Choose one of the following topics and create the best literary paragraph yet! Double space. 300 to 500 words. Marks awarded for style (diction, sentence structure, organization, integrating quotations and citing properly) and for insight (your opinions, inferences, symbols, interesting connections) and your knowledge of the literary paragraph must-haves.
1. Based on Act 1 of Romeo and Juliet, discuss the attitudes toward love. (What is revealed? Love is blind. Love is not needed. Love equals pain. Love dominates one's thoughts).
2. Discuss attitudes toward hatred. (Hatred is a form of identity (feud). Hatred is a passion. Hatred leads to irrational acts. Hatred is tolerated.
3. Discuss the ways love and hatred are juxtaposed and suggest a reason for the use of juxtaposition in the play. Love and hatred are equally irrational. Love and hatred are two passions which control man's fate. Love and hatred should not be tolerated. Love and hatred are both fairy tales which add drama to people's lives.
Have fun. Use your notes, your handouts, your wisdom and show what you know.
If you need an extra day, you may submit Tuesday. Organize your time.
