A Christmas Carol quotes complete of character profiles Flashcards
Scrooge at the start.
Connotes for Scrooge being bitter, harsh, cynical and isolated.
Name at least 4
“No wind that blew was bitterer than he”
“What’s Christmas time to you but a time for paying bills without money”
“Secret and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster”
“Tight fisted hand at the grindstone”
“Hard and sharp as flint”
“If they would rather die…they better do it and decrease the surplus population”
Scrooge at the end.
Connotes for generosity, happiness and sociability.
3 quotes
To Bob - “I’ll raise your salary”
“Scrooge regarded everyone with a delighted smile”
“Wonderful party, wonderful games, wonderful unanimity”
“There was a boy singing a Christmas Carol at my door last night. I should like to have given him something: that’s all.”
Ghost of Christmas Past.
Connotes for mysteriousness, forcefulness and questioning.
1 quote
“But the relentless Ghost pinioned him in both his arms, and forced him to observe.”
“Is that so much that he deserves this praise?”
“It was a strange figure”
“Your reclamation then. Take heed”
Ghost of Christmas Present.
Connotes for jolly, friendliness and severe.
1 quote
“There sat a jolly Giant, glorious to see”
“Come in! And know me better, man”
“Slander those who tell it ye!”
“This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want”
Ghost of Christmas yet to come.
Connotes for mysteriousness, frightening and resolute.
1 quote
“Scrooge feared the silent shape so much that his legs trembled beneath him.”
“It seemed to scatter gloom and mystery”
“The Spirit did not stay for anything”
“I am not the man I was”
Marley’s Ghost.
Connotations of exhaustion, directness and Scrooge being terrified.
1 quote
“The spectre’s voice disturbed the very marrow in his bones”
“I cannot rest, I cannot stay, I cannot linger anywhere”
“I am here tonight to warn you”
“I wear the chains I forged in life”
Fred -Scrooge’s nephew
Connotations of being jovial, enthusiastic and caring.
1 quote
“Scrooge’s nephew revelled in another laugh”
“A merry Christmas uncle! God save you!”
“Bob told them of then extraordinary kindness of Mr Scrooge’s nephew.”
Bob Cratchit
Connotations of loving and forgiving
1 quote
“Bob…hugged his daughter to his heart’s content”
“Mr Scrooge, the Founder of the Feast”
Fezziwig
“The happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it cost a fortune.”
Tiny Tim
“My little, little child”
