How to write a
topic sentence on revenge

The play Hamlet by William Shakespeare revolves around the theme of revenge even at the beginning. This can be seen particularly in Act 1, scene 5 where the ghost of Hamlet’s father told him about the intention of his appearance:  “GHOST: Pity me not, but lend thy serious hearing/ To what I shall unfold. HAMLET: Speak. I am bound to hear. GHOST: So art thou to revenge when thou shalt hear.” It is very clear that the ghost was not asking for pity. He wanted his son to “revenge when thou shalt hear” for what Claudius had done to him. As a ghost, he could not retaliate; thus, he told his son about the act of murder and asked him to avenge his death.

Explanation:

a complex sentence consists of an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.  

to write complex sentences, we must use subordinating conjunctions.  

all the complex sentences begin with a subordinating conjunction and when it occurs, a comma must be place at the end of the dependent clause. on the contrary, if the sentence begins with an independent clause, then no comma is used.

after  

although  

as  

because  

before  

if  

since  

when  

for example,  

after she won the competition, she became very popular.  

although my father was hurt, he continued fighting for his rights.  

as all of you got a ten, you will be able to leave early today.  

before he went to the war, he asked his parents to bless him.  

if it is cold, i won’t go out.  

since you didn’t bring the homework, you will get low grades.  

when it is hot in the town, everyone goes to the beach.