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In Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello, the title character is 16th century Moorish general of the Venetian army who, because of the cultural and historical background of the play’s setting, the playwright, and the original audience, is portrayed as both well-respected for his military prowess and disparaged for his race. Similarly, there are views on hispanics that are both positive and negative that are common with a lot of people. Like Othello, there are features about hispanics that make them get stereotyped or looked down upon by others. Also similar to Othello, there are attributes about hispanics that get made into positive stereotypes. In today’s American society, there are both stereotypes that view hispanics positively, as loyal and hardworking, …show more content…
During Othello’s time period, non-whites or “Moors” were seen in a negative way because of his race. However, there were some people who look past Othello’s skin color, and saw all the positive things he had done. The Duke of Venice defends Othello by stating that Brabantio’s “son-in-law is far more fair than black” (1.3.328-331) when accused of using magic to seduce Desdemona. In a time period where non-whites are looked at negatively by the majority of the population, there are still people who treat Othello equally and who defend him when he is accused of something that they now he did not …show more content…
for generations.” There are people around the country who understand that Hispanics have good and bad qualities just like everyone else.
Desdemona’s father, Brabantio, has a negative view on Othello saying that it is not possible for Desdemona “To fall in love with what she feared to look on”. Desdemona’s father is one of the many people in Venice who have a negative view on Moors, and in this quote he makes his views clear. He says that Othello used a sorcery to make Desdemona fall in love with him. People make assumptions about Othello that have no proof to support them. Similarly, in the present, many Americans make negative assumptions about Hispanics that have no that they reached just because of

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