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3 years ago

In "Young Goodman Brown," the allegorical meaning of Faith's pink ribbons is

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Ahat [919]3 years ago

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You are correct. It is D, virtue.

Ostrovityanka [42]3 years ago

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You're right, they symbolize virtue.

Goodman's wife Faith (quite a symbolism in names, don't you agree?) is gentle and innocent, just like a wife should be in Puritan understanding. She doesn't really change in the story, nor does her character evolve - but Goodman's character does, as well as his relationship with his wife. To be perfectly clear, pink is an ambiguous color - just like Goodman's relationship with Faith. It is innocent (therefore, virtuous), but it is also a little bit frivolous and unstable - it is neither red, nor white.

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This scene occurs near the end of the play, at the end of Act 5, Scene 1.

At this point in the play, Romeo has already been banished from Verona and has been staying in Mantua. He wakes in the morning and believes the dream he has just had is a good omen. He says "If I may trust the flattering truth of sleep, My dreams presage some joyful news at hand."

When we learn the content of Romeo's dream, we cannot agree with him. He dreamed of Juliet, which is certainly nice. However, in his dream Romeo himself was dead! He says, "I dreamt my lady came and found me dead."

Romeo interprets this dream as a positive one because in the dream Juliet "breathed such life with kisses in my lips That I revived." Here, he is saying that in his dream, Juliet found him dead but kissed him and brought him back to life. Although Romeo believes this dream is happy, it is actually foreshadowing what will happen in Act 5, Scene 3.

At this point, his cousin Balthasar arrives to tell him Juliet has died. What Romeo does not realize is that his dream WILL come true -- in a way. He will go to Juliet's tomb and kill himself. Juliet will waken shortly after his death and will kiss him. That's where the similarities end, however. Juliet's kiss will not bring Romeo back to life, and she will join him in death not long after.

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Identify the verb mood used in each sentence. subjunctive conditional

babunello [35]

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1. The little girl wished that she would get a pony for Christmas - Subjunctive

2. If I were one of the boys, I would have looked both ways before crossing the road - Conditional

3. If you take your coat with you, you might not get cold - Conditional

4. If I had a car, I would drive across the country to the ocean - Conditional

5. If you add the yeast, your bread should rise in a few hours - Conditional

6. If the alarm sounds, the fire fighters put on their gear and jump on the fire truck - Conditional

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The subjunctive mood expresses a wish, a suggestion, even a command. It is used with verbs such as wish, demand, suggest, recommend, insist, and order. Among the sentences provided in the question, only the first one is in the subjunctive mood: 1. The little girl wished that she would get a pony for Christmas.

The other sentences are all in the conditional mood. This mood expresses a fact - real or hypothetical - that depends on a certain condition to happen. The clause in which the condition is stated often begins with the conjunction "if". Let's choose one of the sentence above to take a look:

If I had a car, I would drive across the country to the ocean --> For me to be able to drive across the country, a car would be needed. Only if I met that condition would I get that result.

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