Jack The Ripper Influence On Society

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Jack the Ripper remains one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of history. A part of these mysteries included why he committed murder to how he influenced many other serial killers, and the impact that he or she had in today’s society. Several people knew him as “Jack the Ripper”, “Saucy Jack”, and “The Whitechapel Murderer.” He or she was a notorious serial killer who became very popular because his or her identity was not known. Therefore, no one was arrested for the murders that were committed in London's East End Whitechapel. Everyone in Sweden, South Africa, Poland, the United States, New Zealand, Mexico, Jamaica, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and Britain knew who Jack the Ripper was because news everywhere covered or talked about the murders.“More than three hundred newspapers around the world reported on it.” (Ramsland, 4)
The killer named itself “Jack the Ripper” in a letter that was believed to be sent from the murderer to the police department. The letter read “...Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper. Don’t mind me giving the trade name. Wasn’t
He influenced plays and novels such as Dracula, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr.Hyde, Our Mutual Friend, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and The Picture of Dorian Gray. These books, novels, and plays all portray protagonists with double-lives. The main characters of each of the stories mentioned above look like any other normal person, but they actually turn out to be heartless serial killers. The double-life that they lived were inspired by the fact that Jack the Ripper’s identity remained unknown. Also, the settings of these stories took place either close to or at the East End’s Whitechapel, or the stories had a setting that was very similar to the Whitechapel. Some of the stories were set to take place during the Victorian era which was during the time period of the famous Ripper’s

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