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A christmas carol (lit) Flashcards

scrooge, fred, fezziwig, transformation, family, christmas spirit, poverty

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What quotes could be used for Fezziwig?

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“benevolence”
“no more work tonight”
“snug, and warm, and dry, and bright”
“great piece of cold boiled”
“positive light appeared to issue from Fezziwig’s calves”

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What does the quote “benevolence” show about Fezziwig?

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Fully generous
Complete opposite of Scrooge
Selfless

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What does the quote “no more work tonight” show about Fezziwig?

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Unlike Scrooge, treats people nicely and lets them off for Christmas

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What does the quote “snug, and warm, and dry, and bright” show about Fezziwig?

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Surrounded by light and warmth just like Fred
Foil for Scrooge, just like Fred

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What does the quote “great piece of cold boiled” show about Fezziwig?

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Fezziwig puts actual effort into keeping people happy
Selfless
Generous
Kind

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What does the quote “positive light appeared to issue from Fezziwig’s calves” show about Fezziwig?

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Warmth
Guidance
Symbol of hope

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What could an essay plan for Fezziwig look like?

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  1. Intro - Dickens, purpose
  2. Christmas Spirit - foil, loves Christmas
  3. Kindness - foil, treats people nicely and with respect, hospitable, jovial, generous
  4. Conclusion - impact on reader
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What quotes could be used for Fred?

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“all in glow”
“many things from which I might have derived good, by which I have not profited”
“a good time; a kind, forgiving charitable, pleasant time”
“fellow-passengers to the grave”
“because I fell in love”
“Ha! Ha! Ha!”
“for I pity him”

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What does the quote “all in a glow” show about Fred?

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Juxtaposition to Scrooge
Glowing
Warm
Friendly
Positive
Happy

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What does the quote “many things from which I have derived good, by which I have not profited” show about Fred?

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Kind
Does good things without need of reward
Selfless

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What does the quote “a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time” show about Fred?

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View of Christmas completely different to Scrooge
Charitable

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What does the quote “fellow-passengers to the grave” show about Fred?

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Sees everyone as equal
Considerate

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What does the quote “because I fell in love” show about Fred?

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Cares about love and family
Genuine
Loving

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What does the quote “Ha! Ha! Ha!” show about Fred?

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Enjoys spending time with family
Happy
Optimistic
Genuine

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What does the quote “for I pity him” show about Fred?

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Knows how important family and celebrating Christmas is
Feels sorry for Scrooge because he doesn’t understand that
Caring
Understanding

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What could an essay plan for Fred look like?

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  1. Introduction - Dickens, purpose
  2. Personality - kind, friendly, warm, welcoming, amiable
  3. Christmas spirit - important, enthusiastic, understands that it’s a time for helping others
  4. Family/love - cares about love and spending time with family. Is happy around family, family-oriented, inclusive
  5. Conclusion - impact on reader
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What quotes could be used for Scrooge?

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“cold within him”
“external heat and cold had little influence”
“dismal little cell”
“can’t afford to make idle people merry”
“wept”
“show me no more”
“I am not the man I was”
“I am as light as a feather”
“no fog, no mist”
“a second father”

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What does the quote “cold within him” show about Scrooge?

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Metaphor
Emotionless
Lonely
Dead inside

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What does the quote “external heat and cold had little influence” show about Scrooge?

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Emotionless
Impacted by nothing
Stubborn

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What does the quote “dismal little cell” show about Scrooge?

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Terrible treatment of clerk
Selfish
Doesn’t care about him

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What does the quote “can’t afford to make idle people merry” show about Scrooge?

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Harmful mindset
Doesn’t care about people poorer than him

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What does the quote “wept” show about Scrooge?

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Change in personality
Starting to feel emotions
Empathetic towards younger self

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What does the quote “show me no more” show about Scrooge?

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Regretful
Shows evidence of change
Looking at the past hurts

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What does the quote “I am not the man I was” show about Scrooge?

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Has completely changed
Ghosts have had a huge impact

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What does the quote “I am as light as a feather” show about Scrooge?

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Carefree
No longer weighed down by chains
Absolved from his sins

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What does the quote “no fog, no mist” show about Scrooge?

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Pathetic fallacy
Wetaher mirrors him
Pure
Seeing the world through different eyes

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What does the quote “a second father” show about Scrooge?

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Cares about others
Now sees importance of family and helping others

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What could an essay plan look like for Scrooge?

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  1. Introduction - Dickens, purpose (showing the corruption of the upper class, how you’re NOT supposed to act during Christmas and in general)
  2. Scrooge at the beginning - avaricous, misanthropic, harsh, selfish
  3. Scrooge with the ghosts - visceral response to past memories, contrite about past
  4. Scrooge redemption - penitent, went through a metamorphosis
  5. Conclusion - impact on reader (initially disdain, repulsion, later empathy, reflection on their own capabilities to change)
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What quotes could be used for showing Christmas spirit?

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“you’re poor enough”
“boiled with his own pudding”
“I am as merry as a schoolboy”
“merry Christmas to everyone”
“no more work tonight. Christmas Eve” - Fezziwig
“great piece of cold boiled” - Fezziwig
“dressed out but poorly” - Bob
“happy, grateful, pleased with one another” - Bob

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What does the quote “you’re poor enough” show about Scrooge’s Christmas spirit?

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Cares too much about money and wealth to even think for a second that someone poor can be happy on Christmas Day. Massively juxtaposes Bob

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What does the quote “boiled with his own pudding” show about Scrooge’s Christmas spirit?

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Brutal imagery
Shows the extent of Scrooge’s dislike of Christmas that he would be fine with everyone celebrating Christmas to die

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What does the quote “I am as merry as a schoolboy” show about Scrooge’s Christmas spirit?

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He has changed
Christmas now makes him happy and he understands the worth of it

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What does the quote “merry Christmas to everyone” show about Scrooge’s Christmas spirit?

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Loves Christmas so much now that he is willing to spread it by wishing others to have a Merry Chrsitmas

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What does the quote “no more work tonight. Christmas Eve” show about Fezziwig’s Christmas spirit?

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Foil for Scrooge and the way he treats Bob
Completely fine with them taking a break for Christmas (even persuades them to)

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What does the quote “great piece of cold boiled” show about Fezziwig’s Christmas spirit?

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Puts effort into Christmas
Cares about making people happy

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What does the quote “dressed out but poorly” show about Bob’s Christmas spirit?

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Even if they are poor, they still try to celebrate Christmas to the best of their abilities and it makes them happy even with a small amount of money

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What does the quote “happy, grateful, pleased with one another” show about Bob’s Christmas spirit?

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Don’t need much to be happy. All they need is family to have a good time on Christmas day. Take advantage of a bleak sitaution

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What could an essay plan for the Christmas spirit look like?

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  1. Introduction - importance of Christmas spirit, how it can lead to good, broad points of what will be made throught
  2. Scrooge’s initial beliefs
  3. Fezziwig’s and Bob’s Christmas spirits
  4. Scrooge’s transformation
  5. Conclusion - journey of Scrooge in embracing Christmas, convince readers to reflect and Christmas and generosity
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What quotes could be used for the theme of transformation?

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“decrease the surplus population”
“wept”
“very foreign to his usual character”
“remove me”
“I am as light as a feather”
“no fog, no mist”

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What does the quote “decrease the surplus population” show about the theme of transformation?

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Shows how terrible of a person he is before his transformation
Used during the transformation by the ghost of christmas present to use his words against him and show him how bad he was

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What does the quote “wept” show about the theme of transformation?

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First signs of transformation
Shows that the ghosts’ methods are effective

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What does the quote “very foreign to his usual character” show about the theme of transformation?

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Shows a different side of himself
Always had it in him, just needed something to take it out (shows that most people have a good side to them even if they hide it)

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What does the quote “remove me” show about the theme of transformation?

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Transformation is a long and difficult process
Scrooge had to go through a lot to get to the way he was by the end of the novella

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What does the quote “I am as light as a feather” show about the theme of transformation?

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Transformation and changing yourself to be a better person sets you free + improves your life

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What does the quote “no fog, no mist” show about the theme of transformation?

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Transforming yourself to be better makes the entire world around you clearer and nicer
Scrooge’s outlook on life changed

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What could an essay plan for the theme of transformation look like?

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  1. Intro - Scrooge changed in the story and many people helped him out in that + positives of change
  2. Difficulties of transformation - metamorphasis isn’t easy and requires a lot of determination, long process
  3. Aftermath - life better, you better, Scrooge better, everyone better
  4. Conclusion - no matter who you are, you can change. Transformation possible for everyone
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What quotes could be used for the theme of family?

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“solitary child”
“father is so much kinder than he used to be”
“another idol has displaced me”
“why cannot we be friends?”
“begged like a boy to be allowed to stay”
“I have come to dinner”
“yet every one of them had enough”
“happy, grateful, pleased with one another”

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What does the quote “solitary child” show about the theme of family?

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Scrooge had a bad relationship with some of his family in the past
Was left alone by his family
Could be where his dislike of family comes from

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What does the quote “father is so much kinder than he used to be” show about the theme of family?

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Scrooge had a strained relationship with someone who doesn’t sound very nice
Didn’t get treated well by his family

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What does the quote “another idol has displaced me” show about the theme of family?

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Scrooge left his fiancée for money
Abandoned his family for something materialistic
Beginning of his estrangement with his family

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What does the quote “why cannot we be friends?” show about the theme of family?

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Surrounded by family who is willing to put in the effort to be on good terms with him but he isn’t putting in the effort
Doesn’t realise the importance of family and spending time with them (and how lucky he is to even have that family in the first place)

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What does the quote “begged like a boy to be allowed to stay” show about the theme of family?

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Saw his family members having fun for the first time and was desperate to stay
Started to realise how great having a family is and how much he wanted to be with them
Shows the joy that comes from family and how it can change even the coldest of people

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What does the quote “I have come to dinner” show about the theme of family?

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In the end, he ended up taking Fred’s invite
Realised the importance of family and how much it means to him

54
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What do the quotes “yet every one of them had enough” and “happy, grateful, pleased with one another” show about the theme of family?

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Shows the power of family in creating joy
The Cratchits has basically nothing. They live in poverty and yet are still happy because they are surrounded by people they love
Shows the difference between Scrooge (no family, lots of money = miserable) and Bob (lots of family, little money = happy)
Shows that family is enough and that with family you don’t need anything else

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What could an essay plan for the theme of family look like?

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  1. Intro - transformations of Scrooge + importance of family at that time especially
  2. Scrooge’s family in the past
  3. Scrooge’s family in the present
  4. Bob’s family
  5. Conclusion - themes of generosity and compassion, materilaism doesn’t matter and shouldn’t to the reader
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What quotes could be used for the theme of poverty?

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“you’re poor enough”
“I can’t afford to make idle people merry”
“but you were always a good man of business”
“dressed out but poorly”
“yet every one of them had enough”
“happy, grateful, pleased with one another”

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What does the quote “you’re poor enough” show about the theme of poverty?

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The epitome of the upper class
Cares just about money and not about happiness, Christmas or family
Thinks that you should be miserable if you’re poor, that there’s nothing left for you

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What does the quote “I can’t afford to make idle people merry” show about the theme of poverty?

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Doesn’t even think about giving his money away to people less fortunate than him
Shows the mindset of the rich thinking that poor people are just lazy
Has no interest in helping others - self-centered

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What does the quote “but you were always a good man of business” show about the theme of poverty?

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Again, shows his priorities are just money and business
Thinks that Marley was a good person just because he was a “man of business”

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What do the quotes “dressed out but poorly” + “yet every one of them had enough” + “happy, grateful, pleased with one another” show about the theme of poverty?

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Cratchits are poor but happy
Less fortunate than Scrooge but have a happier and more fulfilling life than him and try to take advantage of what little they do have
They don’t pay attention to money and instead get joy from non-materialistic things
Show that poverty isn’t the be all end all

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What could an essay plan look like for the theme of poverty?

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  1. Intro - poor, rich, and people who try to help those poor
  2. Scrooge - rich, selfish, doesn’t care about the poor and refuses to help = is miserable
  3. Cratchits - poor, family, friends, spend time together as one and celebrate christmas = are happy
  4. Conclusion - people should take responsibility for people poorer than them and help them as much as they can

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