acc scrooge Flashcards
stave 1- how tightly scrooge ran his business
“he was a tight-fisted grindstone”
stave 1 - dislike of christmas
“bah! humbug!”
stave 1 - believed poverty was a crime
“ are there no prisons? no workhouses? “
stave 2 - scrooge as a young boy who was left at his boarding school by his father over christmas
“ a lonely boy was sat near a feeble fire “
stave 2 - scrooge covers the light from the ghost suggesting he finds his past to painful to look at
“ scrooge seized the extinguisher-cap and pressed it down upon its head “
stave 3 - scrooge is feeling some compassion
“ tell me tiny tim will live “
stave 3 - scrooge is enjoying himself as he watches fred’s christmas party
“ here’s a new game, one half hour spirit one more! “
stave 4 - scrooge is desperate to change his ways
“ Tell me I may sponge away the writing on this stone! ”
stave 4 - scrooge promises to live differently if he is given another chance
“ i will honour christmas in my heart and try to keep it the whole year round “
stave 5 - shows how much scrooge has changed by raising bobs salary
“ I’ll raise your salary Bob and endeavour to assist your struggling family ”
stave 5 - dickens tells us scrooge has changed for life
“ it was always said of him that he knew how to keep christmas well “
