a christmas carol

Question 1

‘Decrease the surplus population’

Answer 1

shows how scrooge does not care and this quote is based on malthus’s theories which angered Dickens

Question 2

‘what right have you to be merry… you’re poor enough’

Answer 2

scrooge does not think the poor can be happy as they do not have any money and believes they shouldn’t be merry for that reason

Question 3

‘a poor excuse for picking a man’s pocket every 25th of December’

Answer 3

scrooge believes that christmas is pointless and a waste of money, he would rather keep his money to himself

Question 4

‘I wear the chains I forged in life’

Answer 4

A powerful symbol of how many can be weighed down by the greed and lack of compassion

Question 5

‘Another idol has displaced me…A golden one’

Answer 5

in this metaphor an idol is a statue that is worshipped which ultimately implies money. Belle believes money has now consumed scrooge

Question 6

‘The ways were foul and narrow, the shops and houses wretched’

Answer 6

scrooge’s journey into the poorest parts of London to see Tiny Tim. This shows the economic divide between the rich and the poor suggesting that the rich in a victorian society are all selfish

Question 7

‘I am not the man I was’

Answer 7

this shows how scrooge has changed and been redeemed