Romanticism

Upon beginning the presentation I have descovered that perhaps one of the main reasons for Jack the Rippers fame stems from his actions having happened a long time ago and have since been significantly romanticised. This has been the case with many of such similar things, perhaps the most heard of being the mob and organised crime in general. Hence such films as The Godfather, Goodfellas and Scarface, all glorifying and romanticising organised crime.
This, I have found is the case with Jack the Ripper and why nowadays he has almost ceased to be a real person, a horrific serial killer, but almost a ficticious element of a story made up for the movies, it begs the question, will serial killers or people such as Joseph Fritzel be made into such characters in years to come? will films and books be written for financial gain?