How does one write topic sentences explaining how Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is a story or revolt, using the points family, religion, and other...

A topic sentence is the first
sentence of any paragraph. It is sort of like a mini-thesis for the paragraph in that it
states precisely what you intend to argue or prove in the paragraph; the topic sentence
should especially relate to your thesis. In order to write your topic sentences for
these paragraphs, you must first figure out exactly
what it means to revolt and exactly how
Shakespeare portrays the theme of revolt through family, religion, and
character rebellion. To revolt means to break away from or
to fight against an authority. There are many different ways in which the characters
revolt in Romeo and Juliet: The two families revolt against society through their feud;
characters like Tybalt and Mercutio revolt against the law by breaking Prince Escalus's
ordinance; Romeo and Juliet revolt against their own family members through siding with
the enemy; and even characters revolt against their own religion through breaking
religious laws. In order to write your topic sentences, all
you have to do is first figure out what points of revolt
you want to talk about. It will also be much easier for you
if you talk about revolt as a general theme in the play and
use the points of revolt as examples proving the theme. Since we are limited to space,
below is an idea to help get you started.

One thing you can argue is
that the two families revolt against society through their
feud. Their feud not only harms the members of their own households, it also causes
great destruction for all of Verona because even Verona citizens take sides on the
families' issues. Since even the citizens feel compelled to take sides, the fighting the
feud causes does not remain within just the two families, it causes
whole-city riots, as we learn from Prince Escalus's
lines:

Three
civil brawls, bred of an airy word
By thee, old Capulet, and Montague,

Have thrice disturb'd the quiet of our streets.
(I.i.85-87)

Since
the feud destroys all of society, we can say that the two
families are revolting against the normal, organized
structure of society. Hence, one idea for a
topic sentence relating the revolt against society as an example proving
the theme of revolt could be,

• One way in which
  Shakespeare illustrates the theme of revolt is through pointing out that the Montagues
  and Capulets are revolting against
  society.

From there, you would continue to
discuss how a disruption of peace and social stability is a revolt against society and
social norms.