As usual, however, Delano quickly dismisses this idea of evil and his prejudicial mindset takes over. ... Perhaps Amasa Delano represents the American outlook on slavery at the time. ... The authors' perspectives on evil are reflected through the main characters of their stories. ... Hawthorne and Melville demonstrate how the worst type of evil comes in the most unexpected form. ... Delano can also be compared to Goodman Brown of Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown", as they are both blind to evil, and Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville share a similar insight on the natu...

• Word Count: 1557
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The media stereotype of bad guys wearing black or that anything that is black is evil has been encouraged for over a hundred years. ... She was known to have a temper and take it out on the family especially her husband, which was mostly represented as a Sambo. ... This image represented the sexual side of African-American women. Jezebel was normally represented as a light-skinned, biracial woman, who normally looked European. ... Sambo represented the insolent, lazy, happy slave. ...

• Word Count: 1272
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Angelou symbolizes black girls growing in America; her rape description is overwhelming and represents suffering of the blacks. ... She witnessed evil that was generally directed at black women and uses the metaphor of caged bird singing in midst of a struggle to represent confinement as a result of oppression and racism, book contains a sequence of lesson on how to resist oppression. ...

• Word Count: 649
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

While the battle royal symbolizes the struggle for equality for the black culture, the blindfolds represent their powerlessness, all at the expense of the white society. ... Summers spoke frequently to the villagers about making a new box, but no one liked to upset even as much tradition as was represented by the black box" (1). ...

• Word Count: 1232
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

All the '58 stereotypes are in abundant supply: mellifluous judge, evil, smirky prosecutor, drunken law professor, cynical divorce lawyer pal, good ol' dog, morally pure African-American, Cro-Magnon white racists....

• Word Count: 4938
• Approx Pages: 20
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate