ACC Flashcards
Scrooge in stave 1
[2 quotes]
“Hard and sharp as flint.”
‘Solitary as an oyster’
Scrooge’s Malthusian view
“If they would rather die, they had better do it and decrease the surplus population.”
Scrooge’s view on Christmas for the poor
“I don’t make merry myself at Christmas, and can’t afford to make idle people merry’
Motif of fire in stave 1
[2 quotes]
‘Darkness is cheap, and Scrooge liked it’
‘It was a very low fire indeed, nothing on such a bitter night’
Fred’s opinion on Scrooge’s use of money
“His wealth is of no use to him. He don’t do any good with it.”
Scrooge beginning to change in stave 2
‘I should like to say a word to my clerk just now, that’s all’
Scrooge’s past loneliness
[2 quotes]
‘A solitary child, neglected by his friends’
‘A lonely boy was reading near a feeble fire’
Scrooge’s graveyard
“A churchyard, overrun by weeds, the growth of vegetation’s death not life - a worthy place!”
Scrooge’s transformation, feeling positive emotions for the first time and attributing them to visions he has seen [4 events]
“I am light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a schoolboy, I am giddy as a drunken man.”
Scrooge promising to heed the advice of all 3 ghosts
“I will live in the past, the present and the future”
Scrooge’s ‘punishment’ for Bob Cratchit after Christmas
‘I am not going to stand this sort of thing any longer. And therefore, I am going to raise your salary’
Scrooge’s new attitude linked to the motif of fire
(to Bob Cratchit) ‘Make up the fires, and buy another coal-scuttle before you dot another i’
Tiny Tim is…
‘Good as gold, and better’
The Cratchits’ clothing
[2 quotes]
‘Twice-turned gown’
‘Brave in ribbons’
The Cratchits gratitude (and contradiction of the Malthusian view)
‘No one said or thought it was at all a small pudding for a large family. It would have been heresy to do so’
Belle on Scrooge’s greed
[2 quotes]
‘An idol has displaced me’ / ‘A golden one’
‘The master passion, gain, engrosses you’
Belle’s relationship no longer viable
[2 quotes]
‘Dowerless girl’
‘Unprofitable dream’
Ghost of Christmas Present’s undesirable companions
“This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want.”
Ignorance and Want’s premature ageing
“Stale and shrivelled hand like that of age”
Snow as a metaphor for social inequality
“The house-fronts looked black enough, and the windows blacker, contrasting with the smooth white sheet of snow upon the roofs, and with the dirtier snow upon the ground.”
Marley’s ghost on making money at any cost
“My spirit never roved beyond the limits of our money-changing hole”
Marley’s ghost redefining business
“Mankind was my business, the common welfare was my business… the dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in my business”
Marley’s ghost’s impediment after life
“I wear the chain I forged in life.”
Ghost of Christmas Past’s initial description
[2 quotes]
“Like a child: yet not so like a child as like an old man”
“Tunic of the purest white… bright clear jet of white”
Scrooge tries (and fails) to fight the Ghost of Christmas Past
‘Though Scrooge pressed it down with all his force, he could not hide the light’
Ghost of Christmas Present epitomising the Christmas spirit of peace and goodwill
[2 quotes]
“Genial face”
“Antique scabbard”… “no sword in it”… “eaten up with rust”
Ghost of Christmas Present challenging the Malthusian view
“Heaped up on the floor, in a kind of throne”… lists several types of food in excessive quantities
Ghost of Christmas Present using Scrooge’s words against him
[2 quotes]
‘are there no prisons, are there no workhouses?’
‘they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population’
Scrooge’s fear of the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
[2 quotes]
“Its mysterious presence filled him with a solemn dread”
“It thrilled him with a vague, uncertain horror”
Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come hinting that there may be a way to avoid Scrooge’s undesirable fate
“The kind hand trembled”
Scrooge failing to overcome death (and the ghost of Christmas Yet to Come) completely
“The spirit, stronger yet, repulsed him”
Fezziwig’s happiness portrayed as priceless yet low-cost
[2 quotes]
“A small matter… He has spent but a few pounds of your mortal money”
‘The happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it cost a fortune’
