In William Shakespeare’s play of the same name, Romeo and Juliet prove through their words, actions and sacrifices that they love each other.

Here’s the thesis expanded into an introductory paragraph:

Many people question whether the feelings between two people as young as “Juliet and her Romeo” (fourteen and sixteen years old respectively) can be genuine, abiding love. Playwright William Shakespeare is careful to assure us that this is so. All throughout ROMEO AND JULIET, Shakespeare reinforces the authenticity of his young protagonists’ love through their words, actions and sacrifices.


In the next paragraph, if this is how your teacher prefers to see these things, you can give a sort of “list” of what scenes you’ll be using in your paper to prove your thesis. You might be better off just getting down to it. The possibilities are too numerous for me to start quoting things here (and after all, that just means that I would be writing your paper for you–not my thing!). It’s up to you to find specific WORDS, specific ACTIONS (or implied actions as given through dialogue) and, perhaps most easily, their SACRIFICES (don’t fall into the trap that their deaths are the only sacrifices in here–they each sacrifice love for family, their parents’ trust, the good faith of their friends, and Juliet sacrifices the only confidante she has trusted until now, her Nurse). So, you need to write at least three more paragraphs. I would write at least six more, for such a “huge” essay, 2 dealing with WORDS, 2 dealing with ACTIONS, 2 dealing with SACRIFICES. Oh, and you always need a concluding paragraph.

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