Philip Markoff

Any man can withstand adversity; if you want to test his character, give him power. — Abraham Lincoln 1971, the year 18 lives were changed, some for the worst, some for the better. Philip Zimbardo, the man behind the Stanford Prison experiment, the man who created an experiment that opened eyes everywhere. It has been almost five decades since this experiment was conducted. Zimbardo explained in many interviews that he wishes to have done things differently, and stop the experiment much earlier

same thing in myself in my family, not like the others, but were both of us are still included and loved. Now, the dog that I didn’t want and I are closer than any of my other family members are with him. In the novel The Golden Compass, the author Philip Pullman develops a similar type of relationship for each of his characters called daemons. These companions reflect a certain person’s identity, soul, and changes in feeling through their different forms, usually as animals. I am being considered

In the poem “Toads” by Philip Larkin, the title announces a metaphor, specifically an extended metaphor which dominates the poem, which is Larkin utilizing a toad as an extended metaphor for work and obligation, in order to communicate his idea that individuals have a difficult time living a fulfilling life, due to one’s personal obligation, as well social expectations. Furthermore, the toad is compared to his obligations in life, as well the life of others who do not work, in order to convey the

Testing the Limits of Ethics: A Reflection Paper on The Lucifer Effect Kerron Anderson 136256 Summary of the study Zimbardo makes a comment that perfectly describes the methodology of his experiment; explaining how studies have been done of actual prison life by sociologists and criminologists, but that such studies contain major limitations to what parts of prison life can be observed. “They can see only what they are allowed to see on guided tours that rarely get beneath the surface

Both Beowulf and King Lear give viewpoints of varying types of kingship at drastically different eras of Britain’s life. In the case of the former, the anonymous author portrays a war-oriented culture focused on ideals of bravery and heroism. In the second, Shakespeare presents a view of a much more aristocratic society, deeply rooted in ideals of nobility and politics. Throughout both texts, however, there is a focus laid out on the idea of what makes a good king – or, in the case of Edmund, nobleman

The others might say that a hero is a soldier that fights for their country. Peter Brownrigg, a fourteen-year-old Cumberland farm boy is a hero that does not wear a cape. Peter’s acts of determination and outstanding bravery pushes him to defeat Sir Philip Morton and his followers in their objective to assassinate the queen of England in the story Cue for Treason by Geoffrey Trease. Peter’s bravery is tremendous, if the situation is life-threatening he will achieve what he desires. Peter successfully

Gender and Film Breathless v. The Big Sleep The New Wave French cinema (or Nouvelle Vague) borrowed a lot of major themes from the American Noir genre but also took some sharp turns in the depictions of gender, especially concerning women. The Big Sleep is fundamentally very similar to Breathless in that they use the male gaze being from the point of view of both protagonists as macho chain-smoking men. Women however, are depicted quite differently in the film and novel. Concerning the more prominent

Madness. Insanity. Idiocy. Lunacy. All these words are synonymous with one another, and they are a prominent theme in the works of literary poets. For Sir Phillip Sydney, Robert Browning, and T.S. Eliot, madness creates a barrier between people and love. Whether internally, or externally, madness is rejected by society because it is seen as a disruption of societal norms. Madness is displayed as a lack of love, jealousy, and struggle to fit into society in the following literary works: “Astrophil

Family In this paper, I will discuss the importance of family in the story of King Lear, written by the wonderful playwright William Shakespeare. I believe that the message of this book is based upon family. The writer is telling us the true inner workings of a family. In most families, you have those who are loyal until the end such as Kent, Edgar, and Cordelia. However, you also have those who are highly deceitful such as Edmund, Goneril, and Regan. My honest opinion is that Shakespeare explains

For many people, the word "desire" carries a positive connotation, bringing to mind dreams of things that could be. In Sir Philip Sidney's poem "Thou Blind Man's Mark," however, desire is characterized not as a wistful thing, but as a dangerous compulsion that must be stopped. Through Sidney's extensive use of figurative language and repetition, it is made clear that the speaker clearly despises desire due to the horrible things desire can lead to. This expresses the idea that people must look inside