Prisoners Dilemna

The Prisoners Dilemna is a pretty cool concept. It goes for simplicity like this, two criminals are arrested for a crime. Then they are put in seperate rooms and interigated. There is not enough evidence for a conviction on either. They are told that if neither of them speaks then they both recieve 6 months in prison. If one of them gives the other one up for the crime then they go free and the other one spends 10 years in prison. If they both give up the other for the crime then they both go to jail for 5 years. Seperately it is better to always give the other person up. If you give the other person up and they dont give you up then they go to jail for ten years and you go to jail for 0. This is better then neither of you speaking and going to jail for six months. If the other person does give you up and you gave them up then you go to jail for 5 years. This is better then them giving you up and you not giving them up and going to jail for 10 years. As you can see it is logically beneficial to give the other person up regardless of their choice. However since both of you will most likely think logically you both will probably end up going to jail for 5 years. Had you both works as a team you both would only go to jail for 6 months. It is here that we have a dilemna. This dilemna is seen in Onibaba. The scene that makes me think of it most is when the old woman is leading the Samurai through the grass. The woman sees two options, if she kills the Samurai and he is planning to kill her then she ends up safe. If she kills the Samurai and he is not planning to kill her then she ends up safe. If she does not try to kill him and he tries to kill her then she ends up dead. If he she does not try to kill him and he does not try to kill her then they both end up safe. While the percent chance is lower, if she does not try to kill him and instead leads him through the grass safely she risks the chance of dying. To avoid any chance of death she must trick him first and kill him. However had the both worked together they both could have easily lived through the ordeal.