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- 411: How Shakespeare And Ibsen Trea
- ... the credit that they deserved as being human beings. In the time period that A Doll s House was written, women s roles were still limited to those of the house-wife. Ibsen ignored these stereotypes and gave women the credit they so deserved. In the story, A Doll s House, a woman named Nora was faced with a hard situation. She had to decide whether to break the law and ...
- 412: Hedda Gabler, By Henrik Ibsen
- ... Gabler and the social mores imposed upon her. However, although this society venerates General Gabler because of his military status, his daughter Hedda is not tolerated due to her non-conformity to the accepted gender stereotypes. Hedda's gender-inverted marriage to Jorgan Tesman, her desire for power and her use of General Gabler's pistols are unacceptable in her society and motif of "One doesn't do such a thing ...
- 413: The Merchant Of Venice
- ... were also viewed as devils by Elizabeathan audiences. Old stories portrayed them as "blood-thirsty murders" that poisoned wells and killed Christian children for their bizarre Passover ritu! als. (Stirling 2:1) These were the stereotypes which Shakespeare's audience held in regard to Jews. Shakespeare himself had never seen a Jew but he goes to great lengths to humanize Shylock even while perpetuating the stereotype. In Act 1:3, before ...
- 414: Smoke Signals - Movie Analysis
- ... to Arizona means an opportunity to come to grips with his ancestry. For Victor, it's a chance to forgive his estranged father in death. For me, it offers the prospect of seeing beyond the stereotypes that plague Native Americans in all films. The many characters the two meet along the way provide good comedic and dramatic support. There's a radio traffic reporter who sits at a deserted intersection and ...
- 415: Epsteins Welfare in America
- ... urban poor. The problem with society is that they look towards the government to make welfare go away. Welfare is a problem that every state has no matter in what form the assistance. There is stereotypes being formed when people say the word welfare. But, the government is the one who specifies by social status who can and cannot claim welfare help. Therefore, they are the ones who can make or ...
- 416: Hostile Takeover of the New World
- ... and ranches. Buffalo are an animal of the past and often thought of as an animal of mysticism. Both the buffalo and the Indian culture are romanticized in movies that are neither truthful nor accurate. Stereotypes and prejudices replaced unity and togetherness. Pollution haunts every city on the planet. Respect of one's fellow man gave way to crimes unthought of by the Indians. They lived their lives honorably. They died ...
- 417: Japanese Americans During WWII
- ... This group was disregarded for the survey. At the end of the report Munson said the Japanese Americans were "no problem on the coast" Most were loyal to America. Because this report contradicted many American stereotypes about Japanese Americans the report was suppressed to the American public until 1946. Many Americans like Generals Mark Clark and George C. Marshal testified to congress that Japanese Americans posed no threat to the west ...
- 418: The Power of the Situation
- ... the form of the white officers who beat Rodney King, or for the Denny's assailants, Denny himself. "Prejudice is the learned attitude toward a target object, involving negative feeling (dislike or fear), negative beliefs (stereotypes) that justify the attitude, and a behavioral intention to avoid, control, dominate, or eliminate those int he target group." (Zimbardo 615). The "us" versus "them" mentality results in social categorization in which people place themselves ...
- 419: Multiculturalism
- ... attention to the needs of the labour pool if they are to attract and hire the best qualified people. The largest corporations in Canada have already responded to this reality by introducing programs that handle stereotypes, biases and barriers in the interests of producing a better workplace. (Minister of Supply 1993:5) One of the last aspects of multiculturalism in Canada immigration itself. Much of the government policies concerning culture and ...
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