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A Christmas Carol Flashcards

1
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Whose face does Scrooge see on the door knocker?

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Marley’s

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What does Marley warn Scrooge will happen if he doesn’t change his ways?

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He would be wrapped in heavy chains that he ‘forged in life’

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What does the ghost of Christmas past show Scrooge?

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-his younger self lonely at school
-his sister (fan) visiting him
-a party with fezziwig
-his fiancee belle breaking up with him
-belle and her own family

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Why did belle break of the engagement with Scrooge?

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His obsession with money

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What does the ghost of Christmas present show Scrooge in stave 3?

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-they visit the cart hit family and see their celebration
-visit Fred and his family -make fun of Scrooge
-2 starving children - ignorance + want

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What does Scrooge learn at the cratchits?

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Tiny Tim is dying

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What are the 2 starving children called?

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Ignorance and want

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What is people’s reactions to the death of the unknown man?

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They don’t care and steal his belongings to sell

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What does the ghost of Christmas yet to come show Scrooge in stave 4?

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-Shows Scrooge the reaction of people to his death (an unamed man)
-people stealing this belongings to sell
-a grave with scrooges’s name on it

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What does Scrooge promise at the end of stave 4?

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He will honour Christmas and change his course of life

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What is Scrooge like in stave 5?

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-completely changed
-celebrates Christmas
-buys the cratchits a huge turkey

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What happens to tiny Tim in the end?

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He survives

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What does Scrooge give bob in stave 5?

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A pay rise

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Who does Scrooge spend Christmas with in the end?

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Fred and his family

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What does “nature was brewing on a larger scale”give an impression of?

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That something big is about to happen

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16
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What does the weather represent?

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Scrooge’s personality

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What “a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner!” Show?

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-Scrooge is being presented as rude and miserly
-dickens is allegorical of his past and all Victorian employers

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What does the quote “no wind that blew was bitter than he” show?

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-Scrooge is presented as heartless and cold
-comparing him to the weather

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What does the quote “hard and sharp as flint” show?

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-Scrooge is presented as hard headed and heartless
-Scrooge never uses his full emotional potential
-Scrooge is compared to stone

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What does the quote “solitary as an oyster” show?

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-Scrooge doesn’t open up — hard outer shell and contains a pearl = potential
-he represents employers in industrial Britain — alone

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What language technique is “a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner!” ?

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Asyndetic list

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What language technique is “solitary as an oyster”?

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Simile

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What language technique is “hard and sharp as flint”?

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Simile

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24
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What language technique is “no wind that blew was bitter than he”?

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Metaphor

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What does the quote “he was all in a glow” show?

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-Fred is presented as the antithesis to Scrooge — he shines despite the fog
-shows divide between rich and poor

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26
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What language technique is “he was all in a glow”?

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Metaphor

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27
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What language technique is “darkness is cheap and Scrooge liked it”?

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Symbolism

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What does the quote “darkness is cheap and Scrooge liked it” show?

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-loneliness and isolation
-Scrooge is shown as a miser who wont even spend money on his own comfort
-money is the most important thing to scrooge

29
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What does the quote “I wear the chain I forged in life” show?

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-the ghost of Marley is being punished for his behaviour— Marley is warning Scrooge
-the chains represent marley’s guilt

30
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What language technique is “I wear the chain I forged in life”?

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Metaphor

31
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What language technique is “mankind was his business”?

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Metaphor

32
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What does the quote “mankind was his business” show?

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-Marley expresses his guilt + regret about his treatment of people— he should of focused on people not money
-dickens message— mankind is more important then money — criticising wealthy Victorian, employers of a lack of care.

33
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What language technique is “ like a child: yeah, not so like a child, as like an old man”?

A

Repetition
Juxtaposition

34
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What does the quote “ like a child: yet not so like a child as like an old” show?

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Ghost of Christmas past is the embodiment of memory.
Scrooge (an old man) views himself as a child.
Supernatural

35
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What does the quote” a solitary child neglected by” show?

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Scrooge, as observing himself at Christmas time alone at school.
Scrooge rejects society now because he was rejected as a child

36
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What does the quote” another idol has displace me… A golden one” show?

A

Bell releases Scrooge due to his love of money.
Scrooge loves money above all else.
Scrooge is a prisoner to a misely attitude

37
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What language language” another idol has displaced me… A golden one”?

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Metaphor
Colour symbolism

38
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What does the quote” laughed all over himself to his organ of benevolence” show?

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Fuzzy wig is the antithesis of Scrooge.
Joyful, character – linked to Fred.
He’s a role model to Scrooge

39
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What language technique is” laugh all over himself to his organ of benevolence.”?

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Metaphor

40
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What does the quote “a jolly giant, glorious to see” show?

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-the ghost of Christmas present was portrayed as a solid figure embodying Christmas celebrations
-dickens wants people to be more kind and open hearted

41
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What language technique is “good as gold”?

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Simile

42
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What does the quote “good as gold” show?

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-bob describes tiny Tim’s behaviour in church—positive
-contrast to Scrooge’s behaviour
-Scrooge + reader sympathise with Scrooge

43
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What language technique does “it might be a claw, for there flesh there is upon it” use?

A

Metaphor
Allegory

44
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What does the quote “it might be a claw, for the flesh there is upon it” show?

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-Scrooge is asking about ignorance and want
-contrast to ghost of Christmas present
-children described as animals — unhumanised

45
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What does the quote “the phantom slowly, gravely, silently approached” show?

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-the spirit of Christmas yet to come continues the serious tone set by ignorance and want
-contrast to ghost of Christmas present
-supernatural

46
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What language technique is “the phantom slowly, gravely, silently approached”?

A

Asyndetic list

47
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What does the quote “yellow, meagre, ragged, scowling, wolfish” show?

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-ignorance and want are described as thin, undernourished, poor, dirty
-children and dehumanised

48
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What language technique is used in “yellow, meagre, ragged, scowling,wolfish”?

A

Asyndetic list

49
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What language technique is used in “Scrooge was the ogre of the family”?

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Metaphor

50
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What does the quote “Scrooge was the ogre of the family show”?

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-mrs cratchit + children refuse to toast Scrooge
-contrast— Scrooge will become tiny Tim’s father figure
-Scrooge is unloved and seen as a monster

51
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What happened to dickens father when he was younger?

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He was imprisoned for debt

52
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Where did dickens’ work and how old was he?

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-a blacking factory
-12

53
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What does the quote “i will honour Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all year”?

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-Scrooge has learnt his lesson
-he is fully changed
-contrast to “bah humbug”

54
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What is apathy?

A

Lacking care and empathy

55
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What is an antithesis?

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The direct opposite

56
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What is a miser?

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Someone who hoards money and never uses it

57
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What is an omniscient narrator?

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Third person narrator who knows all the thought and feelings of the characters

58
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What is an omniscient intrusive narrator?

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A narrator who reports on events in story and comments on characters

59
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What is the meaning of empathy?

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Ability to understand an share in someone else’s feelings

60
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What does it mean to emphasise?

A

Share the feelings of another person

61
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What does benevolence mean?

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Being well, kindness

62
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What does solitude mean?

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The state of being alone

63
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What does avarice mean?

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Greed

64
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What does the quote”father is much nicer than he used to be” show?

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-suggests Scrooge’s father was abusive
-Scrooge didn’t have a good childhood

65
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What does the quote “and where the shadow of the growing tree would fall” show?

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Scrooge is the way he is because of his upbringing

66
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What does scarcity mean?

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Opposite of plenty

67
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What is allegory?

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A story with a deeper or hidden meaning

68
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What is a redemptive arc?

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Development of a character in a story from a faulty character to an enlightened one

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