Stereo(not the kind you're thinking of...)Types

In everyday life one usually finds themselves making stereotypes, and in shakespeare it's no different. And seemingly these "stereotypes" come back to hurt the ones who made them in time. So, it just goes to show.... you cant judge a book by it's cover.
In MAAN there is the stereotype of Dogberry, who is not the sharpest tool in the shed, if you know what I mean. However, when he did have information that was vital to keeping the innocence of Hero intact the higher class men simply ignored him as a lowly, stupid serf. Shakespeare develops Dogberry to be a somewhat "slow" character and has the educated, and wealthy class laugh down on him. This stereotype of lower class men seemed to create a picture of foolish, rowdy, and unreliable to the wealthy. This seems to come back and bite them in the butt later when Leonato decides to just blow him off and the vital information of the framation of Hero. In this way Shakespeare seems to condemn stereotypes, for he shows the repercussions of negative ones.