ESSAY PROMPT: ?And the Greatest of These??
?My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth? (1 John. 3.18).
Prompt: Limiting your evidence to the first two acts of Romeo and Juliet, write a four paragraph essay that details either Romeo or Juliet?s views on love before they meet, and then analyzes how their meeting and developing relationship has or has not changed his or her views on love, and lastly makes a prediction on how this love will impact their futures.
Discuss either Romeo or Juliet, not both
Introduction:
-Discuss love (what it is, what it takes, how it impacts a person, etc.)
– Briefly introduce the play. Lead into the claim.
-Make a clear thesis about how Romeo or Juliet?s conceptions of love do or don?t change because of their
? relationship. Make sure your claim also includes why his or her ideas do or don?t change.
Body Paragraph 1:
– Make a claim about Romeo or Juliet?s conceptions of and feelings about love before their relationship begins (before I.v).
– Provide at least 2 separate pieces of evidence (quotes) with complete warrant to prove your claim. Fully dissect and analyze the quotes.
Body Paragraph 2:
– Make a claim about Romeo or Juliet?s conceptions of and feelings about love during their relationship (from I.v to II.vi).
– Provide at least 2 separate pieces of evidence (quotes) with complete warrant to prove your claim. Fully dissect and analyze the quotes.
– Within the warrant, discuss how, based on the evidence you provided, Romeo or Juliet?s views on love have or haven?t changed due to his or her relationship with the other. Directly compare or contrast the evidence you gave in the body paragraphs to prove your argument.
Conclusion:
– Bring it together. Briefly review main points.
– Evaluate the quality of his or her love. Forgetting what you already know about their fate, discuss what your findings suggest about Romeo?s or Juliet?s preparedness for their future together?
Requirements:
MLA page and heading format (you cannot earn back missed MLA points)
An original, creative title
Cite quotes (II.iii.114-7).
Graceful quote integration
Smooth transitions
Strong paragraph claims
Perfect Mechanics
Keep to present tense and 3rd person
Between 1 and 2 single-spaced pages
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Reminder on how to quote and cite Shakespeare:
Even though Capulet forces him to keep the peace, Tybalt vows that Romeo?s ?intrusion shall, / Now seeming sweet, convert to bitt?rest gall? (I.v.102-3).
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APRIL 2016
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