Suggested
Outline
A
Useless Tragedy
I.
Introduction: state your opinion, author, title
II.
Show that R & J didn’t
truly love each other and therefore dying for each other was an empty act
A. Topic
sentence
B. Specific
example or quotation
C. Reflection
III.
Second piece of evidence that
they only had a superficial love
A. Topic
sentence
B. Specific
example or quotation
C.
Reflection
IV.
Show another option that R
& J had (i.e. they could have run away together or Juliet could have told
her father the truth)
A. Topic
sentence
B. Specific
example or quotation
C. Reflection
V. Show how R & J’s
marriage, not their deaths, could have brought the two families together and
ended the feuding
A. Topic
sentence
B. Specific
example or quotation
C. Reflection
VI. Conclusion
Suggested
Outline
Not
A Useless Tragedy
I.
Introduction: state your opinion
II. Explain and show the benefit
of R & J’s deaths: they brought peace
A. Topic
sentence
B. Specific
example or quotation
C. Reflection
III. Show that R & J truly
loved each other and needed to be together
A. Topic
sentence
B. Specific
example or quotation
C. Reflection
IV. Show that Juliet could not
tell her parents the truth
A. Topic
sentence
B. Specific
example or quotation (Lady Cap’s reaction to Tybalt’s
death & Lord Cap’s reaction to Juliet’s refusal to marry Paris)
C. Reflection
V. Show that R & J had no
other options than faking death (show how other options would fail)
A. Topic
sentence
B. Specific
example or quotation
C. Reflection
VI. Show how R & J’s deaths
prevented more fighting
VII.
Conclusion