Sunday 2 December 2007

Jack The Ripper

I am after a lecture of a book by Jakubowski and Braund simply called Jack The Ripper. Initially I wanted to find there information about Francis Tumblety but the book has only two pages on this suspect covering mostly the same things which Salma found on Casebook.org . Fortunately my effort of reading such a big book (;)) didn't go to waste. I found some general information and quotes which we might use in our introduction and conclusion or as a transition between slides so the presentation would go very smoothly.
"Jack The Ripper has been portrayed as a slaughterer, fishporter, lodging-house keeper, policeman, barrister, doctor and clergy-man. It fact it would be easier to list the things he has not been described as."
"The identity of Jack the Ripper could greatly depend on who we are and who we wish to perceive as a brutal killer." (good enough for the introduction and supporting the topic?;))
" His (Jack The Ripper's) crimes took place in the poorest quarter of London, at the time of social unrest. This was a community which resented both immigrants, particularly Jews, and the propertied classes"
"..our xenophobic ancestors refused to believe the Ripper could be an Englishman." (this could be a reason for choosing Tumblety for a suspect.)

There will be some more as I still have some books to read. As for now I am amazed by the number of theories and the amount of words devoted to Saucy Jack.

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