acc themes: supernatural

Question 1

Marley’s ghost and Scrooge’s fate (STAVE 1)

Answer 1

I am here-to-night to warn you, that you have yet a chance and hope of escaping my fate’

Question 2

Ghost of Christmas past age description (STAVE 2)

Answer 2

‘It was a strange figure - like a child: yet not so like a child as like an old man.’

Question 3

Ghost of Christmas past and Scrooge’s reaction (STAVE 2)

Answer 3

“Remove me!” Scrooge exclaimed, “I cannot bear it!”

Question 4

Ghost of Christmas present mocking Scrooge (STAVE 3)

Answer 4

“Are there no prisons?” Said the spirit, turning on him for the last time with his words. “Are there no workhouses?”

Question 5

Ghost of Christmas yet to come description (STAVE 4)

Answer 5

‘It was shrouded in a deep black garment, which concealed its head, its face, its form.’

Question 6

Scrooge’s appreciation of the ghosts (STAVE 5)

Answer 6

“It’s Christmas Day!” Said Scrooge to himself. “I haven’t missed it. The spirits have done it all in one night.

Question 7

Context

Answer 7

Dickens uses the supernatural as a catalyst to bring about a change in Scrooge and to always remember the inherent goodness inside humanity in order to show everyone has the capacity to change