Presentation / Essay (Pre-University) from the year 2010 in the subject English - Literature, Works, grade: "-", Geschwister-Scholl-Gymnasium Lüdenscheid (Lüdenscheid), language: English, abstract: The short story "The Black Madonna", written by Muriel Spark, gives a vivid portrait of the dormant and hidden racism of British inhabitants in the 1950s. It can also be understood as a criticism on people who pretend to be religious but do not behave like that.