In Act IV‚ scene III of Shakespeare’s Othello‚ Emilia explains reasons for unfaithfulness. Emilia conveys her ideology about infidelity to Desdemona‚ a character that has not yet been exposed to the idea‚ through the use of rhetorical strategies such as appeals‚ imagery and diction to further reinforce her point that infidelity is caused by the husband. There is a plethora of appeals in Emilia’s monologue‚ many of which involve Emilia’s personal encounters with the idea of unfaithfulness. In Act
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Article Assignment #2 “See Aggression... Do Aggression.” In “See Aggression...Do Aggression” Bandura’s theoretical proposition was that he believed that children can learn to be aggressive. Bandura decided to conduct an experiment to see if he was right. He believed that if you expose a child to either a aggressive model or a nonaggressive model that the children would imitate the actions of the model. His test would show to just what extent the children mimic the behaviors displayed. In the
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In William Shakespeare’s Othello‚ the power of jealousy dominates the play; at first‚ it’s Iago who is stricken with jealousy‚ when Othello appoints Cassio as his new lieutenant. Iago states‚ “And I‚ of whom his eyes had seen the proof at Rhodes‚ at Cyprus‚ and on other grounds…must be beleed and calmed by debitor and creditor‚”(I.i.29-32) after finding out he will be an ancient instead of a lieutenant. These words he has spoken show jealousy on his part because he wanted the lieutenant position
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unique. The concept of evolutionary psychology explains that human behavior is largely influenced by their evolutionary ancestors through six theories and methods. Evolutionary psychology proposes that a lot of human behavior can be explained by the change of the physical and social environments through time. It argues that “much of human behavior is the output of psychological adaptations that evolved to solve recurrent problems in human ancestral environments.” (Evolutionary Psychology) The goals
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Evolutionary psychologists view human behavior and psychological traits as a result of evolutionary adaptation in response to reproductive needs – much like the concept of natural selection applied to reproduction‚ or sexual selection. Drawing from this perspective‚ evolutionary psychologists and professionals seek to explain the differences between male and female dating and mating rituals and sexual attitudes and how they have evolved throughout the centuries. For example‚ researchers employ the
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declaring “Make the Moor thank me‚ love me‚ and reward me for making him egregiously an ass” (2.3.317-320). Iago then continues his plot by influencing Othello to doubt Desdemona’s loyalty by making him believe that his race played a part in her alleged infidelity. He does this by saying “The did deceive her father‚ marrying you‚ and when she seemed to shake and fear your looks she loved them most” (3.3.207-209). His reference to her face being “begrimed and black” as his own (3.3.390-391) suggest that he
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Jealousy Shakespeare is prominent in his use of recurring themes throughout his works‚ particularly those of love‚ death‚ and betrayal. All these themes are present in Othello. Most paramount‚ however‚ is jealousy. Jealousy runs the characters’ lives in Othello from the beginning of the play‚ when Roderigo is envious of Othello because he wishes to be with Desdemona‚ and to the end of the play‚ when Othello is furious with envy because he believes Cassio and Desdemona have been engaging in an affair
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of infidelity‚ typically a physical affair is the only type that comes to mind. Emotional cheating is nowhere near as prominent a thought as physical‚ but it is just as bad. “When we think “affair‚” we think sex. Sex outside marriage can be a knife through a spouse’s heart. But an emotional affair can be just as dangerous to a marriage‚ and often a more complicated situation to remedy.” (Neuman. 26.) So it is not very shocking that most people do not even understand what emotional infidelity is or
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Outline and evaluate one or more social psychological explanations for aggression. There are many social psychological explanations for aggression that try and explain the cause of aggression. The social learning theory originated from work by Tarde who looked at key characteristics of imitation and the ways in which our social behaviours and responses could be shaped by the actions of others. Bandura developed this theory and thought it had four basic processes; attention‚ retention‚ reproduction
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Cuckoldry and sexual jealousy: * Cuckoldry occurs when a woman deceives her male partner into investing in offspring conceived with another male. Risks for cuckoldry are high for women (loss of partner death etc) the risks are even higher for men. Cuckolded men lose both invested resources and reproductive opportunity (Platek and Shackelford 2006) * According to the evolutionary approach‚ all such mate-retention strategies are driven by sexual jealousy: an adaption that evolved in males as
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