Solitary confinement

In Truman Capote’s novel In Cold Blood, Capote follows the stories of both a murdered family, the Clutters, and their murderers, Richard “Dick” Hickock and Perry Smith. Over the course of the novel, Capote reveals that Hickock and Smith met in prison and reconnected once they were both released (161). The pair’s target in invading the Clutter household was money in an alleged safe; murdering the Clutters would just ensure no witnesses could identify them as the killers (Capote 161). Eventually…

An Unexpected Change The premise of the Stanford Prison was to determine the relationships between guards and prisoners. These conditions were situational and the researchers wanted to study the variables on human behaviors in a prison environment. As many have concluded, the experiment did not go as anticipated, and many questions have arisen as to what went wrong and if the experiment itself was ethical. This purpose of this paper is to understand the true intent of the experiment, examine…

is where Charles Darnay is destined to go after his third and final trial of the book, the outcome of the prosecution determines that he will pay for the sins of his aristocratic blood. By bribing Barsad, Carton finds his way into Darnay’s solitary confinement cell, and he says to him, “draw on these boots of mine... change that cravat for this of mine, that coat for this of mine. While you do it, let me take this ribbon from your hair, and shake out your hair like this of mine”(215). Since they…

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is told in first person by the narrator through her journal entries. The main character, who is the protagonist, is sent to a mansion due to an illness and her husband’s need to heal her. She is alone and stuck in her own mind, and creates these fantasies to try and overlook her reality.“The Yellow Wallpaper”, describes a woman who has been driven to insanity due to postpartum depression. However, due to her treatment, a time period full of…

The rain was coming. Angie heard the sky’s cow mooing, as her mother used to call thunder when Angie was a little child. The wind had been blowing for some time. In front of her huge window, Angie was able to see the green garden, or at least what was left of it, the fence, the road, the cars strolling peacefully, some people in their coats walking, and a white cat running… She had a book in her lap and frankly for the last 30 minutes she couldn’t move beyond that one page in chapter 3. It was…

John in “The Yellow Wallpaper” Many short stories from throughout history contain dynamic characters that may vary in intentions upon analyzation. After digging deeper into the meaning of said characters, the reader may become surprised to discover their first impression may not be the true disposition of the text. Likewise, In “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, John can be considered evil or immoral because of the neglect he shows towards the narrator. However, after…

The Vagina Monologs is a play by the American feminist Eve Ensler. It is, evidently, a questionable gem. Eve Ensler's play, The Vagina Monologs, challenges rhetorical critics, feminist activists, and scholars of numerous types, to reconsider the relationship between the body, especially the female body, and current understandings of public and private. Thusly, Ensler's play additionally moves us to investigate the status of the body inside rhetorical and feminist studies. The Vagina Monologs'…

The Top Seven Haunted Tourist Destinations in the World Wherever you travel in the world, you’ll find famous haunted mansions and other places where people have felt the cold and seen ghosts and spirits for centuries. Most of these places offer tours for the outdoor traveler, where you can hear the stories and wait for the apparitions to manifest. Whether you get scared because of the hype or because of genuine hauntings is for you to decide. Here are 10 of the top places in the world where…

restitution, incarceration, and rehabilitation used to deal with this universal challenge. However, in the case of many nations, ethics come into question involving incarceration as a method to reduce crime. Besides criticism of the use of solitary confinement due to its deteriorating psychological effect, there are many cases of the unethical and unjust treatment of incarceration people. One of the nation most criticized for its prison system is China. Unlike Western penal systems, the…

Connecting “The Stanford Prison Experiment” to Lord of the Flies “but look out the evil is in us all” (Goulding 208) stated William Golding in his novel Lord of the Flies. This quote implies that even the best us have the ability to do great evil. Dropping questions such as, how much of your “good conduct” is dependant on someone watching you? Are we more a product of our environment (Nurture) or DNA (Nature). Lord of the Flies and The Stanford Prison Experiment illustrate that when left…