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    People interact with and also with their surroundings. This impacts on their sense of belonging or their sense of isolation. We see this is William Shakespeare’s play ‘As You Like It’ and the Anglo-Indian genre movie‚ ‘Bride and Prejudice’ by Gurinder Chadha. The relationship between people and the interaction with place heavily impacts on the sense of belonging among the characters in the prescribed text. Rosalind and Celia are cousins who share a common understanding and identical values. Being

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    Firebird tells about the struggles of that professional ballerina Maria Tallchief had to endure. The author writes the story in sections to better express what Maria had to face to become a dancer. The different sections help you better comprehend the prejudice she endured and how she never gave up. In the first section the author tells how she became a dancer. In the first paragraph her grandmother tells her stories about their ancestry‚ and that’s why she has so much pride in herself

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    Outcome 3 – Factors that may reduce prejudice Prejudice means holding (usually) a negative attitude towards the members of a group based solely on their membership of that group. Two examples of prejudice behavior are: -Having a negative attitude towards somebody just because they drive a truck. -Having a negative attitude towards the elderly. A stereotype is a belief about people who belong to a certain group‚ regardless of individual differences among members of that group. Stereotypes

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    Stereotype- a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or the idea of a particular type of person or group. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen are stereotypical in the portrayal of many of the characters except for Elizabeth Bennet. Elizabeth is viewed as an expressive feminist due to her strong ideals and expectations for her life. Elizabeth’s ability to be vocal about her opinions is a more noticeable due to how stereotypical the other women the novel are; however‚ such behaviour could be

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    Vanity Jane Austen’s famous work‚ Pride and Prejudice‚ is entwined with each character’s social‚ political‚ and personal vanity‚ especially Lady Catherine de Bourgh and Elizabeth Bennet. Without these comedic elements this piece would never have come as far as it has. In Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice‚ social vanity is created by one’s social standing in society. Lady Catherine de Bourgh has a very high standing and expects everyone should care for her opinion. “Lady Catherine seemed quite

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    Of MIce and Men is a novel based on two migrant workers during the Era of the Great Depression. It shows the struggles and challenges they face‚ particularly focussing on the theme of prejudice. Steinbeck aimed to raise the issues of societal discrimination and the negative stigma surrounding individuals based on their appearances. The main forms of discrimination presented within the novel were ableism‚ racism and sexism. These themes were carried out through the characters Lennie‚ Crooks and Curley’s

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    Because of Mr. Darcy’s constant display of pride‚ when he proposed to Elizabeth‚ it left her astonished beyond expression. In the short passage from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice‚ the author establishes a foil relationship between Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth through the use of narrative voice and the notion of pride. Austen uses a narrative voice to highlight the state of shock Elizabeth was in when Mr. Darcy proposed to her. Further‚ it also emphasizes on the foil relationship between Mr. Darcy

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    Prejudice is all around. It can’t not be in everyone’s life. The only people who are prejudice free are probably Gods. Now people may not think that prejudice is apart of everyone’s everyday life but it is. People are making judgements everyday and most people probably don’t even know it. Here are a few examples of prejudice surrounding the population everyday that you probably don’t even know. Prejudice exists today because of society and the influences people have. People who believe that they

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    they also are more likely to be profiled ever since the incidents of September 11‚ 2001. Part III Answer each question in 50 to 150 words related to those stereotypes. Provide citations for all the sources you use. Define stereotypes and prejudice. What is the difference between stereotyping and

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    Prejudice is an unfavorable conclusion or feeling shaped in advance or without learning‚ thought‚ or reason. In America Prejudice is still going on because people don’t know how to not judge on race. They are still trying living back in the days when slavery and racism was going on. Also‚ men are prejudice toward women because they feel women have less responsibility in the world. When Barack Obama became presidents many Africa America believe that the world would change that white could understand

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