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Jana Haight March 1, 2011 The Stanford Prison Experiment was to study of the psychological effects of becoming a prisoner or prison guard. The study was conducted by a team of researchers led by Psychology professor Philip Zimbardo at Stanford University in August 1971. Twenty-four students were selected after tests and background checks deemed them mentally healthy, free of medical disabilities and history of crime or drug abuse. All 24 students selected were healthy

Conformity is one of the basic characteristics of human behavior. According to Saul McLeod (2016), “conformity is a type of social influence involving a change in belief or behavior in order to fit in with a group.” Humans as a species have always exhibited behavior implying that they have a desire to socially connect to some type of group. Everyone conforms at some point in some shape or form, even if it is not deliberate or drastic. Western cultures, especially the United States, claim to hold

1. Truman begins doubt whether or not his life is real for many reasons. The first reason being the light that falls from the sky, which he’s never seen anything like that before and has no idea what to think about it. Another reason is that Truman sees his father who “died” in a boating accident when he was a child. Truman seeing his father is what really pushed him over the edge into realizing that nothing in his life was actually real. The third thing that pushed him to question his

The determined female monarch, Queen Elizabeth I, was known for creating a cultural of love in England during her reign. Her love for her people and devotion to their protection was symbolized by her commitment to remain chaste throughout her life. In return, she was said to be well liked by her people. This relationship of love between Queen Elizabeth I and her courtiers provides for a unique power balance in Elizabethan courts and intertwines with the popular practice of writing love sonnets in

Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare is undoubtedly one of the most influential pieces of poetry in the history of humankind. It is a standard 14-line Shakespearian sonnet that describes the beauty of a woman in comparison the beauties of the world the speaker admires the most. Unlike Petrarch whose sonnets about the beauty of Beatrice were all aimed at picturing the godlike appearance and the personal traits of his beloved woman, sonnet 130 by Shakespeare goes in the opposite direction. This particular

Queen Elizabeth Loved Princess Diana In Queen Elizabeth’s speech she was cold and did not use words that I would expect one to use when talking about the death of a family member. It sounds more like someone who didn’t know Diana as well as Queen Elizabeth did. Queen Elizabeth’s speech implies that she did not have strong grieving after the death of Princess Diana. This is implied by use of general adjectives to describe Diana such as “exceptional and gifted human being”. As well she does not

Philip Zimbardo ended the experiment on the grounds that the behavior of the guards was escalating to a point where it was ethically wrong to treat a person this way, as well as the way the guards broke so many of the initial rules (Zimbardo). The guards

Quiet Rage was a documentary covering the 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment. The study was created and overseen by Dr. Philip Zimbardo. The goal of the study was to determine if people are willing to give into an outside force that goes against their own beliefs if there is enough pressure. The idea for this experiment came after Milgram’s experiment with the electric shock. By the end of the study, the prisoners had accepted their role of prisoner and accepted the authority of the guards. The study

Fred Schepisi’s Six Degrees of Separation (1993) and Robert Benton’s The Human Stain (2003) are two films from the post-racial era that each accurately depict the lives of two tragic, passing characters. Paul, portrayed by Will Smith in Schepisi’s film, passes not on the basis of race but of social class and sexuality. Within Benton’s motion-picture, Coleman Silk, Anthony Hopkins, passes as a professor and dean of a university through the use of a racial masquerade. The stories that follow these

‘Poetry of Departures’ by Philip Larkin is a poem that bears uncanny semblance to life today – especially that of the current-day youth. The poem, apart from being a good read, is a very apt description of how young people tend to go about their lives these days – mostly bored, slightly mechanical in outlook, wanting to do more but failing to go noticed as more than a mere cog in the machine that’s life. The poem bases itself on the themes of escape, boredom, and restlessness – and in doing so it