A Christmas Carol Flashcards
1
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“Decrease the surplus population”
(Scrooge, Stave 1, to charitable gentlemen)
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- malthusian rhetoric, Scrooge reflects Victorian disconnect, the cold and mathematical language utilised in ‘decrease’ establishes a firm conformity to capitalist ideals.
- categorising the proletariat as merely numbers to subtract.
- tiresome and inevitable practice to those of the likes of Scrooge; the adjective ‘surplus’ embodies a sense of mere excess, an excess undeserving of society’s finite resources.
- idle populous seen solely as a burden.
- critique of materialism.
2
Q
“Hard and sharp as flint”
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3
Q
“Solitary as an oyster”
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4
Q
“No beggars asked him to bestow a trifle, no children asked him what it was o’clock”
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5
Q
“To edge his way along the crowded paths of life, warning all human sympathy to keep its distance”
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6
Q
“The fog came pouring in at every chink and keyhole”
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7
Q
“all in a glow”
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8
Q
“I can’t afford to make idle people merry”
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9
Q
“The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business”
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10
Q
“I wear the chain I forged in life”
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11
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“Deep, dull, hollow, melancholy ONE”
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12
Q
“desire to see the spirit in his cap; and begged him to be covered”
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13
Q
“A solitary child, neglected by his friends”
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14
Q
“bright, clear, jet of light”
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15
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“glowing torch”
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