A Christmas Carol characters Flashcards
Scrooge at the beginning
Cold hearted Miserly Self-deluded Ill-mannered Misanthropic
Quotes to describe Scrooge at the beginning
“No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him.”
“Every idiot who goes about with ‘Merry Christmas’ on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart.”
“You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese…”
“Covetous old sinner. Hard and sharp as flint”
Bob Cratchit
Obedient
Generous
Emotional/ sensitive
Fearful
Quotes to describe Bob
“[He] tried to warm himself at the candle”
“I’ll give you Mr. Scrooge, the Founder of the Feast!”
“My little, little child!” cried Bob. “My little child!”
‘”It’s only once a year, sir,” pleaded Bob,’
Fred
Positive Kind-hearted Persistent Cheerful Quick-witted
Quotes to describe Fred
“I’ll keep my Christmas humour to the last. So A Merry Christmas, uncle!”
“I mean to give him the same chance every year, whether he likes it or not, for I pity him.”
“Let him in! It is a mercy he didn’t shake his arm off.” (When Scrooge finally visits him for Xmas)
“What right do you have to be dismal? What right do you have to be morose? You’re rich enough”
Scrooge at the end
Hopeful
Generous
Good-humoured
Friendly
Quotes to describe Scrooge at the end
“So fluttered and glowing with his good intentions”
“Laughing and crying in the same breath”
“Making a perfect Lacoön of himself”
“I am light as a feather, I am happy as an Angel, I am merry as a schoolboy, I am giddy as a drunken man”
“I’m quite a baby”