A Christmas Carol Flashcards
SOCIAL INJUSTICE
‘When want is keenly felt’
When?
Who?
What?
Stave 1
The charity gentlemen
Foreshadows the child want
SOCIAL INJUSTICE
‘Are there no prisons?’
When?
Who?
What?
Stave 1
Scrooge
Hints all the poor are guilty of something- an upperclass view
Foreshadows when the ghost of Christmas present will repeat it later
SOCIAL INJUSTICE
‘One of broken fortunes’
When?
Who?
What?
The narrator describing Scrooge’s school
Stave 2
‘Fortune’ as they were blessed to have an education
‘Broken’ due to the way they were treated
SOCIAL INJUSTICE
‘Who do their deeds… in our name’
When?
Who?
What?
The ghost of Christmas present
Stave 3
Sly social commentary from dickens who criticises how people do the most awful of things in the name of god
SOCIAL INJUSTICE
‘He bore a little crutch’
When?
Who?
What?
Narrator describing tiny Tim
Stave 3
Research suggests he had either a type of kidney failure or rickets which were both curable if the patient had money at the time. So by not paying cratchit enough Scrooge could kill Tim
REDEMPTION
’he felt the chilling influence of its death cold eyes’
Who?
Where?
What?
Scrooge describing Marley
Stave 1
‘Chilling’ we were told nothing could chill Scrooge so it shows he’s already changing
‘Its’ Marley is not human
REDEMPTION
‘Still very foggy and extremely cold’
Who?
Where?
What?
Scrooge describes the night
Stave 2
‘Fog’ could be condensation- a metaphor for Scrooge melting
Pathetic fallacy
REDEMPTION
‘They all three burst into a laugh’
Who?
Where?
What?
Describing the robbers in joes shop
Stave 4
It could be a reference to the foul soldiers who gambled for Scrooge’s clothes after the crucifixion
Scrooge links to Christ in many ways, Jesus proved to god after being tempted 3 times, Scrooge has theee spirits
REDEMPTION
‘ I am not the man I was. I will not be the man I must have been’
Who?
Where?
What?
Scrooge begs to the Last spirit
Stave 4
Contains all three tenses to symbolise how he has learnt all three lessons
ISOLATION
‘No eye at all is better than an evil eye dark master!’
Who?
Where?
What?
Dogs to their owners when Scrooge walks by
Stave 1
‘Evil eye’ is an idea in many cultures- in the bible it is a curse given by a glare.
ISOLATION
‘A golden one’
Who?
Where?
What?
Belle explains what has happened to Scrooge
Stave 2
Semantic field of business
Biblical- the Israelites made a golden idle of Moses when he was absent which angered him he executed all who worshipped it
CHRISTMAS
‘God bless you merry gentlemen’
Who?
Where?
What?
Carol singers
Stave 1
Dickens replaces ‘rest’ with ‘bless’ to symbolise how the spirits will not let him rest
CHRISTMAS
‘His organ of benevolence’
Who?
Where?
What?
Describing fezziwig
Stave 2
Organ of benevolence was believed to be outcropping at the top of the forehead- reflects dickens interest in phenology
TIME
‘Good heaven!’
Who?
Where?
What?
Scrooge exclaims at his old school
Stave 2
Another disguised biblical reference, relation of childhood as heavenly
TIME
‘ I don’t know anything I’m quite a baby’
Who?
Where?
What?
Scrooge after waking up on chairman’s morning
Stave 5
References to being reborn
