Brabantio Accuses Othello: Racial Stereotypes

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Equally, Dean Bob learns that his daughter was apparently raped. As a father, it is a despicable thing to hear and impossible to ignore. This leads him to confronted Odin about the rape allegation. It can be told that from the perspective of Dean Bob, he would assume that Odin did rape his daughter, just on the fact that he is black. One can say this is a racial stereotype because black people are more likely to commit a crime. In fact, during the film, Dean Bob calls out on Odin, since he is black, he did or dealt drugs. On the other hand, in Shakespeare’s play, Brabantio accuses Othello of taking away his daughter. “She is abused. Stol’n from me, and corrupted / By spells and medicines bought of mountebanks; / For nature so preposterously