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What was it? Fascinated by Milgram study on how far he could push people to cause harm when being coached, Philip Zimbardo set out to see if prison brutality was caused by the prison environment or by the sadistic personality of prison guards. Zimbardo advertised in the newspaper looking volunteers to participate in an experiment observing the psychological effect of prison life. The experiment was planned to last two weeks with each candidate being paid 15 dollars a day. Before being…

The famous Shakespearean tragedy King Lear depicts King Lear of Britain’s rollercoaster path from foolishness to wisdom and his eventual tragic downfall. Lear divides his kingdom amongst his three daughters: Cordelia who is banished for not correctly expressing her love for the King, and Goneril and Regan who turn against him in order to gain more power. Likewise, Jane Smiley’s A Thousand Acres tells a tale molded around King Lear where the owner of a 1000-acre farm named Larry agrees to hand it…

Research Paper Mood Love, life and death, the key fundamentals of humanity. All affiliated to religion, yet detached by it. In “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun”, William Shakespeare is comparing his lover’s eyes to the natural beauty in a mocking way, yet always making nature’s elegance fascinating. Throughout this sonnet, William Shakespeare subdues his lover’s charm by portraying her as crowded with imperfections showing frankness and simplicity. Furthermore, In “Twas…

The famous Shakespearean tragedy King Lear depicts King Lear of Britain’s rollercoaster path from foolishness to wisdom and his eventual tragic downfall. Lear divides his kingdom amongst his three daughters: Cordelia who is banished for not correctly expressing her love for the King, and Goneril and Regan who turn against him in order to gain more power. Likewise, Jane Smiley’s A Thousand Acres tells a tale molded around King Lear where the owner of a 1000-acre farm named Larry agrees to hand it…

Dark Beauty in Shakespeare’s Sonnets Sonnet is a poetry form that has lived its golden years in England during the Elizabethan times. Among them, Shakespeare’s 154 have been poetry lovers’ favourite for centuries. What is essentially done in those sonnets is, of course nothing other than praising love, particular lovers to be exact, and their beauty. However, in some particular sonnets, Shakespeare challenges the conventional beauty standards of his time, which was “fair (white) skin, rosy…

The Stanford Experiment was conducted on August 16 of 1971 through August 20 of 1971. The experiment was led by psychologist Philip Zimbardo of Stanford University. The experiment was then funded due to a grant from the United States Office of Naval Research; which was of interest for the United States Navy conductors and members, as well as the United States Marine Corps. The military funded the experiment to help determine the cause of conflict occurring between military guards and prisoners.…

An experiment to test how far a person is willing to go in the name of obedience was conducted at Yale University. People are usually obedient to people with power or above them, therefore, in this experiment an administrator would tell the test subjects to shock the victim, who was obviously, an actor/someone in on the experiment. In this article the author, Stanley Milgram elaborates and describes the experiment. Like any other article out there, there are weakness along with strengths. The…

Zimbardo’s experiment solicited young men to spend two weeks in a simulated prison experience. The men who were responded were divided into prison guards and prisoners. The prisoners were treated as such, they were arrested, fingerprinted and sent to the simulated jail. According to the experiment with in a few days upon video observations the men began to crack under the pressure of the harsh treatments, such as cleaning the toilets with their bare hands. The experiment was ended abruptly due…

In the preface of Philip Zimbardo’s non-fiction book, The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil, he uncovers various reasonings on what influenced him into conducting the 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment (SPE). Part of his inspiration for writing this book was heavily based on the Abu Ghraib Prison Trial where he was the expert witness to one of the prison guards, Sergeant Ivan “Chip” Douglas, who was convicted of the many tortures and murders of the prisoners that occurred at…

The Stanford Prison Experiment In 1971, a mock prison was built in the basement of the psychology building of Stanford University. About twenty-four male students were randomly picked to play the role of either a prisoner or a guard for two weeks. Prisoners were treated like every other criminal, being arrested at their own homes, without warning, and being taken away. When the prisoners arrived at the prison they were stripped naked, lost all their personal possessions, were removed from the…