1. How to make a quote sandwich

2. A quote sandwich has 3 main parts
Context
Quote
Analysis

3. An example of a quote sandwich
Juliet often uses duplicity to remain loyal to Romeo while deceiving her parents and Paris. One example of this is when Lady Capulet is trying to comfort Juliet, who is presumably upset over Tybalt’s death. Juliet is actually more distraught over Romeo’s banishment, but she pretends to be angry at Romeo. Juliet tells her mother, “Indeed, I never shall be satisfied / With Romeo till I behold him—dead— / Is my poor heart, so for a kinsman vexed” (Shakespeare ). Lady Capulet will interpret this to mean that Juliet wants to behold Romeo dead. However, the audience knows that Juliet actually means her heart is dead. Lady Capulet thinks the kinsman who is vexed is Tybalt, whereas Juliet is actually referring to Romeo. Juliet cleverly employs ambiguous speech to keep her love for Romeo secret yet true.

4. 1. Context Where in the story the quote is from
What is happening at that moment
Which character said it to whom
Example:
Juliet often uses duplicity to remain loyal to Romeo while deceiving her parents and Paris. One example of this is when Lady Capulet is trying to comfort Juliet, who is presumably upset over Tybalt’s death. Juliet is actually more distraught over Romeo’s banishment, but she pretends to be angry at Romeo. Juliet tells her mother, “Indeed, I never shall be satisfied …

5. 2. Quote
Should not be too long
Should not merely state a fact
Must be punctuated correctly (use / to show line breaks)
Must be followed by the correct citation
Example:
…Juliet tells her mother, “Indeed, I never shall be satisfied / With Romeo till I behold him—dead— / Is my poor heart, so for a kinsman vexed” (Shakespeare ). Lady Capulet will interpret this to mean that Juliet wants to behold Romeo dead…

6. 2.5 Punctuating & Citing the Quote
The quote will start with a lower case letter if you start in mid-sentence
The quote will start with a capital letter if it is the beginning of a sentence
Put a / to show the line breaks
The author and act.scene.lines-lines will be in parenthesis after the quote.
The period goes after the parenthesis.
(Shakespeare ).

7. 3. Analysis Your interpretation Explain how it proves your point
Describe what the quote reveals
Example:
Juliet tells her mother, “Indeed, I never shall be satisfied / With Romeo till I behold him—dead— / Is my poor heart, so for a kinsman vexed” (Shakespeare ). Lady Capulet will interpret this to mean that Juliet wants to behold Romeo dead. However, the audience knows that Juliet actually means her heart is dead. Lady Capulet thinks the kinsman who is vexed is Tybalt, whereas Juliet is actually referring to Romeo. Juliet cleverly employs ambiguous speech to keep her love for Romeo secret yet true.

8. Quote Sandwich…mmm…delicious!
Topic Sentence
Context
Quote
Analysis
Juliet often uses duplicity to remain loyal to Romeo while deceiving her parents and Paris. One example of this is when Lady Capulet is trying to comfort Juliet, who is presumably upset over Tybalt’s death. Juliet is actually more distraught over Romeo’s banishment, but she pretends to be angry at Romeo. Juliet tells her mother, “Indeed, I never shall be satisfied / With Romeo till I behold him—dead— / Is my poor heart, so for a kinsman vexed” (Shakespeare ). Lady Capulet will interpret this to mean that Juliet wants to behold Romeo dead. However, the audience knows that Juliet actually means her heart is dead. Lady Capulet thinks the kinsman who is vexed is Tybalt, whereas Juliet is actually referring to Romeo. Juliet cleverly employs ambiguous speech to keep her love for Romeo secret yet true.

9. For more information
See A Pocket Style Manual p section titled “Integrating literary quotations”
See A Pocket Style Manual page 126 #19 “verse plays and poems” for more information on how to cite Shakespeare