ACC Notes

Question 1

Ignorance and Want

Answer 1

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.

Question 2

Forshadowments of Scrooge’s change

Answer 2

His father’s change

His emotions beginning to show (his cold exterior melting)

Question 3

Misanthropist

Answer 3

Dislikes and destructs others

Question 4

Apathetic

Answer 4

If someone shows a lack of concern or care

Question 5

Philanthropist

Answer 5

A charitable person trying to get social change

Question 6

Secular

Answer 6

Not related to religion

Question 7

Avarice

Answer 7

Greed

Question 8

Dramatic Irony

Answer 8

The reader knows something the construct doesn’t

Question 9

S1: Marley’s Ghost

Answer 9

“I wear the chain I forged in life (…) I made it link by link.”

Question 10

S1: Fred describes Christmas as

Answer 10

“a kind, forgiving, pleasant time”

Question 11

S1: Scrooge refers to the poor population

Answer 11

“If they would rather die (…) they had better do it and decrease the surplus population”

Question 12

S2: Belle

Answer 12

“for the love of him you once were”

Question 13

S4: Scrooge “Oh, tell…

Answer 13

“Oh, tell me I may sponge away the writing on this stone!”

Question 14

S5: Scrooge “I’m…

Answer 14

“I’m quite a baby” -(reborn & redeemed)

Question 15

S5: Scrooge “I am…

Answer 15

“I am as light as a feather” -(narrative thread- chains)

Question 16

S1: Narrator- About Scrooge (Money)

Answer 16

“a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner!”

Question 17

S1: First Line Narrator

Answer 17

“Marley was dead: to begin with”

Question 18

S1: Narrator- Scrooge is introduced as “Sol…

Answer 18

“Solitary as an oyster”

Question 19

S1: Narrator- Scrooge compared to the weather

Answer 19

“No wind that blew was bitterer than he,”

Question 20

S1: Narrator- Scrooge’s cheap ideals

Answer 20

“darkness is cheap”

Question 21

S1: Narrator- Marley’s Appearance

Answer 21

“cash-boxes, keys, padlocks, ledger deeds and heavy purses”

Question 22

S1: Describing Ghosts Fates

Answer 22

“doomed to wander through the world”

“incessant torture”

Question 23

S1: Scrooge’s Bad Fate Hinted

Answer 23

“Seven Christmas Eves ago.”

Question 24

S1: Collective Responsibility

Answer 24

“It is required of every man”

Question 25

S1: Fred- Money & Happiness

Answer 25

“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.

Question 26

Theme: Hope

Answer 26

“And he sobbed”
“He softened more and more”
“cried Scrooge with fervor”

Question 27

Theme: Despair

Answer 27

“Remove me (…) I cannot bear it!”

“I wish (…) but it’s too late now”