Essays Tagged: "generalizations"

Hamlet's Treatment of Ophelia and Gertrude

r how Hamlet treated his mother. A characteristic ofHamlet's personality is to make broad, sweeping generalizations and nowhere is thismore evident than in his treatment toward women. Very early in th ...

(6 pages) 293 1 3.5 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Hamlet

Report on American Literature in general

CharacteristicsThe United States has such a large and varied literature that no generalizations could be made about it. Three characteristics seem to stand out.First, American lite ...

(8 pages) 642 1 4.1 Mar/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Personal Views About Stereo Typing

d as a tool which people use to label others. In practice, one looks at a other, and begins to make generalizations about any physical or intellectual attributes one may possess, and then classes them ... proceeding.StereotypingAs it was mentioned in the Introduction, stereotyping is relative to making generalizations towards a whole culture, class, or nation, etc. based on the actions of one or a sel ...

(6 pages) 199 2 4.2 Oct/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Racsism

Racism is a certain kind of prejudice, based on faulty reasoning andinflexible generalizations toward a specific group. The word prejudicecomes from the Latin noun praejudicium, w ... ude and behaviourwill be the same. Racism is a belief based on faulty reasoning,misconceptions, and generalizations. Stereotyping is an exaggeratedbelief associated with a group. It is produced by nam ...

(5 pages) 192 0 4.5 Jan/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

Evil and Primitivism in Man. Essay on "Lord of the Flies" by Golding

.This story is an allegory. This means the character, events and setting represent deeper truths or generalizations then those suggested by the surface story. There are four main characters, and each ...

(5 pages) 69 0 5.0 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > "Lord of the Flies" by Sir William Gerald Golding

Christian Teens

cally based on the manner in which teenagers speak, dress, and present themselves. Because of these generalizations, faith of many teens is commonly overlooked. In a society where violence seems to be ...

(8 pages) 190 4 4.5 May/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

In the following essay, the poem Beowulf is analyzed to determine if Grendel and his mother are humans or monsters.

trinsic sense of morality and virtue that is rareamong most humans; unfortunately, the stereotypicalgeneralizations, premature attributions, andprovincialism of this pantheon(qualities which the Danes ...

(5 pages) 106 0 3.8 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Hate Groups

re based on racism. Racism is a certain kind of prejudice, based on faulty reasoning and inflexible generalizations toward a specific group. Sociologist believe that racial discrimination happens when ...

(7 pages) 194 0 4.1 Dec/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

What are stereotypes?

ed as a tool which people use to label others. In practice, one looks at another and begins to make generalizations about any physical or intellectual attributes one may or may not possess, and then c ...

(3 pages) 242 0 3.4 Mar/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

the media displaying stereotypes inaccurately....especially the jewish religion

does not acknowledge individual differences and which is often prejudicial to that person or group. Generalizations are made because of experiences we have had ourselves, read about in books and magaz ...

(3 pages) 87 1 4.3 May/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Persuasive Writing

Religious Spread Through Conquest.

all peoplesposses, and is reflected in all civilizations? Indeed, it isextremely difficult to make generalizations about centuries of modernhistory. To say that something is true of all of history is ...

(9 pages) 150 0 2.3 May/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

The progress of freedom.

and a condition of progress. Struggle, war, violence meant development; peace meant decay. And bold generalizations applied to reasoning man the fate and conditions of unreasoning vermin. Since it was ...

(12 pages) 114 1 5.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Racism, a certain kind of prejudice.

Racism is a certain kind of prejudice, based on faulty reasoning and inflexible generalizations toward a specific group.For centuries conflicts have taken place among three main ra ... e and behaviour will be the same. Racism is a belief based on faulty reasoning, misconceptions, and generalizations. Stereotyping is an exaggerated belief associated with a group. It is produced by na ...

(3 pages) 96 0 3.7 Sep/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

This essay seeks to compare and contrast the approaches taken by Keith B. Richburg and Karl Maier in discussing Africa.The title is "Woes of Africa"

one thing that leaves much to be desired about the approaches taken by some of these authors is the generalizations they make about the whole African continent, using the woes of just a few countries ... of color in America.I find it very difficult to accept Richburg's account of Africa especially his generalizations. He claims he does not like to take sides when he is confronted with issues, as he p ...

(14 pages) 110 0 3.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History

Understanding Difference.

el, some make friends with people from other cultures and some merely use their own stereotypes and generalizations about a particular culture. In the end some people do get a good understanding about ... hat is the best way to get to know another culture? Is it reading, traveling, making friends or the generalizations? I personally believe that it is through making friends. Knowing people from a diffe ...

(4 pages) 63 0 5.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Marketing.

d characteristics of marketing. Are we correct in offering students and in-company training program generalizations that cut across the marketing domain? Are we doing justice to the core nuances if we ... business-to-business marketing. Are we correct in offering students and in-company training program generalizations, which cut across the marketing domain? Are we doing justice to the core nuances if ...

(9 pages) 739 1 4.8 Oct/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Prejudice and discrimination against minorities; comparison to Staten Island incident. Includes bibliography.

inguishing characteristic of a prejudice is that it relies on stereotypes, which are oversimplified generalizations. He claims that when a person uses prejudgment, it consists of two elements - belief ...

(4 pages) 100 0 4.5 Dec/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

This is a research paper on Gregor Mendel and his contributions to science.

856 and 1863 Mendel cultivated and tested some 28,000 pea plants. His experiments brought forth two generalizations which later became known as Mendel's Laws of Heredity. Ironically, when Mendel's pap ...

(4 pages) 79 0 4.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Contrasting the viewpoints between aristotle and galileo methods

an authority. His words were alone considered to be the greatest authority in science. He based his generalizations on qualitative observations and logical reasoning. His views were then backed by the ... eclined when a man named Galileo used mathematics and quantitative observations to test Aristotle's generalizations.Qualitative observations, the method in which Aristotle used are the use of logical ...

(3 pages) 44 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

Abstract

s, like memorizing specific verses from the Quran. It encourages readers to not make assumptions or generalizations without knowing the facts first. For example, one should not assume that because Bin ... e to nothing about the Middle Eastern culture. Therefore, it is much easier to make assumptions and generalizations about a tradition being one or the other than it is to take the time to find out, fo ...

(3 pages) 63 0 3.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Islam