A Christmas Carol Flashcards

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repetition - Isolated, lonely.

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‘Sole’

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Pathetic fallacy - cold, cruel, harsh.

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‘No wind that blew was bitterer than he.’

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Exclamatory - asyndetic listing creates a fast pace. Scrooge is evil.

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‘squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, covetous old sinner!’

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Simile - lonely and isolated. Oyster suggests hope as it contains a pearl - he can change?

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‘solitary as an oyster’

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Simile - cruel, harsh, hurts people (including himself) with his selfish ways

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‘hard and sharp as flint’

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Selfish. Tight with money. Money is Scrooge’s fatal flaw.

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‘with an undoubted bargain’

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Exclamatory - unwilling to give to charity. He is selfish and unchristian.

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‘Nothing!’

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Emphasises he is selfish and unchristian.

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‘in the expectation of finding himself surrounded’

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Exclamatory - imperative ‘remove’ - he is emotional and vulnerable. First signs of change.

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“Remove me!” Scrooge exclaimed, “I cannot bare it.”

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Declarative - Guilt, regret. Realises all the unchristian things he has done.

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‘but it’s too late now’

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Rhetorical question - feels emotional and guilty. Doesn’t like seeing all of the bad things that his fatal flaw has caused. Changing.

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‘Why do you delight to torture me?’

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Tripling - exclamatory - becoming compassionate and starting to change

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‘Leave me! Take me back. Haunt me no longer.’

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Verb - desire to do something differently. WANTS to change.

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‘I wish’ (stave 2)

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Short, simple sentences used by the ghost of Christmas past - time is running out for Scrooge and he must change.

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‘Your past.’ ‘Your welfare!’

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declarative - realises life is short and fragile - cares about living - he must change.

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‘I am mortal’

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Exclamatory - Tiny Tim is kind and happy despite his illness - this juxtaposes with Scrooge who is rich but cruel and unhappy.

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‘God bless us, every one!’

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Imperative ‘tell’ - Scrooge cares. He is becoming compassionate and is changing and he genuinely wants to know about the welfare of Tiny Tim.

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“Tell me if Tiny Tim will live.” ‘

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Met. - he is a monster to them and is the reason for their struggles and suffering.

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‘ogre’

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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.

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‘Is it a bear?’ ‘ought to have been “yes”’

20
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Exclamatory + imperative verb - drive and desire. He wants to change and he wants to do good.

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‘Lead on, Spirit!’