A Christmas Carol - Redemption/Change

Question 1

solitary as an oyster -description of scrooge

Answer 1

point: dicken creates dramatic tension through his use of foreshadowing
analysis:In stave 1- significant symbolism dickens uses because oysters are animals which often have pearls inside them. this suggest that scrooge has a treasure inside that needs to be revealed

Question 2

boiled with his own pudding , buried with a stake of holly in his heart

Answer 2

this violently hyperbolic assertion implys the extreme nature scrooges aversion towards Christmas. This can therefore make it difficult for readers to envision a redemption that scrooge will have. Dicken can also be suing this as a way to show that redemption is not an easy task.

Question 3

i wear the chain i forged in life- said by Marley

Answer 3

-used to begin scooges redemption
-chains are used to symbolise his greed
-marley is very similar to scrooge - he is willing to help scrooge change by telling scrooge what his punishment is after they way he acted horribly when he was alive when he was alive and this implies to the reader that there is hope for scrooge

Question 4

i cannot bear it - scrooge

Answer 4

when ghost of christmas yet to come reveals scrooges grave he has see;’s he concludes he dies alone. this is an extemity that dickens use to shiw that the all the ghosts dont dorce scrooge to change it has to come within and quickly begins to see error of his ways

Question 5

sky was “ clear, bright and jovial”
“golden sunlight”

Answer 5

imagery and description of the final stave which is pathetic fallacy which dramatically alters the tone of the stave highlighting scrooges successful redemption