Prejudice is defined as pre-judgment, generally based on perceived notions of a group rather than an individual. 'To Kill a Mocking Bird ' by Harper Lee and 'Philadelphia', directed by Jonathan Demme, are two texts that convey different forms and aspects of prejudice, set in different contexts; To Kill A Mocking Bird was set in the 1930's, in the sleepy town of Maycomb in Alabama at the time of the Great Depression whilst Philadelphia was set in the metropolitan city of Philadelphia in the late 1980's. …
