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"Oh!," said Goldilocks, "the controlling idea is too vague. As a reader, I can't tell what your essay will really be about. When writing a controlling idea you want to be specific."
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"Oh my," exclaimed Goldilocks. "This controlling idea is too wordy. A controlling idea should be clear and concise. That was I will know what your essay is about."
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"Well, well," Goldilocks said. "this controlling idea doesn't address the prompt. When you look at what it is asking you to write, don't you see how it is asking you to explain the importance? This just says it is is important. But I do like how you thought of another word that means to not give up!"
There are many ways you could paraphrase this, but one option would be "Experts think the recession will soon pass", since "Financial" and "optimistic" are implied.
The sentence that is punctuated correctly and has correct capitalization is: "Have you ever seen a shooting star?" asked Terry. This is the sentence that is correctly punctuated because the rule in quoting a question sentence is applied correctly. A question mark should be put inside the quotation marks. If a question mark is used, it is no longer necessary to put a comma.
Answer:
Hawthorne alludes, or refers, to the Virgin Mary in Chapter 2 in the Scarlet Letter.
a) This allusion is appropriate as Hawthorne compares Hester's pregnancy to the Virgin Mary's conception of the child Jesus. The two could be said to have become pregnant without their natural husbands.
b) However, the allusion becomes inappropriate and ironic because Hester conceived by committing adultery. On the other hand, the Virgin Mary became pregnant by the power of the Holy Spirit and not through sexual intercourse with any human being.
c) Hawthorne was simply satirizing the Puritans to the effect that they did not practice what they claimed that they believed in. They were just sanctimonious, harboring impure thoughts, and committing sins with reckless abandon. They also tried to deny human sexual needs; at the same time, they were busy secretly satisfying their sexual appetites.
Explanation:
The Scarlet Letter (1850) was authored by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The historical fiction chronicled some important human realities, including guilt, stigmatization, revenge, and redemption. It contrasted Hester's public humiliation for adultery, as she was forced to wear the scarlet letter A, with Dimmesdale's private shame and anguish for private sins.
