A Christmas Carol - revision of key quotes! Flashcards
‘But how much greater was his horror when….
‘But how much greater was his horror when the phantom taking off the bandage round its head, as if it were too warm to wear indoors, its lower jaw dropped down upon its breast.’
‘I wear the chain…
‘I wear the chain I forged in life … I make it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it of my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it.’
‘From the foldings of its robe, it brought two children; …
‘From the foldings of its robe, it brought two children; wretched, abject, frightful, hideous, miserable. ‘
‘The phantom slowly,
‘The phantom slowly, gravely, silently, approached.’
‘… the Spirit neither
‘… the Spirit neither spoke nor moved.’
‘It was a strange figure –
‘It was a strange figure – like a child: yet not so like a child as like an old man,
‘Solitary…
‘Solitary as an Oyster’
‘Squeezing,
‘Squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scrap[ing, covetous old sinner’
As hard and…
‘As hard and sharp as flint’
‘The very air through which…
‘The very air through which this Spirit moved it seemed to scatter gloom and mystery.’
A solitary child…
‘A solitary child, neglected by his friends, is left there still’
‘”Your lip is…
‘”Your lip is trembling,” said the Ghost. “And what is
that upon your cheek?”’
‘”Father is so…
‘”Father is so much kinder than he used to be, that
home’s like Heaven!’
‘He called out in a ….’
Fezziwig
‘He called out in a comfortable, oily, rich, fat, jovial
voice.’ (Fezziwig)
‘Heaped up on the floor, to form…’
‘Heaped up on the floor, to form a kind of throne, were
turkeys, geese, game, poultry…’
