A Christmas Carol Flashcards
repetition - Isolated, lonely.
‘Sole’
Pathetic fallacy - cold, cruel, harsh.
‘No wind that blew was bitterer than he.’
Exclamatory - asyndetic listing creates a fast pace. Scrooge is evil.
‘squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, covetous old sinner!’
Simile - lonely and isolated. Oyster suggests hope as it contains a pearl - he can change?
‘solitary as an oyster’
Simile - cruel, harsh, hurts people (including himself) with his selfish ways
‘hard and sharp as flint’
Selfish. Tight with money. Money is Scrooge’s fatal flaw.
‘with an undoubted bargain’
Exclamatory - unwilling to give to charity. He is selfish and unchristian.
‘Nothing!’
Emphasises he is selfish and unchristian.
‘in the expectation of finding himself surrounded’
Exclamatory - imperative ‘remove’ - he is emotional and vulnerable. First signs of change.
“Remove me!” Scrooge exclaimed, “I cannot bare it.”
Declarative - Guilt, regret. Realises all the unchristian things he has done.
‘but it’s too late now’
Rhetorical question - feels emotional and guilty. Doesn’t like seeing all of the bad things that his fatal flaw has caused. Changing.
‘Why do you delight to torture me?’
Tripling - exclamatory - becoming compassionate and starting to change
‘Leave me! Take me back. Haunt me no longer.’
Verb - desire to do something differently. WANTS to change.
‘I wish’ (stave 2)
Short, simple sentences used by the ghost of Christmas past - time is running out for Scrooge and he must change.
‘Your past.’ ‘Your welfare!’
declarative - realises life is short and fragile - cares about living - he must change.
‘I am mortal’
Exclamatory - Tiny Tim is kind and happy despite his illness - this juxtaposes with Scrooge who is rich but cruel and unhappy.
‘God bless us, every one!’
Imperative ‘tell’ - Scrooge cares. He is becoming compassionate and is changing and he genuinely wants to know about the welfare of Tiny Tim.
“Tell me if Tiny Tim will live.” ‘
Met. - he is a monster to them and is the reason for their struggles and suffering.
‘ogre’
Fred’s wife and friends see Scrooge as a bear - emphasises his negative and cruel attitude is pushing people away and making him into a joke to them.
‘Is it a bear?’ ‘ought to have been “yes”’
Exclamatory + imperative verb - drive and desire. He wants to change and he wants to do good.
‘Lead on, Spirit!’
