Explain how the Great Fire of London can be viewed as both a curse and a blessing

What will be an ideal response?

Essay responses should include these points:
• Curse: The fire left many Londoners homeless and businesses bankrupt.
• Curse: Eighty-seven churches had burned.
• Curse: London had already lost 70,000 residents as a result of plague, which made extinguishing the fire difficult.
• Blessing: The destruction provided open real estate in an overcrowded city.
• Blessing: The free space allowed for much-needed modernization.
• Blessing: After the rebuilding, London became quite fashionable and was called the "Supreme City."