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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
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Scrooge in stave 1
[2 quotes]

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“Hard and sharp as flint.”
‘Solitary as an oyster’

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Scrooge’s Malthusian view

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“If they would rather die, they had better do it and decrease the surplus population.”

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Scrooge’s view on Christmas for the poor

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“I don’t make merry myself at Christmas, and can’t afford to make idle people merry’

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Motif of fire in stave 1
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‘Darkness is cheap, and Scrooge liked it’
‘It was a very low fire indeed, nothing on such a bitter night’

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Fred’s opinion on Scrooge’s use of money

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“His wealth is of no use to him. He don’t do any good with it.”

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Scrooge beginning to change in stave 2

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‘I should like to say a word to my clerk just now, that’s all’

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Scrooge’s past loneliness
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‘A solitary child, neglected by his friends’
‘A lonely boy was reading near a feeble fire’

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Scrooge’s graveyard

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“A churchyard, overrun by weeds, the growth of vegetation’s death not life - a worthy place!”

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Scrooge’s transformation, feeling positive emotions for the first time and attributing them to visions he has seen [4 events]

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“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.”

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Scrooge promising to heed the advice of all 3 ghosts

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“I will live in the past, the present and the future”

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Scrooge’s ‘punishment’ for Bob Cratchit after Christmas

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‘I am not going to stand this sort of thing any longer. And therefore, I am going to raise your salary’

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Scrooge’s new attitude linked to the motif of fire

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(to Bob Cratchit) ‘Make up the fires, and buy another coal-scuttle before you dot another i’

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Tiny Tim is…

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‘Good as gold, and better’

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The Cratchits’ clothing
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‘Twice-turned gown’
‘Brave in ribbons’

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The Cratchits gratitude (and contradiction of the Malthusian view)

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‘No one said or thought it was at all a small pudding for a large family. It would have been heresy to do so’

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Belle on Scrooge’s greed
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‘An idol has displaced me’ / ‘A golden one’
‘The master passion, gain, engrosses you’

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Belle’s relationship no longer viable
[2 quotes]

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‘Dowerless girl’
‘Unprofitable dream’

18
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Ghost of Christmas Present’s undesirable companions

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“This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want.”

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Ignorance and Want’s premature ageing

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“Stale and shrivelled hand like that of age”

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Snow as a metaphor for social inequality

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“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.”

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Marley’s ghost on making money at any cost

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“My spirit never roved beyond the limits of our money-changing hole”

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Marley’s ghost redefining business

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“Mankind was my business, the common welfare was my business… the dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in my business”

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Marley’s ghost’s impediment after life

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“I wear the chain I forged in life.”

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Ghost of Christmas Past’s initial description
[2 quotes]

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“Like a child: yet not so like a child as like an old man”
“Tunic of the purest white… bright clear jet of white”

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Scrooge tries (and fails) to fight the Ghost of Christmas Past

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‘Though Scrooge pressed it down with all his force, he could not hide the light’

26
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Ghost of Christmas Present epitomising the Christmas spirit of peace and goodwill
[2 quotes]

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“Genial face”
“Antique scabbard”… “no sword in it”… “eaten up with rust”

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Ghost of Christmas Present challenging the Malthusian view

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“Heaped up on the floor, in a kind of throne”… lists several types of food in excessive quantities

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Ghost of Christmas Present using Scrooge’s words against him
[2 quotes]

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‘are there no prisons, are there no workhouses?’
‘they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population’

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Scrooge’s fear of the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
[2 quotes]

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“Its mysterious presence filled him with a solemn dread”
“It thrilled him with a vague, uncertain horror”

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Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come hinting that there may be a way to avoid Scrooge’s undesirable fate

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“The kind hand trembled”

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Scrooge failing to overcome death (and the ghost of Christmas Yet to Come) completely

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“The spirit, stronger yet, repulsed him”

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Fezziwig’s happiness portrayed as priceless yet low-cost
[2 quotes]

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“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’

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