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GCSE English Lit. A Christmas Carol > A Christmas Carol Who Said It and Where? > Flashcards

A Christmas Carol Who Said It and Where? Flashcards

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“Marley was dead to begin with.”

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Narrator
Stave One
Ideas about: intrigue and the unexpected

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“he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! A squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner!”

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Narrator
Stave One
Ideas about: a biased narrator
Technique: hyperbole

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“Hard and sharp as flint”

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Narrator
Stave One
Ideas about: Scrooge
Technique: simile

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“Solitary as an oyster”

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Narrator
Stave One
Ideas about Scrooge
Technique: simile

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“I can’t afford to make idle people merry”

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Scrooge
Stave One
Ideas about: attitudes to the poor

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“Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?”

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Scrooge
Stave One
Ideas about: Cold logic/ attitudes to the poor

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7
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“I wear the chain I forged in life”

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Jacob Marley
Stave One
Ideas about: Consequences and fate

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“From the crown of its head there sprung a bright clear jet of light.”

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Stave Two

Ideas about: symbols (truth)

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9
Q

“Your reclamation, then. Take heed!”

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Ghost of Christmas Past
Stave Two
Ideas about: Redemption/ Transformation

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“Your lip is trembling,” said the Ghost. “And what is that upon your cheek?”

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The Ghost of Christmas Past
Stave Two
Ideas about: Redemption/Transformation and emotion

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“A solitary child, neglected by his friends, is left there still.”

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The Ghost of Christmas Past
Stave Two
Ideas about: Childhood and determinism

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“He has the power to render us happy or unhappy […] The happiness he gives is quite as much as if it cost a fortune.”

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Scrooge
Stave Two
Ideas about: Generosity and leadership

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“I have seen your nobler aspirations fall of one by one, until the master passion, Gain, engrosses you.”

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Belle
Stave Two
Ideas about: Obsession and avarice (extreme greed)

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“Remove me!” Scrooge exclaimed. “I cannot bear it!”

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Scrooge
Stave Two
Ideas about: Truth and reflection

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“these young Cratchits danced about the table.”

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Stave Three

Ideas about: Childhood and determinism

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‘With an interest he had never felt before…“No, no…Oh no, kind Spirit! Say he will be spared” ‘

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Scrooge
Stave Three
Ideas about: Redemption/Transformation and empathy

17
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“If he die, he better do it, and decrease the surplus population.”

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Ghost of Christmas Present reminds Scrooge of something he said in Stave One.
Stave Three
Ideas about: Attitudes to the poor (and Malthusian Principle)

18
Q

“I am sorry for him […] Who suffers by his ill whims? Himself, always.”

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Fred
Stave Three
Ideas about: Forgiveness and isolation

19
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“This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both […] They are Man’s”

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Ghost of Christmas Present
Stave Three
Ideas about: Mankind’s responsibility.

20
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“Plundered and bereft, unwatched, unwept, uncared for, was the body of this man”

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Stave Four

Ideas about: Isolation

21
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“Avarice, hard dealing, griping cares? They have brought him to a rich end, truly!”

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Scrooge’s thoughts
Stave Four
Ideas about: Wealth versus poverty

22
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“Are these the shadows of the things that Will be, or are they the shadows of the things that May be only?”

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Scrooge
Stave Four
Ideas about: Redemption/Transformation

23
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“The kind hand trembled.”

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Description of the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.
Stave Four
Ideas about: Forgiveness

24
Q

“No fog, no mist; clear, bright, jovial…heavenly sky, sweet fresh air.”

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Scrooge
Stave Five
Ideas about: Redemption/Transformation and semantic fields.

25
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“I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a schoolboy…I am as giddy as a drunken man”

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Scrooge
Stave Five
Ideas about: Redemption/Transformation and childhood

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“I don’t know how long I have been among the Spirits. I don’t know anything. I’m quite a baby.”

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Scrooge
Stave Five
Ideas about: Logic and redemption

27
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“Scrooge regarded everyone with a delighted smile.”

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Stave Five

Ideas about: Redemption/ Transformation

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Q

“His own heart laughed: and that was quite enough for him.”

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Stave Five

Ideas about: Wealth

29
Q

“No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him.”

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Narrator
Stave One
Ideas about: Scrooge (coldness personified)

30
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“Open our shut up hearts freely”

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Fred
Stave One
Ideas about: generosity/ goodwill

GCSE English Lit. A Christmas Carol (4 decks)

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