Prejudice is a preconceived judgement of people based on for example class, gender or ethnicity.[1]
Classism[]
- The maid at Rosebank is supposed to dwell on the subject of illness and death, as people from her class does (according to the text). (How Does Your Garden Grow?)
Racism[]
- The novel And Then There Were None has been published with titles featuring racist/derogatory terms about certain ethnic groups.
Antisemitism[]
- Madame Alfrege, who owns a dress shop where Midge Hardcastle works, is described by Midge as: "a Whitechapel Jewess with dyed hair and a voice like a corncrake." (The Hollow)
- Philip Lombard thought of Isaac Morris as “that little Jew” and that you could not deceive them about money. (And Then There Were None)
- When discussing Carlotta Adams, Poirot mentions to Hastings her love for money. This is due to her being a Jewess, as both men have noticed. (Lord Edgware Dies)