a christmas carol

Question 1

what types of characters undergo a transformation and change their attitudes or beliefs?

Answer 1

dynamic character

Question 2

scrooge ends the novella as a jovial character who enjoys the company of others. which 2 words describe his dislike of people and his extreme greed?

Answer 2

misanthropic and avaricious

Question 3

what do characters need to do and feel to be seen as redeemed in the eyes of a christian reader?

Answer 3

change their behaviour and feel remorseful

Question 4

which three children make scrooge feel remorseful?

Answer 4

Tiny Tim, ignorance and want

Question 5

when dynamic characters have a moment of realisation that helps them to change their behaviours or beliefs, what is this called?

Answer 5

anagnorisis

Question 6

what does scrooge see that leads to his anagnorisis?

Answer 6

his gravestone

Question 7

what are the seven deadly sins that writers can give their characters?

Answer 7

pride,greed,wrath,envy,lust,gluttony and sloth.

Question 8

what evidence is there in stave 1 that shows scrooge suffers from greed?

Answer 8

he refuses to donate money to charity to help the poor

Question 9

what is the purpose of a cautionary tale?

Answer 9

to warn readers about the consequences of their behaviour.

Question 10

what does Marley’s ghost wear that symbolises the consequences of his behaviours when he was alive?

Answer 10

chains

Question 11

what is the text with a moral message that uses characters in a story to teach readers to behave in particular ways?

Answer 11

allegory

Question 12

which quotation does scrooge say at the end of stave 4 that demonstrates he has learned from the ghosts that have visited him?

Answer 12

i will honour Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the past,the present, and the future.

Question 13

what emotion does a writer feel when they write about certain events and issues in society that would make a text polemical?

Answer 13

anger

Question 14

which law criminalised the poor and sent them to the workhouses?

Answer 14

the new poor law

Question 15

what character traits must a foil have?

Answer 15

the opposite traits to the protagonist

Question 16

who is scrooge’s foil?

Answer 16

fred

Question 17

why might writers exaggerate aspects of a character’s physical appearance, beliefs or actions to create a caricature?

Answer 17

for comic effect or to mock elements of society

Question 18

why did dickens construct scrooge as a caricature?

Answer 18

to make sure his story was entertaining and not seem too insulting to wealthy readers who he wanted to care more for the poor.

Question 19

depending on what information a narrator reveals or if they directly address readers, what can a narrator do to a reader?

Answer 19

influence a reader’s thoughts.

Question 20

what does the narrator influence the Victorian readers to do?

Answer 20

to live by the christian principles of love,faith and charity, which would make readers critical of the new poor law.