a christmas carol Flashcards
give the quote that is a list of adjectives that describes scrooge?
“squeezing, wrentching, grasping, scraping, clutching”
give the quote that relates scrooge to weather and the cold
“external heat and cold had little influence on scrooge. no warmth could warm, no wintery weather chill him”
give a quote that refers to fires in the counting house at the begining
“scrooge had a very small fire, but the clerk’s fire was so very much smaller that it looked like one coal”
fred can be described as scrooge’s …….
antithesis
what is scrooge’s quote that represents malthus’ views?
“if they would rather die…they had better do it and decrease the surplus population”
give a quote from the begining that describes men and boys gathered around a fire
“a party of men and boys were gathered: warming their hands and winking their eyes before the blaze”
how is scrooge described at the begining that describes his features as being cold? (2)
-“the cold within him…made his eyes red his thin lips blue”
-“he carried his own low temperature always about with him”
what does marley say in reference to his chains?
“I wear the chain I forged in life”
what does marley say about buisness?
“mankind was my buisiness”
give the quote where Mrs Cratchit refuses to toast scrooge
“The founder of the feast indeed!’..I wish I had him here. I’d give him a piece of my mind to feast upon”
What does Marley say about his after-life state?
“I cannot rest, I cannot stay, I cannot linger anywhere.”
give the quote where the ghost of christmas present shows Scrooge the children
“the boy is Ignorance. The girl is Want.”
give the quote where Scrooge is trying to extinguish the light of the ghost of christmas past
“though Scrooge pressed it down with all his force, he could not hide the light: which streamed from under it”
give the quote where the ghost of christamas present severely humbles scrooge
“You are more worthless and less fit to live than millions like this poor man’s child”
give the description of the ghost of christmas yet to come
“the phantom slowly, gravely, silently approached”
give the quote that shows how the only people considering to attend Scrooge’s funeral are as selfish and uncaring as he was
“I dont mind going if a lunch is provided”
give the quote that describes how Scrooge is completely alone in death
what is the purpose of showing this?
“unwatched, unwept and uncared for”
it contrasts to the way the cratchit family weep for Tiny Tim
give the quote where Bob mourns Tiny Tim’s death
“My little, little child!’ Cried Bob ‘My little child!”
give the quote from stave 5 where scrooge is happy
“I am light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a school-boy”
give the quote where scrooge pledges to help the Cratchits
“I’ll raise your salary, and endeavour to assist your struggling family”
give the quote from stave 5 where the weather reflects scrooge’s jovial mood
“No fog, no mist; clear, bright, jovial, stirring, cold”
give a quote from the begining that shows Scrooge’s selfishness in relations to the fire
“Scrooge kept the coal box in his own room”
give a quote that describes Fred
“he was all in a glow…his eyes sparkled”
what is Scrooges reaction to seeing his childhood self alone?
“Scrooge said he knew it. And he sobbed”
give the quote where Scrooge begins to see where he became greedy
“his face had not the harsh and rigid lines of later years; but it had begun to wear the signs of care and avarice” (worry and greed)
give the quote where Scrooge recognises how good of an empoyer Fezziwig was
“the happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it cost a fortune”
give a quote from the begining where Scrooge is choosing his loneliness
“it’s enough for a man to understand his own business and not to interfere with other people’s”
What does Marley say that links to hell?
“No rest, no peace. Incessant torture of remorse”
Give the quote about the cratchit’s Christmas pudding
“Nobody said or thought it was at all a small pudding for a large family”
Give a quote that describes ignorance and want?
“Ragged, scowling, wolffish”
Give the description of Mrs Cratchit
“Twice-turned gown but brave in ribbons”
Give a quote from the end about scrooges relationship with the cratchits
“He did it all and infinitely more; and to tiny Tim, who did not die, he was a second father”
What happened to Dickens when his father went to a debtors prison?
He had to leave school to work in a blacking factory to suppourt his family
What does Scrooge say to the ghost of Christmas yet to come that shows how he has started down the path of redemption?
“I am prepared to bear your company and do it with a thankful heart”
Give scrooges iconic quote from the end of the novel?
“I will honour Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year”
What shines from the head of the ghost of Christmas past?
“Bright clear jet of light”
Give a quote the Belle says to Scrooge?
“I have seen your nobler aspirations fall off one by one, until the master-passion, gain, engrosses you”
How does Scrooge feel towards the ghost of Christmas yet to come?
“I fear you more than any spectre I have seen. But…I know your purpose is to do me good”
What does Fred say when asked why he invites Scrooge every year?
“I mean to give him the same chance every year wether he likes it or not”
What does Belle say of Scrooge to do with money? What is the biblical link?
-“another idol has replaced me. A golden one”
-in the NT, Jesus says ‘no one can serve two masters…you cannot serve both God and money’
What’s a quote at the end where Scrooge ‘fluttered’?
“He was so fluttered and so glowing with his good intentions”
Give a quote that could show how Scrooge misses Marley?
“Scrooge never painted out Old Marleys name” (alternatively he way just have not wanted to buy new paint)
Give a quote where Scrooge questions Fred’s right to be happy?
“Merry Christmas! What right have you to be merry? What reason have you to be merry? You’re poor enough.”
What does Fred say about mankind?
That we are all “fellow passengers to the grave”
Give a quote that compares bob and Scrooge?
“The clerk who, cold as he was, was warmer than scrooge”
Give the quote that shows how Scrooge sees the poor as being lazy?
“I can’t afford to make idle people merry”
What does Scrooge do when he meets the last spirit?
“Scrooge bent down upon his knee”
Give a quote that describes the city on Christmas Day?
“There was nothing very cheerful in the climate or the town and yet there was an air of cheerfulness”
Give a quote that describes the ghost of Christmas presents face
“Genial face, it’s sparkling eye”
What does the ghost of Christmas present say when Scrooge asks who the children belong to?
“They are man’s”
What is on the ghost of Christmas present’s head?
“On its head…holly wreath”
What does the ghost of Christmas present say in response to Scrooge saying “why to a poor one most” in reference to meals?
“Because it needs it most”
Give a quote from Fred to show how family isn’t about money?
“I want nothing from you; I ask nothing of you”
What does Scrooge say before he sees Fan showing he misses her?
“Scrooge looked at the Ghost and with a mournful shaking of his head glanced anxiously at the door”
Give a quote to show how Scrooge wishes he had a family
“Such another creature, quite as graceful and as full of promise, might have called him father.”
Give a quote in which love trumps poverty
“They were not a handsome family, they were not well dressed…but they were happy”
Give a quote about the music of Fred’s family
“After tea, they had some music. For they were a musical family”
Give a quote about how quickly Scrooge fitted into Fred’s family
“He was at home in five minutes”
Give a quote where Scrooge regrets not giving anything to the carol singer
“I should like to have given him something, that’s all”
Give a quote describing the ghost of Christmas past?
“Like a child yet not so like a child as like an old man”
What’s the first line of a Christmas carol?
“Marley was dead; to begin with”
Give a conversation between belle and Scrooge
“What idol has displaced you?…“A golden one”
What does the ghost say when Scrooge asks is tiny Tim will live?
“If these shadows remain unaltered by the future, the child will die”
How is the goose described?
“Goose” was a “feathered phenomenon”
What does Scrooge say when he has seen enough in stave 2?
“No more. I don’t wish to see it. Show me no more”
What does belle say about their “contract”?
“Our contract is an old one. It was made when we were both poor and content to be so.”
What does Fan say about “father”?
“Father is so much kinder than he used to be, that homes like heaven!”
