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| Plot Summary of Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper Case Closed |
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"This is a book about using science/facts to determine who Jack the Ripper was, therefore it's hard to really classify this book. It focuses on Walter Richard Sickert, a famous artist, and compares Sickert's life with Jack the Ripper's. There is a strong if unbreakable case for Sickert being the Ripper."
Ann, Resident Scholar
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| Review Analysis of Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper Case Closed |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
job/profession:
- criminal (killer)
Job/profession/poverty story
Yes
Period of greatest activity?
- 1800's
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- artist
Eccentric/Mental
Yes
Eccentric:
- eccentric
- obsessed
- mentally ill
- emotionally unstable
- wild
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- German
How sensitive is this person?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other people
Physique
- missing body parts/abilities
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 10 ()
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
- France
- Germany
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
- sewers/subways
Century:
- 19th century
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
Book makes you feel?
- thoughtful
Commentary on society?
Yes
Commentary on
- love/sex
- decency
- selfishness
- wicked men
Unusual Style:
- a lot of flashback and forwards
Writer's slant towards subject:
- neutral
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of nearly entire life
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 76%-100% of book
How much is philosophy rather than life story?
- 0-25% of book
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