a Christmas Carol - responsibilty Flashcards
“mankind was my business” - stave 1
said by marleys ghost
-marley states this in response to scrooge saying that marley had always been “a good man of business” during his life time
scrooges intends for this this mean that marley had been successful in running an enterprise in partnership with him
malrey gets irritated with the word “business” and states how mankind was his business which means how he should have taken a greater interest in other people (especilayy the poor)
-punished with eternal misery and wears “chains” , chains he is resonsible for.
therefore malrey says this to express how his business should have been showing greater compassion and be more involed with the humanity
scrooge refers to the poor as “idle”
“*think of people below them as if they really werefellow passengers to the grave.” said by fred
scrooge feels he already is being socially responsible, though he does it out of obligation.
using the adjective”‘idle”- shows he does not understand why they are poor or the complexity of poverty
sees the himself as finacially responsible and the poor financially irresponsible
fred argues how christmas is a time when people “*”
“below” can sublty remind the reader the social hierarchy and class system
implieshow people are charitable and kind at Christmas
implies industralistion is a factor which creates a large divide between classes
ignorance and want- stave 3
they are the children of mankind and s mankind has responsibilty of the children . the are described as “horrible”
suggest how these traits are the creation of society due to their treatment of the poor
ghost of christmas present warns that ignorance leads to “doom”
the doom of scrooge himself and overall
tiny tim is a clear connection between poverty and death
scrooge saves him and herein lies the message of social responsibilty
the rich can make a difference to the lives of the poor
“i will honour christmas in my heart”
- scrooge stave 4
scrooge is taking responsibilty for what hes done in the past (leaving belle for a “golden idol” - loss of love AND seeing the struggling chilldren (igorance and want and Tiny Tim- consqesuences of capitalism)
scrooges is sympathetic of them
dickens uses this exclamation to symbolise scrooge as an ignorant upper class man who takes responsibilty for societys capitalistic impacts
“honour” coonations to a knighthood and how important scrooge will honour christmas
“heart” something humans need to live - suugest how from now on scrooge will never live without christmas
“i’ll raise your salary”
scrooges finally undertsnad the injustice and the huge gap between the rich and the poor and a change in his attitude
contrats to the begining to hoe scrooge treated bob cratchit poorly
