Reicher and Haslam Prison Study Questions ... 1-From the Reicher and Haslam prison study (a) describe what is made by tyranny... Tyranny-the oppressive use of power by one group over another in an unequal social system. (b)describe one of the independent variables manipulated to create a situation in which tyranny could develop... one independent variable was the permeability /impermeability of the groups(prisoners/guards). the switch from one group to another. (c)identify two of the dependant
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the Ptolemaic family had the same name To distinguish each reign they adopted descriptive name e.g. soter (Savior) and II Philadelphus (love sis) and III Euergetes (Benefactor) The Ptomleic rulers adopted the Egyptian ideas of hereditary‚ divine kingship The Egyptian ruler was associated with the god Amon or Horus (son of the great mother-goddess Isis and her brother/husband Osiris. Lord of the Dead. The ptolemies adopted the practise of royal incest i.e. the marriage of brother and sister (god wedded
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witchcrafts‚ he consists of the things that he believes the witches will harm them badly if they stick into witches’ predicts and keeps his loyalty to his country and king. Moreover‚ in the quote‚ he tries to wake up Macbeth from his dangerous desires of kingship. Banquo’s experience expresses his ordinary heroism. His heroism is not bright like Macduff’s heroism or foul like Macbeth’s heroism. However‚ this kind of ordinary heroism is closer to the reality. Everyone could understand it and everyone would
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At the beginning of the play‚ during Act 1‚ Macbeth is a kind and honorable man‚ who truthfully did not have the adequate ambitions to become king. As a character‚ Macbeth is very noble and has the status of the Thane of Glamis‚ to which originally‚ he is satisfied with this title alone‚ until he has the encounter with three witches‚ and learns of a prophecy where he becomes king. Once told of this‚ the theme that pride‚ greed‚ and ambition can overpower morality and human nature emerges‚ and this
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Joseph Stalin‚ Ivan the Terrible (Ivan the fourth.) All these men were tyrants‚ I wonder how the Constitution prevents us from tyrants or tyranny. The Constitution was written in Philadelphia along with the declaration of independence‚ it was written along the time of May 25‚1787 to September 17 of 1787. The Constitution states four safeguards written to prevent tyranny. Federalism(a system that the central government has a powers and the smaller regional governments have power)‚ Separation of Powers(powers
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of six phases which tilt monarchy into tyranny‚ to which follows the aristocracy which then degrades into an oligarchy. Again as democracy aims to remedy the oligarchy in the sixth phase‚ the worst of all the regimes springs up—that of the ochlocracy or mob rule. Mob rule then births a monarch repeating the entire cycle. This idea backed by Plato‚ presented by Machiavelli and implemented by those who framed the Constitution assures protection against tyranny‚ or political domination of one over the
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The french revolution began in 1789‚ marking a historic and important time in history. In the book Tale of Two Cities‚ Charles Dickens strives to both commemorate and explain that period of time in which the the scales switch between the tyranny of the aristocrats and the rage and revolt of the poor. Over the course of the book france is recalled to life in three ways; politically‚ emotionally‚ and spiritually. The first way france is recalled to life is politically. The government was already crumbling
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Zinn Chapter 4: Tyranny is Tyranny Main ideas: • By 1760‚ the American colonies had undergone 18 different types of rebellions all aimed at overthrowing colonial governments. By the 1760’s the colonies had birthed capable and educated leaders‚ leaders that would direct the rebellious energy coming from the colonists towards the British. • After the French and Indian war was over‚ the English were more in need of the monetary value that colonies provided‚ and the colonies were less in need of
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Compares Locke’s theory to playing the card game with the cards facing up and trying to reach a unanimous vote With the cards faced up‚ tyranny of minority can occur Tyranny of majority can occur if a majority vote was required to protect the greatest good of the greatest number Solution to the problem: - Rawls corrects this by assigning people in the state of nature‚ the motive
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small group rule to rule by the people. Because each city-state in ancient Greece possessed its own government‚ some of these types existed other than democracy‚ namely monarchy‚ aristocracy‚ tyranny‚ oligarchy. This essay will compare and contrast the ancient governments‚ namely monarchy‚ aristocracy‚ tyranny‚ oligarchy and democracy in Ancient Greek city states. Democracy surfaced in Greece around 500 B.C. This is what is known as rule by people or rule by all. It was developed by the Athens
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