Melville and the Jewish Stereotypes

Introduction\n Judaic people were, and still be in some cases, enured with hostility in the horse opera creative activity. The prejudice and/or disparity against Jews as individuals and as a group is called antisemitism and it is normally based on stereotypes and myths that maneuver Jews as people, their religious practices and beliefs, and the Jewish State of Israel. (Anti-defamation League, 1). Since Jews are an ethno-religious group, Anti-Semitism is a piss of racism. Although, when Jews fist went to the United States, they were case-hardened with more(prenominal) than tolerance than ever before. As far as it concerns the discussion of the Jewish people during the eighteenth century, the United States was the most ripe(p) country in the world (Harap, 3). Indeed, Jews at that time, were equal to American people in attend of the law. Also, there were little economic, effectual, and cordial discriminations against them. However, Jews were treated with hostility in som e aspects of everyday life, which qualification constitute a form of Anti-Semitism.\nAnti-Semitism can be found not wholly in economic, social, or legal aspects of life, but also in culture. Particularly, this paper studies Anti-Semitism in writings, which is usually held with the use of stereotypes. By definition, a stereotype is a solid impression that somebody has roughly groups of people that come out of the closet to be different from its own. Also, stereotypes ricochet expectations and beliefs about the characteristics of a certain(p) group. The depiction of certain stereotypes about Jews in the American publications is not rare. Unlike edict in the 19th century, where the Unites States treated Jews better than England did, American literature disrespected Jews no less than English literature (Harap, 4). Furthermore, the Jew stereotype, which was tenuous in the American literature at the begging of the 19th century, was interpreted from English literature.\nHowever, t he stereotype in American literature became more frequent lat...