To make sure that the teacher can understand your paragraphs is what she means. Hope this helps! ;)
Part of the idea behind Romanticism was to explore the inner nature of man. Here, the whole story focuses on the inner nature of Tom Walker. We see his struggle with his own greed and ambition, and we see the negative consequences when he loses that struggle. We also see his reaction to fear, how he turns to a religion he doesn't even believe in so that he might save himself before death.
As Tom...
That it was time for action