Romeo and Juliet Essay Outline

Romeo and Juliet Essay Outline

By Jeremy Goldstein 812

Intro:

·      Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is a tragedy about love.

·      The character of Capulet is a shadow to Juliet

·      Capulet had a chance to be her mentor, but passed on the opportunity

Body Paragraph 1:

·      Capulet could’ve been her mentor, but chose to control her love

·      Makes her marry Paris

·      “I must make a desperate tender of my child’s love. I think she shall be ruled with all due respect by me. Nay, more, I doubt it not.”

Body Paragraph 2:

·      Capulet becomes a shadow, or a dark figure, to her

·      Act 3 scene 5 Lines #132-137 and 187-194

·      Explain why/how this makes him a shadow archetype

Conclusion:

·      Capulet relates to the character of Polixenes from A Winter’s Tale

·      Capulet is overall a very interesting character

·      Make a connection to self

RR due 4/18

“Casey at the Bat” is a poem written by Ernest Lawrence Thayer with a structure that tells a story. The poem itself is about baseball star Casey, who has a chance to win his team the game, but strikes out. The mood of the poem revolves around the feelings of the crowd watching the Mudville team.

            The beginning of the poem features a feeling of desperation, and wanting to win. The fans feel like they need Casey to do that. Then, when “Flynn let drive a single” and “Tore the cover off the ball,” mighty Casey came to the bat. The fans stood strong, excited because their hero was coming to the bat. However, this Casey took strike one, and then he took strike two. The huddled thousands of fans were growing quite anxious, shout “ ‘Kill him! Kill the umpire!’ “ and “ ‘Fraud!’ ” while Casey stayed calm and cool. Then the mood shifts back to it was at the beginning because “There is no joy in Mudville.” This was because (drum roll please) mighty Casey had struck out. This completes the cycle of the poem, just like a story.

            In the end, the mood in “Casey at the Bat” makes the poem feel like a story. The genius structure also perfectly summarizes a game of baseball: sudden hope that’s ruined by a strikeout. I guess in this sense that resembles some men’s lives: a rich man marries a trophy wife, is happy for a short time, but then realizes that she’s just marrying him for his money.