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Stereotypes In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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The Bells” and Romeo and Juliet were written two hundred and fifty-three years apart. Both of these stories are still read today. Romeo and Juliet even gained stereotypes like a balcony possibly being in the story and Romeo around the same age as Juliet. That is assuming they are not the same age. Most people who have not read “Romeo and Juliet” do not know that Romeo and Juliet are the only two that die. “The Bells” was written after Poe’s wife died. Ironically was not published until after Poe’s death. Poe’s writings are dark and sometimes depressing. Due to a few of these reasons Romeo and Juliet and “The Bells,” including their authors, are associated with death and often love. William Shakespeare was a playwright and poet. He is known …show more content…

“The Bells” starts with happy sounding bells. Those happy sounding bells being sleigh bells and wedding bells. Then it takes a turn to bronze and iron bells. The bronze represent the fire bells from Poe’s day. The iron bells represent old age and death. Shakespeare and Poe have been known to write dark and depressing stories. (Applebee, Arthur). Romeo and Juliet and “The Bells” both have some relation to death. Romeo and Juliet both kill themselves at the end of the play. Before their deaths there were three more and then one more most likely from heartbreak. Then there are the wedding bells. This would generally be associated with happiness. In Romeo and Juliet most of the complications were caused because of love and weddings. Juliet was supposed to marry Paris but secretly married Romeo. She naturally should have hated Romeo instead because of their families feeling towards each other. “The Bells” and Romeo and Juliet are written in different ways. Romeo and Juliet is written as a play in blank verse. “The Bells” is a poem written in a trochaic meter. “The Bells” also uses a plethora of onomatopoeias. The amount of onomatopoeias in “The Bells” makes it very repetitive and annoying at times. Romeo and Juliet uses very few onomatopoeias. The only uses of onomatopoeias in Romeo and Juliet is in fights. Literary critics have praised “The Bells” for Poe’s use of onomatopoeias. One literary critic dismissed it as “a case of onomatopoeia pushed to a point where it would hardly be possible or desirable to go again.” (Williams. Paul.) Most critics state that “It has been rightly praised for its experimental and effective onomatopoeia.” (Williams,

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