A Christmas carol ghosts quotation Flashcards

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“Fresh green holly”

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Shows the Ghost of Christmas Past’s purity and innocence.

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The same face: the very same

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Implies the irony of how Marley’s Ghost invokes fear in Scrooge despite being a important business partner to him.

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“There’s more of gravy than of grave about you”

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Implies how Scrooge is distraught after seeing Marley’s Ghosts and is insistent in believing that the Ghost is just him hallucinating

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“I wear the chain I forged in life”

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Marley informs Scrooge of his fate and emphasises how a life full of ignorance and greed will result in an everlasting punishment by existing as a Ghost.

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“No rest,no peace. Incessant torture of remorse”

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Through the repetition of no, the Ghost is warning Scrooge of his sins.

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“Like a Child;yet not so like a child as like an old man”

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The use of the paradoxical similes implies how Scrooge is unable to interpret the age of the Ghosts. This emphasises how the Ghosts transcend time and are a holy power.

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“Tunic of purest white”

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The adjective “white” implies how the Ghost is an angelic figure.(Stave Two)

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‘Branch of fresh green holly”

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The use of the noun ‘holly’ compares the Ghosts to Nature and implies how Nature has the ability to transcend time and how the Ghosts acts as a eternal force of change in Scrooge

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“The voice was soft and gentle”

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Connotes how ostensibly the Ghost of Christmas Past seems friendly yet brings the most emotion and suffering out of Scrooge.

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“Jolly Giant”

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The Ghost of Christmas Present is presented as “jolly” to imply how even these Ghosts who go through so much torture feel fulfilled in their actions.

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“Bore a glowing torch in shape not unlike Plenty’s horn”

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The phrase creates the impression that the Ghost are able to control fire, an item associated with warmth and destruction. The adjective “glowing” shows the Ghost’s positive intentions.

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“Holly wreath”

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Implies how the Ghosts are willing to transcend time.

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