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Assignment
“Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet has many themes, including the powerful nature of both love and fate.  Choose one  SECONDARY character in the play (Tybalt, Mercutio, Nurse, Friar Lawrence, or another secondary character of your choice – NOT Romeo or Juliet) and write a 3-5 paragraph essay that discusses how this character contributes to the overall theme of the play.  You may want to consider some or all of the following in your writing:
– How does the secondary character you have chosen influence Romeo and/or Juliet?
– How do the actions of the secondary character you have chosen impact the eventual tragic ending?
– What, if anything, would have been different if this character had not been created?  Would the ending be different?  Why or why not?
– Discuss what theme this character contributes to and how? Provide examples wherever possible.”
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Secondary Character Analysis Essay Tutorial
Secondary Character Analysis Essay Outline
Introduction

State the play, the author, and identify the theme of the play.
Identify the secondary character you have chosen, and make a statement of analysis of how that character affected the outcome and a theme from the play.
Provide 2 to 3 supporting reasons for that statement (these are the points you will expand upon in the body paragraphs).

Body Paragraph 1

Discuss Reason #1 from the introduction.
Provide quotes or specific descriptive details from scenes in the play to develop this reason.

Body Paragraph 2

Discuss Reason #2 from the introduction.
Provide quotes or specific descriptive details from scenes in the play to develop this reason.

Conclusion

Sum up your overall analysis
Restate your main reasons for this analysis.
Do Not  provide any new details from the play in this paragraph.