Stereotypes Of Immigrants In Shakespeare's Othello

You wake up and take in a deep breath. Ready to start a new day in the country you were born. It’s not the best of places to be in, especially when your country is the battleground for a war that you want no part in. You hear your family in the living room talking about moving to a different country, one where there is peace, opportunity for everyone and anyone capable of working, a country that was made for people in your situation. But you can’t go, not legally, not yet. With little to no hope of surviving the war that's taking place in your country your family decides to go to the country illegally. After years of contributing to society, and to the progress of the nation you now call home you find yourself one day being constantly discriminated

Similarly, because of the most recent presidential campaign, immigrants of all races have been constantly bombarded with reminders of how there seem to be multiple stereotypes that damage the image of an immigrant. Today’s American society is generous enough to recognize the good that immigrants did for the country such as develop the transcontinental railroads, but is more prone to bring up the constant negative things like american unemployment and how immigrants seem to be taking american jobs.

Othello was seen as this exceptional military general who, despite his race, was respected by everyone and praised by many. Othello was praised and trusted so much that even the Duke of Venice speaks about him with high regard by claiming that he was the only one eligible of fighting off the enemy invasion because of how talented he was. Because of the original audience that Shakespeare dealt with, this type of respect may have baffled many people because of how different Othello seemed to be compared to the traditional stereotypes of a

We can see that compared to the now modern generalization of an immigrant, there is a complete contrast between the two even though they are the same type of people that fall under the term “Immigrant” as well as a different approach as to how immigrants are described. Immigrants were given respect for helping the United States accomplish things such as building the transcontinental railroads. Immigrants also played a major role in making this country possible because if it wasn't for indentured servants wanting to move to the United States in order to be able to get a better chance at life, the United States wouldn't have progressed at the rate it did. Thinking of this, and how if it wasn't for immigrants than the United States wouldn't have been possible may astonish many people and would most likely have multiple people denying this fact.

As the play Othello progresses, we see that the title character, Othello is changing and fitting the traditional stereotypes of a moor, a barbaric and murderous person. The only reason this was happening was because of how Iago took advantage of Othello’s insecurity and the fact that there was some controversy because of how Othello was a moor. With Othello fitting the traditional and expected stereotypes of a moor, all that was done was reinforce these stereotypes and how no matter what is done, no matter what good deeds one does, they will still