ACC theme quotes Flashcards
stave 1 : ‘Fred had so _______ himself … that he was all in _____ … and his _____ smoked again.’
(family)
‘Fred had so heated himself … that he was all in glow… and his breath smoked again.’
antithesis of Scrooge + sematic field of fire, how family gives metaphorical warmth to even coldest of individuals .
Stave 2 : ‘Father is so much kinder than he used to be, …. !’ (Fan)
(family)
‘Father is so much kinder than he used to be, homes like heaven !’
comparative adj. + simile + exclamation = emphasises how his father may be cruel and how family is influential on a person as S now cruel or just typical upper c father of time.
deromanticeses notion of family
Stave 2 : How potential daughter would have been a ‘spring time in the _______ winter of his life.’ when looking at Belle’s family.
(family) also (regret)
‘spring time in the haggard winter of his life.’
-metaphor + pathetic fallacy how impactful it is as ‘no warmth could warm, nor wintry weather could chill him.’ but family does have an effect on him.
- family trumps wealth
Stave 5 : ‘And to Tiny Tim, who did ….’
(family)
‘And to Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, he was a second father.’
-capitalised ‘NOT’ constructed with father, how important the family unit was to face the challenges posed by poverty in the Victorian era.
- Also how family enabled Scrooge to change and complete J to redemption.
Stave 1: ‘I am here tonight to warn you, that you have…’ (JM)
(generosity)
‘I am here tonight to warn you, that you have yet a chance and hope of escaping my fate.’
generosity in chances for S (a motif in novella).
However generosity learned to late, highlights value of it.
stave 2: ‘A small matter to make these …’
(generosity)
‘A small matter to make these silly folks so full of gratitude.’
emphatic phrase (‘so full of gratitude’) = Height of generosity.
embodies different dimension of S’s view
stave 3 : ‘god bless …’ (TT)
(generosity)
‘god bless us everyone.’
although not financially rich, metaphorically rich in the generosity he gives out.
stave 3 : ‘Have they no refuge or …’
(generosity)
‘Have they no refuge or resource. cried scrooge.’
-Becomes D’s proxy. emotional generosity. ‘cried’ = need immediate help + sympathetic to I + w.
middle of novella, highlights not only S’s change but also how others should change.
stave 5 : ‘The chuckle with which he paid __________, and the chuckle with which he __________, and the chuckle with which he _____________ the boy.’
(generosity)
‘The chuckle with which he paid for the Turkey, and the chuckle with which he paid for the cab, and the chuckle with which he recompensed the boy.’
anaphora + ‘chuckle’ = wants his materialistic assets to last and spread to +ve impact all poor.
Stave 1 : ‘Secret and self contained and …’
(Isolation)
Stave 1 : ‘Secret and self contained and solitary as an oyster.’
Sibilance = biblical allusion, story of A+E, Isolation = death
polysyndetic listing = extent to isolation
simile = lives at bottom of seabed or pearl within
Stave 3 : ‘A solitary child, …’
(isolation)
Stave 3 : ‘A solitary child, neglected by his friends.’
neglected adj = not taken care of, criticism of schools in V era.
repetition in novella = isolation = childhood to adolescence = Tiny Tim = Scrooge isolated Tiny Tim in society and S in family + friends = society needs to change.
D’s shows how wide isolation can be by presenting such opposite characters to be isolated, political diatribe.
Stave 4 : ‘He frightened every one ______ ______ ______ when he was alive, to profit us when …’ (Mrs. Dibbler)
(Isolation)
‘He frightened every one away from him when he was alive, to profit us when he was dead.’
verb frightened = purposeful
profit = SM of business + money, irony = refused to give to poor but now no choice
may seem unpleasant but only as a result of the government’s isolation from the reality of poverty.
Stave 2 : ‘Like a child : yet not so …’
(supernatural)
Stave 3 : ‘Like a child : yet not so like a child as like an old man.’
juxtaposition = paradoxical nature, personification of past, representative of ow past actions are important
Stave 3 : ‘Jolly _____’ sits on a ‘______’
(Supernatural)
Stave 3 : ‘Jolly giant’ ‘throne’
semantic field of size = dominant force, infects those around with warmth
God-like + father christmas = prevalent image in V society (be more like them)
stave 4 : ‘Deep black garment which …’
(supernatural)
stave 4 : ‘Deep black garment which concealed its head, its face, its form’.
a-syndetic list = draws parallel to grim reaper = sense of doom
ambiguity + ominous nature = plot device for Scrooge to change.
