The novels To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee and The Merchant Of Venice by William Shakespeare are filled with prejudice and people being treated differently because of stereotypes. To Kill A Mockingbird is filled with a variety of characters, Jem, Atticus, and Scout Finch are a family in which part of the novel revolves around. Then there is Tom Robinson and Mayella Ewell, who are the two battling in court. The Merchant Of Venice also has a large assortment of characters. The play revolves around Portia, a wealthy, superclass woman, Shylock, an unworthy Jew, and Antonio and Bassanio, two great friends. The amount of negative prejudice in the two novels is almost appalling but it makes for a good story line. Three of the most prominent prejudices
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For starters, in Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, racism is seen throughout the novel in many ways but it is more often acted upon than spoked about. “Lula stopped, but she said, "You ain't got no business bringin' white chillun here—they got their church, we got our'n. It is our church, ain't it, Miss Cal?" … When I looked down the pathway again, Lula was gone. In her place was a solid mass of colored people.” (Lee, page 267). This was a narration from Scout about an incident after Calpurnia, her coloured care taker, took her and her brother to an all coloured person church. In Shakespeare’s, The Merchant Of Venice, racism is seen in a different way than just skin colour, it is seen by religious discrimination. “How like a fawning publican he looks!I hate him for he is a Christian.” (Shakespeare, page 41). Shylock, a Christian hating Jew said this proving that sometimes religion gets in the way of everything. By Shylock saying this, it was evident that he was likely the instigator of his and Antonio’s hateful relationship. It is now clear that these two novels have a similarity in the way people judge a person by their skin colour or religious
For starters, in Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, racism is seen throughout the novel in many ways but it is more often acted upon than spoked about. “Lula stopped, but she said, "You ain't got no business bringin' white chillun here—they got their church, we got our'n. It is our church, ain't it, Miss Cal?" … When I looked down the pathway again, Lula was gone. In her place was a solid mass of colored people.” (Lee, page 267). This was a narration from Scout about an incident after Calpurnia, her coloured care taker, took her and her brother to an all coloured person church. In Shakespeare’s, The Merchant Of Venice, racism is seen in a different way than just skin colour, it is seen by religious discrimination. “How like a fawning publican he looks!I hate him for he is a Christian.” (Shakespeare, page 41). Shylock, a Christian hating Jew said this proving that sometimes religion gets in the way of everything. By Shylock saying this, it was evident that he was likely the instigator of his and Antonio’s hateful relationship. It is now clear that these two novels have a similarity in the way people judge a person by their skin colour or religious