A Christmas Carol Flashcards
A quote to show scrooge is Cold hearted (stave 1)
’ external heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge ‘
A quote to show Scrooge is hating on Christmas (stave 1)
“Every idiot who goes about with Merry Christmas on his lips should be boiled with his own pudding”
-cannot accept the generosity shown towards him by his nephew and instead turn images of Christmas into images of violence
A quote to show that Scrooge is anti social and lonley (stave 1) most common
‘Solitary as an oyster’
-similie , adj ‘solitary’ , noun ‘oyster’ , shows he was abandoned
A quote from Belle to show Scrooge is avaricious(greedy)? (Stave 2)
’ another idol has displaced me. A golden one ‘
This represents-This shows us Scrooge should love the woman he was going to marry, not money and so she leaves him and he ends up being married to money.
A quote to show Scrooge is grateful
‘I … do it with a thankful heart’
-adjective ‘thankful’ portrays change in attitude , regretful past
A quote to show Scrooge is lonely
’ a solitary child, neglected by his friends ‘
-Adj ‘neglected’ shows he was isolated and abandoned
-neglected as a child and adult
A quote to show Scrooge has transformed(stave 5)
’ Scrooge was better than his word ‘
Another example where Scrooge is greedy
Where he is mean to Bob and only lets him put one coal onto the fire which makes him cold.
How is poverty presented?
The dynamic between Bob Cratchit and Scrooge is perhaps a metaphor for class relations.
How is poverty presented through Bob and Scrooge’s relationship.
In the opening stave Bob works in fear of Scrooge; he is helpless to even “replenish” the coal for his fire despite it being”very much smaller” than Scrooge’s.
Scrooge’s Transformation towards Cratchits family
following Scrooge’s transformation, he becomes more socially conscious, raising Bob’s salary and trying to “assist” his “struggling family”.
Mrs Cratchit anxiety about Christmas dinner
She worries that someone ‘stolen’ her Turkey.
Portrays the critisism of the poor, highlighting the realities of poverty in Victorian Society
Quote to show that Scrooge’s attitude will change towards Christmas
’ I will honour Christmas in my heart … I will live in the past , the present and the future.
-Repetition of ‘ I will ‘ portray that he is willing to change
-‘honour’ presents that he shoes pride on christmas now
Quotes for redemption
He was a ‘covetous old sinner’ at the end he is described to be ‘quiet as a baby’ could signify how he could rebirthed which links to christianity , adj ‘covetous’ , ‘sinner’
Ghost of Marely
- 1st ghost
- if Scrooge does not change he will pay in the afterlife
-seen as a physical representation of the Christian belief system of heaven and hell and the importance of repentance and redemption
