Topic sentences for Romeo

Question 1

Romeo as a Petrarchan lover (big idea 1)

Answer 1

Romeo exemplifies the quintessential Petrarchan lover, who is desperately and unrequitedly (not returned) in love with a woman he cannot have (Rosaline who has taken a vow of chastity) and this causes him to have an idolised, objectifying view of her.

Question 2

Romeo being ruled by chance and fate (big ideea 2)

Answer 2

Romeo’s fateful sighting of Juliet at the Capulet ball marks the commencement of the of the events prophesised (foretold) in the prologue, showing that Romeo’s fate is inescapable.