critical thinking short essay For Madam Josephine

Using Romeo and Juliet:

 

The Assignment 

Write a critical essay. You must do 3 things in this essay:

1.

Define

love as presented in 

one

of the texts we’ve 

discussed. 

Also define

love according to your own 

interpretation. Clearly identify your definition of love 

and the definition of love in the literature you’ve chosen. 

Do this by 

elaborating

and using the 

vocabulary 

we’ve used in class discussions.

2.

Analyze

and write clearly about what the story says 

about love, and ground those ideas in the 

larger 

cultural context of the work

. Does your opinion 

about love support or contradict the story’s definition?

3.

Use textual evidence

to back up your argument. In 

other words, use direct quotes, summaries, or 

paraphrases from the actual stories, and cite them 

correctly according to 

MLA style documentation

. 

The 

length 

of the essay must be at least 500 words