Paragraphs on Romeo and Juliet

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Paragraphs on Romeo and Juliet
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Tips

• Dont mention how great or beautiful
  Shakespeares writing is. We know this.
• Shakespeare uses imagery to describe Romeos love
  for Juliet. Not Romeo uses imagery to describe
  Juliets beauty.
• Present tense Romeo runs to Friar Lawrence.
• Dont worry about page numbers and lines for this
  essay. Worry about analysis. Sound smart!

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• Dont make value statements such as
• Great story
• Interesting characters
• Well written book

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More than four lines

• Romeo first refers to Juliets bright beauty at
  the Capulets feast
• O, she doth teach the torches to burn
  bright!
• It seems she hangs upon the cheek of
  
• As a rich jewel in an Ethiops ear-
• Beauty too rich for use, for earth
  too dear.
• Juliets beauty not only informs the torches how
  to illuminate the
• Night, but it also shines like a jewel against
  the backdrop of
• blackness like a diamond against dark skin.

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How to quote quotes in verse

• O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! /
  It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night / As a
  rich jewel in an Ethiops ear (1.5.23-45).

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Wordiness Romeo has again fallen in love which
is clearly written through depicted images of
light.

• Romeos love for Juliet is depicted through
  images of light.

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Fixing awkward transitions

• Another way Romeo compares Juliets beauty to
  light, after sneaking into her house, is by
  saying that two of the
• After sneaking into the orchard, Romeo also
  compares Juliets beauty to the light of stars
  Two of the

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Commas

• Use after introductory or parenthetical clause.
• After the party Romeo did his homework.
• Juliet, on the other hand thinks their love is
  too quick.
• Before going home Romeo visited Ms. Briskin and
  asked her for advice on his essay.

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Combining sentences

• Later in act two scene two when Romeo is outside
  of Juliet's balcony he says on line three, It is
  the east, and Juliet is the sun. When Romeo says
  this he is comparing Juliet to the sun.
• Later, outside Juliets balcony, Romeo compares
  Juliet to a greater fire It is the east, and
  Juliet is the sun.

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• After the party, Romeo did his homework.
• Juliet, on the other hand, thinks their love is
  too quick.
• Before going home, Romeo visited Ms. Briskin
  and asked her for advice on his essay.

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Transition to 2nd paragraph in body of paper

• Have you used a linking expression or reference
  from the previous paragraph to the new one?
• This, that, those, these, such, other, another,
  etc.

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Closing statement

• Shakespeares imagery helps enhance the lovers
  romance and allows readers to picture the
  characters through a different perspective.
• Different perspective is too general. What new
  perspective does the writer mean? A new
  perspective of love? A new perspective on Romeos
  awakening of real love, untarnished by romantic
  ideals? Be specific.

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Closing statement Final statement on main point
made in paragraph.

• These images of light reflect Romeos inner
  state of enlightenment. He is no longer
  depressed instead, he now shines with the new
  hope of a new love.

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In c

• Does topic sentence relate to thesis and
  introduce main idea of paragraph?
• Do you provide context for first example?
• Is quote connected? Cited properly?
• (1.4.51-22)
• Is quote explained?
• He ravens wings refers night.
• Does commentary relate to topic sentence?
• Transition to next example smooth?
• Commentary on example sufficient?
• Closing statement relate back to T.S.?
• Transition to next paragraph?

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Ghost Quotes

• Romeo compares Juliets beauty to fire. O, she
  doth teach the torches to burn bright.
• Romeo compares Juliets beauty to fire O, she
  doth teach the torches to burn bright.
• Connect with colon here.

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Introducing Quotes smoothly

• Shakespeare uses opposition in Friar
  Lawrences speech to show love and hate.Virtue
  itself turns vice, being misapplied meaning that
  love when done incorrectly or obsessively can
  become something truly terrible that will cause
  suffering or pain.
• Shakespeare uses opposition in Friar Lawrences
  speech to show love and hate. While picking herbs
  Friar Lawrence contemplates this juxtaposition of
  love and hate Virtue itself turns vice, being
  misapplied. He seems to be musing on the ability
  of love to turn harmful if it becomes obsessive.
  

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Quotes

• 1 Explain what the quote means
• 2 How it relates to point you are making
• 3 Go deepermore than one
• sentence to develop idea

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It is the east and Juliet is the sun

• Juliet lights up Romeos life as the sun lights
  up the day. The image of the sun rising in the
  east also suggests a new beginning for Romeos
  love life.
• Juliet is the sun that will brighten up Romeos
  night and erase his depression over Rosalines
  unrequited love.

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all the birds would think it were not night

• Go deeper- ANALYZE dont just say and her
  beauty is so bright the birds think it is day.
  What does that symbolize to Romeo? A new day, a
  new awakening, leaving the darkness of night,
  walking into the light, a new dawn, a new chance,
  or bringing life back from the darkness of night.

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When Shakespeare wrote Friar Lawrences
monologue, he used the analogy of man as a plant
to illustrate how either can be used for good or
evil.
Topic Sentences style

• In Friar Lawrences Monologue Shakespeare uses
  the analogy of man as a plant to illustrate how
  either can be used for good or evil.

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Writing about imagery

• What does the sun represent
• Warmth
• Gives life
• The center of the universe

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• Shakespeare used images that contradict each
  other during Friar Lawrences speech in Romeo and
  Juliet to express a love and hate theme.
• Shakespeare uses contradictory images in Friar
  Lawrences speech to express the opposing themes
  of love and hate.