Similarities Between Romeo And Juliet And Flowers For Algernon

In the stories Romeo And Juliet and Flowers For Algernon, one thing I struggled to do was find a common theme. It took me almost an hour, but after close examination I realized one huge common theme I seemed to be blatantly ignoring. That theme was that relationships with others, both with humans and animals, are bound to end. There is many different ways the authors showed these themes in their story, but the ways I will be focusing on is through foreshadowing in the storyline, stereotyping and generalization from both the authors and characters, and the conflict that the characters in the story face throughout their lives.

The first of the three different ways that the authors used to show this theme is foreshadowing. Primarily I will be focusing on Flowers For Algernon, and I will talk about Romeo and Juliet in a separate paragraph following this one. The first and most obvious foreshadowing that is given to us in the book is obviously Algernon. It is quite clear that everything that happens to Algernon happens to Charlie as well. There are some very obvious similarities, including the clear “losing their intellect”, …show more content…
The most apparent “foreshadowing“ is the story Prologue, but that doesn’t one hundred percent work. The prologue doesn’t exactly hint at what will happen in the story, it just flat out tells you the events of the play. A different foreshadowing that also tells the events of the play, but is less telling, is the scene where Romeo tells about the dream he has. When Mercutio responds with his story about “queen mab”, he responds with “I fear, too early: for my mind misgives. Some consequence yet hanging in the stars, Shall bitterly begin his fearful date. With this night 's revels and expire the term, Of a despised life closed in my breast. By some vile forfeit of untimely death. But He, that hath the steerage of my