Here are some ideas on starting an essay:
As you have probably been told, the easiest way to write an essay is to have a good idea what your conclusion is going to be before you start. Then you can direct the flow of the essay toward that conclusion.
A very basic outline of Romeo and Juliet is: Romeo meets a beautiful girl named Juliet who he falls in love with. She is a member of a family that Romeo's family is at conflict with. There love is forbidden, but they go against it and pledge themselves to each other. Juliet, in order to be with Romeo, pretends to kill himself, but he does not know. Romeo finds Juliet in her predend death, believes it is real and kills himself right beside her! Juliet wakes up, realises what has happened and she also truly kills herself. there is a bit more to it than that but that should do :-)
Sunday Morn
the two families servents fight
It really depends, doesn't it, on what you are saying about Mercutio in your essay. Whatever aspect of Mercutio's character seems most important to you, find a quotation which exemplifies that aspect.
At the beginning of the play before seeing Juliette, Romeo is in love with Rosaline.
Rosaline
A very basic outline of Romeo and Juliet is: Romeo meets a beautiful girl named Juliet who he falls in love with. She is a member of a family that Romeo's family is at conflict with. There love is forbidden, but they go against it and pledge themselves to each other. Juliet, in order to be with Romeo, pretends to kill himself, but he does not know. Romeo finds Juliet in her predend death, believes it is real and kills himself right beside her! Juliet wakes up, realises what has happened and she also truly kills herself. there is a bit more to it than that but that should do :-)
When she first saw him, she knew that there had to be something imposible about him from the start. She was right, he was a Monotauge.
Start the play after he kills himself
Sunday Morn
Act 2, Scene 4
Romeo and Juliet both die in the end of the play. This is an example of fate because Romeo and Juliet are two start crossed lovers which mean they are destined to meet, fall in love, and die. No matter they do they could not prevent each others deaths .
the two families servents fight
This would be Tybalt.
It really depends, doesn't it, on what you are saying about Mercutio in your essay. Whatever aspect of Mercutio's character seems most important to you, find a quotation which exemplifies that aspect.
At the beginning of the play before seeing Juliette, Romeo is in love with Rosaline.
Oath: Romeo and Juliet make a secret oath to be together forever. Outlaw: Romeo is banished from Verona for killing Tybalt. Obsession: The intense love between Romeo and Juliet is described as an obsession.