Maybrick lived in the United States with his family but also worked overseas a lot in East End London in the cotton industry. He had plenty of knowledge of the area and was comfortable with it. “It has long been suggested that Jack the Ripper spent time in the United States, was likely a frequent overseas traveler, with extensive knowledge of the East London area where the murders took place” (James), connecting this to Maybrick and his frequent trips to and from London with his wife. James Maybrick was very comfortable with the area of Whitechapel and this became clearer when Sarah Ann Robertson’s marriage to Maybrick was brought to light. “Records show that Sarah Ann “lived on Bromley Street, near Whitechapel, and on Mark Lane, across the
What was the impact of Jack the ripper in Victorian England? Why is he so infamous?
When I hear the words “Jack Tales” I think of the tale Jack and the Beanstalk. Where Jack sales his cow for magic beans. Then, his mom throws them out the window and a magic beanstalk through the night. Jack decided to climb the beanstalk several time and while up there he would take stuff from the giant while he was asleep. When Jack tried to steal a magical harm, the giant woke up. Jack rans down the beanstalk with the giant behind him. When he got to the bottom he took his ax and cut down the beanstalk. The giant being on the beanstalk when Jack did this fell down and hit the ground dying.
There are no adults on the island. No one to make them feel safe when there is an unknown creature that feeds off fear. Jack takes that fear and causes a decline in the society of the boys on the island. First of all, he is stubborn. Jack is also immature and reckless. Thirdly, he is power-hungry. Lastly, Jack is driven by fear.
Jack D. Ripper is important, because he is the person who gives the orders and the soldiers would not know what to do without him. He is instructive, bossy, and he tells Mandrake what to do with very specific instructions. He is the air force commander and he is the go-to guy if no one wants to do the things he does. He gives orders and makes sure men know what they are doing. His leadership makes him a symbol, and he is a metaphor for control because no one else has guts to give instructions like he does.
William Golding portrayed his past through a character in his novel, Lord of the Flies; Godling brought out what he truly believed to be the "darkness" of ones heart and incorporated it into the fictional character, Jack. William Golding, according to his family, was a violent man. His family described him as being a dictator, which showed a correlation between him and the fictional character, Jack. Throughout the story, Jack was a representation of savagery. His character was blood thirsty and a manipulator. Upon their arrival to the island, Jack desired power over all things. He wanted to be the leader and in control of the boys.
“And after all, our surroundings influence our lives and characters as much as fate, destiny or any supernatural agency…” (Hopkins). Personality is known as a complex trait, as it cannot be determined by genes. As a character develops, the environment they are living in has a significant impact on the values they come to hold and choices they eventually make. In Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the boys are surviving in conditions that make it easy to hold corrupt morals, which is especially seen in Jack and his supporters. Before the boys’ arrival on the island, they have been strongly influenced by their life previous to boarding the plane, more than most children would be at their age.
The children landed uncharted island far from any semblance of police, parents, or even teachers. The island was almost like the “Neverland” that Disney taught us about years ago, but without Tinkerbell and a magical home with all their needs. Jack and the children in this adventure were in a heap of trouble. They were many, some smaller and some bigger (littleuns and bigguns). These kids had to organize themselves into some sort of unit, to more efficiently find a way home. That is where the trouble begins. When one or more humans come together, a hierarchy is always established. Similar to when one goes to a restaurant and the waitress only addresses our father for the majority of the tables decisions. When this hierarchy forms, the decisions this leader takes will always be classified as good or evil, and the society will be judged by the character at their forefront. In William Golding’s novel “Lord of The Flies”, Jack Merridew is the character that takes leadership in the society and proves humanity is inherently evil by demonstrating human’s: selfish tendencies, competitive nature, and hopelessness.
Jack the Ripper proves himself to be a psycho-maniac through his own words. Jack is obviously holding all the cards in this dangerous game of blood and death. His bold, intimidating diction create patterns of arrogance and prove the fact that Jack is and selfish person. The generic traits within the letters of Jack the Ripper are evident within these three categories: Jack had little respect for human life, confidence in his work and self, and yet he was begging the police to try and catch him. He obviously outwitted everyone and remains a mystery a century later.
In George Orwell’s novel 1984, psychological manipulation was used by the government through telescreens, the Thoughtpolice and Newspeak to control the public. This tactic emphasizes how a totalitarian government would act in a modern day situation.
That would be an understandable misconception – his name is, after all, in the title, and multiple books claiming to be about the victims or other surrounding topics do indeed end up focusing on the Ripper himself. The Ripper’s identity is, after all, one of the great historical mysteries and the focus of over one hundred books. This is not one of them.
Like all good horror stories, the legend of Jack the Ripper is founded in some aspects of truth. In 1888, five female prostitutes were murdered over a span of four months in Whitechapel, a poverty-stricken and crime-ridden district on the East End of London. These women are generally known as the “canonical five victims,” but there are many disputes on how many victims there actually were. According to one Jack the Ripper website, the Whitechapel Murders file lists as many as eleven victims, but not all of these were the murderer’s true victims (Jones). Another certain truth is that the majority of the women
The Whitechapel Murders and those of Jack the Ripper are not generally one and the same. Over a period of three years towards the end of the nineteenth century a number of prostitutes were murdered under different circumstances the murder of prostitutes was not an especially unique occurrence during those times but several of the murders drew particular attention on account of the savagery with which the victim's bodies were mutilated. Within the Whitechapel Murders was a cluster of murders that demonstrated sufficient similarities as to suggest that they were committed by the same person. One of the first instances of serial murder was thus identified and sensationalised in the media as the work of Jack the Ripper', nicknamed on the
Jack the Ripper was one of the most famous and renowned killers in history. Even though he was not the first serial killer, he was the first killer to strike on a metropolis setting. Jack the Ripper was in his prime at a time when the media had a strong control over society and society as a whole was becoming much more literate. Jack started his killing campaign at a time of political controversy between the liberals and social reformers along with the Irish Home rule partisans. The reports of Jack the Ripper were collected and reported by the police, but then the different newspapers with their political influences slightly distorted the stories to give them their own effect. It has been more the one hundred years since the last murder
Throughout the novel, the three main characters demonstrate each of the Freudian traits Jack the id, Ralph the ego and Piggy the superego. Jack the id will need to seek instance gratification of his primal needs. Ralph the ego will have to hold back the impulsiveness of the id until the time is socially acceptable. Piggy the superego is the close connection to a moral compass.
I felt extremely awkward when Ralph said, “Why do you hate me?” to Jack when we were hunting for the beast. The reason I felt that way is because I am a hunter, but I side with Ralph with most of the decisions he makes. For example, I sided with Ralph when he tried to make the decision of waiting till morning to go hunt for the aforementioned beast. That was a better idea than Jack’s idea, which was to keep looking for it through the night, because if there was a beast out there, then it could attack us in the darkness of night, and we would not notice it till it was to late. On the other hand, I believe that Jack is the stronger leader. The reason I believe Jack is the stronger leader is because people do not question his decisions as much