ACC Flashcards
“A ___, wrenching, ___, covetous old sinner”
“A squeezing, wrenching, gasping, covetous old sinner” (authorial intrusion)
“Hard and ___ as flint … ___ as an oyster”
“Hard and sharp as flint … solitary as an oyster”
“Are there no ___? Are there no workhouses?”
“Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?” (poor should be marginalisation) (microcosm for Victorian society) (callous) (parsimonious)
“If they would rather die, they had better do it and ___ the ___ population.”
“If they would rather die, they had better do it and decrease the surplus population.” (Malthusian theory) (Capitalist)
“A ___ child, ___ by his friends”
“A solitary child, neglected by his friends”
“Another idol has displaced me, a golden one.”
“Another idol has displaced me, a golden one.” (objectifaction, dehumanisation)
“Mr Scrooge? An ___, stingy, hard, ___ man.”
“Mr Scrooge? An odious, stingy, hard, unfeeling man.” (Mrs cratchet)
“I am as ___ as a feather, I am as happy as an ___, I am as ___ as a school boy”
“I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a school boy”
hubris
exaggerated pride or self confidence
“I wear the ___ I forged in life” -Ghost of marley
“I wear the chain I forged in life” -Ghost of marley” (self accountability)
“He was a ___ hand at the grindestone”
“He was a tightfisted hand at the grindestone”
“His own heart ___”
“His own heart laughed”
“___ little cell”
“dismal little cell” (metaphor) (scrooge exploiting bob) (unpleasant space)
“The cold within him ___ his old features”
“The cold within him froze his old features” (conceit (ext. metaphor exacerbate scrooges cold and apathetic nature) (omnipotence of his coldness) (how he willingly ostracises himself from society bc of this nature)
“What ___ do you have to be happy? You are ___ enough.”
“What reason do you have to be happy? You are poor enough.” (Scrooge thinks that wealth is directly proportional with happiness)
