Compare-Contrast: Romeo and Hamlet
CHARACTERS: Romeo & Hamlet
I. INTRODUCTION Incorporating something irrational into your life isnt much of a good thing. Romeo & Hamlet find out the hard way.
A. ATTENTION GETTER:What do most people become to deep into in their daily lives? Now days, social networking mostly.
B. NARROW TO THESIS Romeo & Hamlet let their love take over, and pratically live their life.
C. THESIS:Shakespeare's characterization's of Romeo and Hamlet in Romeo & Juliet &
Hamlet suggest te following about Elizabethan society/culture: becoming infatuated with love and letting it be a stressor in your life, could result in death.
D. BODY PARAGRAPH PREVIEW:Comparison and contrasts between Romeo &
Hamlet. They both contemplated suicide, their love statuses are both similar and different as well as their social statuses.
II. BODY OF PAPER
A. TOPIC SENTENCE FOR THE FIRST POINT OF COMPARISON /CONTRAST:
Romeo & Hamlet have both either contemplated or commited suicide in their respective stories. 1. EVIDENCE FOR SIMILARITY:Hamlet- Page 76 Line 56 "To be or not to be"/Romeo& Juliet Page Line
2. EVIDENCE FOR DIFFERENCE: Hamlet- Page 79 Line 89 Hamlet ends the soliloquy but doesn't actually commit suicide./ Romeo & Juliet- Page Line
3. QUOTE FROM A CRITIC:
4: CONCLUDING REMARK: So, Romeo & Hamlet both contemplated suicide at some point. It's just that Romeo took that extra step and actually followed through with it.
B. TOPIC SENTENCE FOR THE SECOND POINT OF COMPARISON /CONTRAST:
Romeo & Hamlet's love status is at the same level until a certain point, then you can see the contrast.
1. EVIDENCE FOR SIMILARITY:
2. EVIDENCE FOR DIFFERENCE:
3. QUOTE FROM A CRITIC:
4: CONCLUDING REMARK:
C. TOPIC SENTENCE FOR THE THIRD POINT OF COMPARISON
/CONTRAST:The social statuses of Romeo & Hamlet differ and are also similar at the same time. Reasons why:
1. EVIDENCE FOR SIMILARITY: Hamlet Page Line
2. EVIDENCE FOR DIFFERENCE: Hamlet- Page 20 Line 224 "We do, my lord."
3. QUOTE FROM A
I. INTRODUCTION Incorporating something irrational into your life isnt much of a good thing. Romeo & Hamlet find out the hard way.
A. ATTENTION GETTER:What do most people become to deep into in their daily lives? Now days, social networking mostly.
B. NARROW TO THESIS Romeo & Hamlet let their love take over, and pratically live their life.
C. THESIS:Shakespeare's characterization's of Romeo and Hamlet in Romeo & Juliet &
Hamlet suggest te following about Elizabethan society/culture: becoming infatuated with love and letting it be a stressor in your life, could result in death.
D. BODY PARAGRAPH PREVIEW:Comparison and contrasts between Romeo &
Hamlet. They both contemplated suicide, their love statuses are both similar and different as well as their social statuses.
II. BODY OF PAPER
A. TOPIC SENTENCE FOR THE FIRST POINT OF COMPARISON /CONTRAST:
Romeo & Hamlet have both either contemplated or commited suicide in their respective stories. 1. EVIDENCE FOR SIMILARITY:Hamlet- Page 76 Line 56 "To be or not to be"/Romeo& Juliet Page Line
2. EVIDENCE FOR DIFFERENCE: Hamlet- Page 79 Line 89 Hamlet ends the soliloquy but doesn't actually commit suicide./ Romeo & Juliet- Page Line
3. QUOTE FROM A CRITIC:
4: CONCLUDING REMARK: So, Romeo & Hamlet both contemplated suicide at some point. It's just that Romeo took that extra step and actually followed through with it.
B. TOPIC SENTENCE FOR THE SECOND POINT OF COMPARISON /CONTRAST:
Romeo & Hamlet's love status is at the same level until a certain point, then you can see the contrast.
1. EVIDENCE FOR SIMILARITY:
2. EVIDENCE FOR DIFFERENCE:
3. QUOTE FROM A CRITIC:
4: CONCLUDING REMARK:
C. TOPIC SENTENCE FOR THE THIRD POINT OF COMPARISON
/CONTRAST:The social statuses of Romeo & Hamlet differ and are also similar at the same time. Reasons why:
1. EVIDENCE FOR SIMILARITY: Hamlet Page Line
2. EVIDENCE FOR DIFFERENCE: Hamlet- Page 20 Line 224 "We do, my lord."
3. QUOTE FROM A