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    went to prison. Prisoner 8612 was the first prisoner to break and leave the infamous Stanford Prison Experiment. Whether he was just just faking his unstable state or if he was truly unable to handle the harsh treatment, we don 't know. It was under Philip Zimbardo’s leadership that the Stanford Prison Experiment took average, everyday boys, like Prisoner number 8612, and made them believe they were trapped in a real life prison. It was August 14th, 1971, a Sunday morning when the prisoners…

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    The world’s top 100 billionaires earned enough money to end world poverty four times over in 2012. (Oxfam 2) Indeed, it would seem the wealthy have the potential to make the world a better place, yet all too often they squander it. The list is comprised almost entirely of business men and women from around the globe. Tremendously powerful owners and executives who make decisions each day that affect thousands of people. Business executives and shareholders have a great influence on the…

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    The short story “A Rose For Emily” was written by William Faulkner in 1930. Fifty-three years later, the story was adaptation was adapted for the big screen based on Faulkner’s short story. The short story and the film have many similarities and differences; they compare in areas of plot and symbolism, but differ in chronological order and mood. These similarities and differences give “A Rose For Emily” the ability to be distributed in two completely different mediums, while sticking to the same…

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    Stanford Prison Experiment What prevented "good guards" from objecting or countermanding the orders from tough or bad guards? The good guards were unable to object or countermand the bad guards because of the fear of what it would do to the guards’ authoritative role in the eyes of the prisoners. If they showed disunity as guards the prisoners could take advantage of the unstructured and create chaos within the walls of the prison. By objecting to the bad guards, they take the risk of the…

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    the same, but four poets show that the beloved can quickly steal this spotlight. Starting with Emmanuel Petrarch, we can see his painful devotion to his beloved Laura, was one of the spark’s of the renaissance era; only to be somewhat mocked by Sir Philip Sidney’s humorous remarks about love and relationships. Brining a focus on Neo-Platonic ideas, John Donne and Katherine Phillips brought an understanding between holy/metaphysical ideas and the bodily bond of the beloved, providing insight that…

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    A standout amongst the most broadly refered to tests in the field of brain science is the Stanford Prison Experiment in which brain research educator Philip Zimbardo set out to examine the suspicion of parts in an imagined circumstance. The point of the test was to research how promptly individuals would adjust to the parts of watch and detainee in a pretending activity that mimicked jail life. Zimbardo (1973) was occupied with seeing if the severity reported among watchmen in American…

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    contrasting portrayals of female characters and give us a look into how the male characters and heroes view and react to these women. Carmen and Vivian Sternwood represent archetypal women who are portrayed as weak and subordinate to the male characters. Philip Marlowe is a morally string detective who takes great pride in his work and is loyal to his boss, General Sternwood. Chandler and Zinnemann have contrasting female characters in their respective texts who use their femininity in…

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    The Analysis and literary devices of King Lear King Lear is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare that is widely regarded as his best play. The true history of the play is mostly unknown, however, historians propose “The play was written between 1603 and 1606, and was first performed on St. Stephen’s day (December 26th) at King James’s court” (Rosenblum 786). While it’s up for debate what the primary source for King Lear was, there was many different sources that Shakespeare could have used…

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    The film, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest directed by Milos Forman, is the story about a man named Randle McMurphy who gets transferred from prison to a mental institution. In this film, there are examples of various concepts discussed in class. These concepts are, confirmation bias, overconfidence phenomenon, fundamental attribution error and false consensus effect. This paper is going to explore these concepts. One of the concepts that is going to be explored first is the confirmation bias.…

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    Othello: An Empiricist ABSTRACT: Shakespeare, the king of English literature, reached the summit of his power over English. In the art of characterization, Shakespeare has no rival. The beauty of the art lies in its characters. We come across many characters that portray nobility, ire, jealousy, conspiracy, etc. in his plays. One of the fascinating characters is Othello- the portrayal of jealousy and suspicion, an icon of empiricism who digs his own grave. This paper focuses on…

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