I do think that these are all connected in the fact that it deals with how humans act when placed in 'evil' situations. All of these references describe how humans are influenced by each other. In the Stanford prison experiment the students claimed afterwards how they would have normally not preformed any of the tasks upon the prisoners like they did in the experiment. Brave New World also shows how humans are influenced by each other. Same with the idea of the cave, also with 18 with a bullet, and the wire. In these everyone knows their place and does not fight it. This can be connected to Hinduism also with the idea of the Caste system, and the idea of darama. All of these people are prisoners, since they are trapped in the reality that society has created around them, and the illusion it creates.
BNW -> CAVE: lenian sees shadow.
Grendel-> 18 w/ A Bullet: Ideas of monsters vs. human qualities. what is a monster?
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