In his tragedy Othello, a distinctive feature of one of the lead characters is not clearly dictated. ... Othello is described as "black" rather than "brown" by many of the characters in the play. ... It is possible that Shakespeare's use of the word black could have simply been a literary tool within the character of Othello. Instead of writing specific casting directives about the color of his skin, many of the characters in the play speak about his skin including the Duke of Venice, Iago, and Othello himself. ... Iago: " Cyprus gallants that would fain have a measure to the healt...

• Word Count: 553
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

But the fact is-that we called you over here to tell you that-this is my son, and he makes like the sixth generation of folks in this country, and we have all though about your offer and I have decided that we are going to move into our new house and because-well-my father,he earned it for us, brick by brick. .(202)" Just as Walter illustrated his pride above, the play relates how each character in the Younger family deals with the idea of being black and poor. ... When you starts measuring somebody, measure him right, child, measure him right. ...

• Word Count: 1162
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In Toni Morrison's novel Song of Solomon, she explores several significant male identities by developing and metamorphisizing her male character aroubd the archetypal search for identity. ... That he distorted life, bent it, for the sake of gain was a measure of how much he had lost,"" (300). ... Another main character that experiences a significant search for identity is Milkman s friend Guitar. ... Toni Morrison provides a beautiful and well composed story filled with male characters that develop of fall behind for lack of something. No matter what the subject or character, if they are...

• Word Count: 1366
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• Grade Level: High School

As the main characters in the story grow up, they learn that this unfavourable treatment happens in their everyday life. ... Merriweather played her voice like an organ; every word she said received its full measure: 'The poverty the darkness the immortality " nobody but J. ...

• Word Count: 778
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• Grade Level: High School

Burger's Identity Living in a world of conflict and betrayal, people search to measure themselves against the accomplishments of those before them. ... Exploring what it means to be an individual leads to a definition of whom that character may be. ...

• Word Count: 795
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• Grade Level: High School

However, if one acknowledges the fact that some of these skills, and even certain measures of intellect, are often determined by one's skin color, the idea of fairness is nullified. ... Equality, in its barest form, involves different characters possessing the same qualities or characteristics. ...

• Word Count: 884
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Although there were several characters in the book, including the young narrator and her brother, the true main character is their father, Atticus Finch, a man of great integrity and intelligence. ... No measures can be taken for him to step aside, and there is absolutely no way that they can push past him. ... Finally, the last heroic trait of this character's: his will to teach others. ...

• Word Count: 1341
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• Grade Level: High School

Closely related to the Mammy was the character of the Sambo. ... He paved the way for the Jim Crow character first introduced by T.D. ... The Coon was a comical character that seemed to be able to do no right. ... Previously most of the characters of the Coon and Jim Crow were played by white men in black face in addition the up and coming black entertainers found that as the characters had been exaggerated in the past they too had to exaggerate their own features. ... The Coon presented an efficient and effective example of freedom given to the Black American and how they could not ever me...

• Word Count: 1938
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Gaines had many goals for his writing and characters in his stories. His beliefs of characters were convincing that reached a peak. ... Gaines depicts the strength and dignity of his black characters in the face of numerous struggles. ... The characters" of Ernest Gaines is serene, considered, and unexcited. ... The characters must face an unfriendly world without guidance and must make crucial choices about their lives. ...

• Word Count: 1754
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• Grade Level: High School

I tend to side with Martin Luther King, Jr. when he gave his famous "I Have A Dream" speech: "I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." ... Just recently, two states have passes similar anti-preference measures. ... In 1998, Washington passed a similarly worded measure Initiative 200 that easily passed by a wide 58-42% margin. ...

• Word Count: 2072
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Jim Crow was the name of a character in a minstrel show. ... Across the South, so-called "Black Codes" passed by the new state governments, imposed a range of oppressive measures that amounted to a second slavery for freed people. ...

• Word Count: 1168
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The movie Separate But Equal is a true story about the myth that one race is superior to another race simply because of skin color which is called racism. Today, racism is a problem that everyone must face no matter what race a person is. Many attempts have been made by the government to ease racial...

• Word Count: 1380
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Since Louisiana always has had a heavy Catholic flavor, its past is a good measure of Catholic response to slavery and racism (Campion)". ... The characters are thrown into the situation to deal with race the way it is dealt with in the real world when they are removed from their established high society settings. ... Mallard has heart problems which made me view her as a naturally weaker character at the beginning of the story. ...

• Word Count: 1578
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

(Brodwin, pp. 336-337) The argument between nature and nurture becomes academic in a world where a character like Roxy can justify her sins based on the sins of those who have sinned against her. ...

• Word Count: 3141
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

When reading the novel, you meet and interact with many of the characters. Pecola Breedlove, the main character who suffers significantly in the society she's placed in. ... And many other characters who made this novel what it was. ... The characters in this novel are rejected, ousted from society for many reasons. ... In the same manner, Pauline Breedlove's personal history is shown to have played out in extreme measure, in life of her daughter. ...

• Word Count: 2499
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There is nothing in the history of his race, nothing in his individual character, nothing in his achievements past nor his promise for the future, which entitles him to stand side by side with the white man at the ballot box We must repeal and modify the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. ... Though William was a man of great character and class, he did not let his resentment of his Pullman car porter or steward job destroy him or humiliate him. ...

• Word Count: 4823
• Approx Pages: 19
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Despite the aspect of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn being a fiction, the characters from this novel realistically portray a true view of society's feelings about slavery. ... Covey gave me a savage kick in the side and told me to give up took up the hickory slat with which Hughes had been striking of a half-bushel measure and with it gave me a heavy blow upon the head, making a large wound, and the blood ran freely" (566). ...

• Word Count: 1876
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Giovanni's Room and Another Country "featured characters struggling to define sexual, racial, and national identities, and the matter-of-fact depictions of gay relationships in both books surprised many readers" (ht! ...

• Word Count: 2618
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Delia, the main character, has an identity that is found through her hard work and spirituality. ... Delia, the main character, is a black working woman and her art is expressed through her hard work. ...

• Word Count: 3271
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

It is a testament to the greatness of Martin Luther King Jr. that nearly every major city in the U.S. has a street or school named after him. It is a measure of how sorely his achievements are misunderstood that most of them are located in black neighborhoods. He is still regarded mainly as the bl...

• Word Count: 3558
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The theme of religion and community is not foreign to Toni Morrison. In several of her novels, she has treated themes of God and humanity. Indeed, spirituality is a common thread woven through many of her characters. Morrison has a sharp insight into people as they relate to their Maker and each ...

• Word Count: 3712
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School

The theme of religion and community is not foreign to Toni Morrison. In several of her novels, she has treated themes of God and humanity. Indeed, spirituality is a common thread woven through many of her characters. Morrison has a sharp insight into people as they relate to their Maker and each ...

• Word Count: 3715
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School

The psychologist, Jean Phinney (1987:10), further notes that there are "widely discrepant definitions and measures of ethnic identity, which makes generalizations and comparisons across studies difficult and ambiguous". ...

• Word Count: 3101
• Approx Pages: 12
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"The slave went free; stood a brief moment in the sun; then moved back again toward slavery." W.E.B. Du Bois, Black Reconstruction of America. (Alexander 20). W.E.B. Du Bois reminds us that former slaves had "a brief moment in the sun" before returning to a status akin to slavery. In many schools ac...

• Word Count: 4144
• Approx Pages: 17
• Has Bibliography