ACC Notes Flashcards
Ignorance and Want
The fault of society that they exist.
The spirit warns Scrooge about Ignorance in particular- Dickens believed that ignorance was one of the big causes of poverty.
Forshadowments of Scrooge’s change
His father’s change
His emotions beginning to show (his cold exterior melting)
Misanthropist
Dislikes and destructs others
Apathetic
If someone shows a lack of concern or care
Philanthropist
A charitable person trying to get social change
Secular
Not related to religion
Avarice
Greed
Dramatic Irony
The reader knows something the construct doesn’t
S1: Marley’s Ghost
“I wear the chain I forged in life (…) I made it link by link.”
S1: Fred describes Christmas as
“a kind, forgiving, pleasant time”
S1: Scrooge refers to the poor population
“If they would rather die (…) they had better do it and decrease the surplus population”
S2: Belle
“for the love of him you once were”
S4: Scrooge “Oh, tell…
“Oh, tell me I may sponge away the writing on this stone!”
S5: Scrooge “I’m…
“I’m quite a baby” -(reborn & redeemed)
S5: Scrooge “I am…
“I am as light as a feather” -(narrative thread- chains)
S1: Narrator- About Scrooge (Money)
“a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner!”
S1: First Line Narrator
“Marley was dead: to begin with”
S1: Narrator- Scrooge is introduced as “Sol…
“Solitary as an oyster”
S1: Narrator- Scrooge compared to the weather
“No wind that blew was bitterer than he,”
S1: Narrator- Scrooge’s cheap ideals
“darkness is cheap”
S1: Narrator- Marley’s Appearance
“cash-boxes, keys, padlocks, ledger deeds and heavy purses”
S1: Describing Ghosts Fates
“doomed to wander through the world”
“incessant torture”
S1: Scrooge’s Bad Fate Hinted
“Seven Christmas Eves ago.”
S1: Collective Responsibility
“It is required of every man”
S1: Fred- Money & Happiness
“It has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket,”
-‘scrap’— suggests that he doesn’t care about it, in his eyes it is words.
Theme: Hope
“And he sobbed”
“He softened more and more”
“cried Scrooge with fervor”
Theme: Despair
“Remove me (…) I cannot bear it!”
“I wish (…) but it’s too late now”
