Countess Elizabeth Bathory was an infamous serial killer from Transylvania. Driven by a desire for eternal youth‚ she turned vampirialistic. She would drink the blood of young girls and enjoyed torturing them before their deaths. What made her this way? Let’s investigate. Before we can understand Elizabeth Bathory‚ we have to understand the basic profile of a serial killer. Oftentimes‚ serial killer exhibit traits in childhood. The Macdonald Triad is three of the most common traits shared
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The Amazons History Extension Major Work 2013 Emily Hegarty Duval High School Armidale Student Number: 24815854 Word Count: 2496 Throughout the Homeric to late Byzantine Period the Greek legend of the Amazon tribe pervaded Asia Minor culture. This legendary misandristic society‚ consisting purely of fierce warrior women‚ is a tantalizing amalgamation of fact and fiction‚ giving rise to persistent historical debate over the legend’s plausible realism. Ancient historians often
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Duong Nguyen 11/14/2011 ENG 102 Platte Position Paper It has been widely accepted in popular culture to see Countess Elizabeth Bathory as one of the most sadistic serial killers the world has known. This infamous lady is well known for her torturing and‚ in some account‚ even bathing in her victims’ blood. The horrendous crimes‚ which Elizabeth Bathory was accused of‚ have kept many intrigued for years. They have been portrayed through movies‚ plays and books for centuries. However‚ recently
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Elizabeth Bathory has been portrayed over time as one of the most prolific and sadistic serial killers the world has known. She was nicknamed “The Blood Countess”‚ and also “Lady Dracula”. Elizabeth Bathory is reputed to have not only drunk but bathed in the blood of young virgin girls. She is perhaps less well-known only than the infamous Vlad Dracula‚ who was an inspiration for Bram Stoker’s fictional Count Dracula. During the years since Dracula was published‚ the Blood Countess has exercised
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Elizabeth Bathory: a human vampire? From childhood we have heard thousands of stories of monsters‚ vampires‚ chupacabras‚ omnis‚ etc.. but bearing in mind they are a fantasy. Generation after generation continues repeating these stories to entertain and sometimes to frighten our acquaintances. They are stories full of imagination that we try to turn them into reality using strange events occurring around us. Many think that these characters are fictional but for others they are as real as the
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Elizabeth Bathory‚ a wealthy and powerful noblewoman‚ was born on August 7th‚ 1560‚ in Transylvania‚ Hungary. Nicknamed “The Blood Countess”‚ Elizabeth allegedly (as supposedly documented in her diary found in the Csejthe Castle) slaughtered six hundred and twelve women--servants‚ peasants‚ and maidens alike‚ to which she notoriously bathed in their blood believing it aided in maintaining her youthful‚ milky white complexion. Even if one were to take only a tenth of the number she was confirmed and
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of Che’s lasting legacy from one of being a self- confessed Marxist revolutionary and to his image being hijacked by commercial interests to sell products. The underlying aim is to respond to the core questions of the construction and recording of history over time‚ along with understanding the changing attitudes toward the personality over time. T he life of Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara is often described as heroic; the Guerrilla fighter assisting in the expulsion of societal injustice and economic inequality
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A TERM PAPER ON THE HISTORY OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION IN NIGERIA AND ONDO STATE BY ALE‚ A.B (AEE/09/8837) SUBMITTED TO PROFESSOR EWUOLA AEE 835 COURSE LECTURER JUNE‚ 2010 Introduction The history of a particular subject‚ people‚ profession or any phenomenon provides a record of events which took place in the past to enable us to appreciate the status‚ strengths and weaknesses of the events which took place in the past. This serves as a guide to others so as not to fall into
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Year 12 Extension History Proposal “Why Witches?” By Carl Guevarra Introduction. The image of a ’witch’ burning at the stake‚ such as the well-known St. Joan of Arc‚ is one recognised in almost any country of the world‚ and which‚ like the Holocaust‚ calls for explanation‚ in this case‚ the validation of the theory that the Great European Witch Hunts‚ of the 14th to 17th century‚ were all a case of ’gendercide’. Gendercide is the term used to refer to forms of systematic killing of members of
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Extension History Extension – Proposal Preliminary Research I originally research Robert the Bruce through biographies and articles relating to him‚ this gave me the opportunity to have a better understanding of my chosen topic‚ as I had no real knowledge of his history and his actions. When I decided that I wanted a more in depth look into the life of Robert the Bruce I bought two books that featured him as the main focal point. One was a historic biography and the other was a fictitious
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