Complete 1 page APA formatted essay: Elizabeth, Countess of Bathory Was she evil.(Arendt, 1963)Elizabeth, the Countess of Bathory, also famously known as the Lady of Blood, had wide political connecti

Complete 1 page APA formatted essay: Elizabeth, Countess of Bathory Was she evil.

(Arendt, 1963)

Elizabeth, the Countess of Bathory, also famously known as the Lady of Blood, had wide political connections as she was from a very powerful family. She lived in a castle in the Carpathian Mountains and was notorious for the kidnapping and murdering of young girls. She is noted for piecing young girls and having a bath in their blood so as to make herself young and beautiful. During her childhood she had an affliction of fits

Psychologist Phillip Zimbardo, was the leader in the Stanford Prison Experiment in 1971 and he highlights the fact of how good people can easily change and turn evil. In his Ted Talk, he enlightens us on the nature of evil. According to Zimbardo, it is the situation and the power that makes people do evil. Miranda Twiss gives us his take on evil in his book titled ‘The Most Evil Men and Women in History” stating that people become evil when they have ‘unlimited power’ over others. According to him, even good people can transform into evil incarnate when they are motivated by power, religion, lust, political beliefs, sadism and even by insanity. From the 16 evil people he writes about in his book, Elizabeth Countess Bathory is one of them, whom he refers to as “Countess Dracula” and narrates in detail her reign of