the plotters, imprisoning her in the tower of London. Mary can murder and annihilate rebellion, but not her own death, Elizabeth first rises to the throne at the age of 25 in 1558. Elizabeth was beloved by many of the lower classes, but not all of the higher ups. She was forced to fight rampant institutionalized sexism perpetrated largely by figures in the church throughout her reign, making it harder for her to get things done. She also was influenced by the sexist ideas of the time, as is evidenced in her speeches.
We define moral courage as the ability to act rightly in the face of popular opposition, shame, scandal, or discouragement. When we say a person has moral courage, we speak of things like ethics, good and evil, right and wrong. This is the kind of person who does bold things. They do these things not because they are trying to make a name for themselves or impress their peers, but because it is the right thing to do. A person with moral courage stands up in the face of adversity.
With the complexity and brutality of her crimes, Elizabeth Bathory is known as the most sadistic and prolific serial killer in the world; even more so, she stands out because she is a female that is rare: especially in the Elizabethan Era. Bathory was believed to have been responsible for the murders of 600 virgin girls. She was certain that a drop of blood would make her look youthful again, but was convinced that bathing in the blood of girls who were virgins would take years off her. Because of her personality, physical qualities, and her lack of moral/family values, Countess Elizabeth Bathory of Hungary had the life of one of the most fascinating yet obsessive leaders in all of Transylvania.
Elizabeth was said to have some vampire-like characteristics. She apparently bit into people and drank their blood. Most of the sufferers
An inference that can be made about the Wife of Bath is that she is confident in herself and even her past. The Wife of Bath seems very knowledgeable in love and confident in her beliefs. In “The Tale of the Wife of Bath” she says “If anyone should rub us on a gall, That will not kick because he tells the truth.” This sentence shows how the Wife of Bath is unapologetic when it comes to love and who she is. At the end of her story, she takes the time to ask God to send women a particular type of husband. She says “and Jesus to use send meek husbands, and young ones, and fresh in bed, And good luck to outlive them that we wed.” This quote shows the Wife of Bath is confident in her knowledge of men and love because she believes every woman wants
One of the most memorable pilgrims of The Canterbury Tales, as well as one of the most memorable women in literature, is the Wife of Bath. She is a "lusty and domineering" woman who is proud of and outspoken about her sexuality and believes that a woman should have sovereignty in a marriage (Norton 80). She is also extremely blunt and outspoken about her ideas and beliefs. Despite being a woman of the fourteenth century, her ideas, beliefs, and behavior are more like those of the twentieth century. For these reasons, she seems true to life even today. However, her ideas, beliefs, and behavior are not at all representative of the women of her time. Women in the Middle Ages had more freedom
The Bathory family was a very famous, wealthy and powerful family. They had estates upon estates, land upon land, and gold upon gold. The name Bathory had more influence than the king of Hungary, because they had more land and wealth than he did (The Most Evil Women in History "The Bloody Countess", 2011). Elizabeth had famous relatives up and down the family tree. Her ancestor Stephon Bathory fought with Vlad Tepes to help him get his thrown back. Her Mother’s brother was the king of Poland and her cousin was the prince to Transylvania.
Throughout historical times, Women have been discriminated against as well as, oppressed simply because of their sex. The wife of Bath and The Faerie Queene, are two pieces of literature that steered away from the common stereotype set in their time periods. Ultimately, these two stories were told with cleverness and sophistication, without fear of consequences for going against what was expected in literature. That is what made these two texts my favorite to read in class, while there are many similarities between the two women, there are just as many differences. These two women are not only cunning in their relationships but they are also women with power who are not afraid to use it.
Being the most interesting character The Wife of Bath has a unique way of doing things and taking things in the matter of her own hands. She has had five different husbands and transparently confesses to wedding the larger part of them for their cash. The spouse has all the earmarks of being more blunt and free than most ladies of medieval circumstances, and has in this manner been thought to symbolize the reason for woman 's rights; some even allude to her as the primary real women 's activist character in writing. Perusers and researchers most likely contend for this thought on the grounds that in The Canterbury Stories, she interestingly gives her own knowledge and sentiments on how relations amongst men and ladies ought to be done. Likewise, the importance of her story is that for all intents and purposes all ladies need to be allowed control over themselves and their association with their spouses, which appears to persuade individuals that the Wife of Bath needs to be seen as some kind of progressive women 's activist of her time. This idea, however, is incorrect. The truth is that the Wife of Bath, or Alison, only affirms negative generalizations of ladies; she is tricky, unbridled, and undercover. She does next to nothing that is really engaging or progressive for ladies, however rather tries to enable herself by utilizing her body to pick up control over her different spouses. Within this paper, I am going to discuss the way Wife of Bath thinks, what she thinks
A good principle is wise, hardworking, and does what is right, even if they don't always get recognized for it. The school’s committee uses these qualities to decide who they want for the job, and because of the recent job opening, they have to do it quick. The current candidates for the job are The Knight, The Wife of Bath, and The Parson.
The Wife of Bath starts off asserting her perspective about marriage to the pardoner. She explains that he needs to listen before making any opinion on the matter himself because she is more experienced having five husbands herself. As she proclaims in line 12: ”In which I’ve been an expert as a wife,” concluding that she has better judgement than him since she has been married, more than once before. None of her marriages worked out though and she is going to explain why in her her tale, “Of tribulation in married life” (l. 11). The Wife of Bath uses a metaphor to describe that marriage is not as grand as it may seem, “You’ll find it doesn’t taste as good as ale;” (l. 9). The Wife of Bath implies that the pardoner should be well aware before committing to the married life, “So please yourself whether you want to sip” (l. 14).
At the beginning of the tale there were mixed feelings and theories on what women really wanted. Some people said money. Some people said clothes. At the end of the day what women seek from a man's point of view is control.