A Christmas Carol Isolation Theme Flashcards
Solitary as an oyster
Suggests Scrooge’s isolation
Oysters have a hard outer layer like Scrooge’s but have a softer inside, perhaps suggesting Scrooge’s ability to change.
His melancholy dinner in his usual melancholy tavern;
Repetition of melancholy to show ongoing miserable behaviour from Scrooge.
A lonely boy was reading neara feeble fire
I have seen your nobler aspirations fall off one by one, until the master-passion, Gain, engrosses you
Suggests how Scrooge’s relationship with Belle diminished due to his lust for financial wealth.
Merchants; who hurried up and down, and chinked the money in their pockets
Read upon the stone of the neglected grave his own name, Ebenezer Scrooge.
His name means “rock” which also reflects his cold personality.
His face was wet with tears
Emotive noun “tears” suggests Scrooge’s new emotional character - shows his steady softening in the novella.
