christmas carol Flashcards
context
poor law 1834 (put poor people workhouses,bad working condition)
malthus ( economist,to prioritise personal and material wealth as a mean to control population size,let poors die from disease/starvation)
dickens anti-malthus
dickens had a direct experience of poverty in victorian london
worked in factory as child
dad sent to debt prison
bildungsroman novel of education,character goes naive-enlightened
marley
scrooge’s business partner
“i wear the chain i forged in life , i made it link by link”
he had a lack of compassion
to others
came back to warn scrooge about changing his way to not turn out the way he did
scrooges response to poverty
looks down on poor people
“are there no prison,workhouse”
mouthpiece for malthus and
embodies ideology of the upper/middle class
“he’d better do it and decrease the surplus population “
poor children
being born into poverty puts people at a disadvantage ,creates a cycle for generations
‘children are mankind’s responsibility “
redemption/change
“like a child,like an old man “
G christmas past is relvent to the past and present time sugesting threse no age limit to change/benevelence
lifes missed opurtuniertes
each person make their own choices wich detrmain their life also means they can change
“solitary as an oyser “This simile suggests he is shut up, tightly closed and will not be prised open except
however oysters contain perals this can suggest buried deep down under the shell their might good
at end of play
becomes “second father” to tiny tim
nol longer isolaated,becomes part of a family
bob chrachit
“keep an eye on clerk”
introduced as oppressed worker ,mistreated
dickens uses him to show how baly working class was treated
“as cold as he was , was warmer than scrooge”
has inner warmth
good character
competition
despite being deprived of basic human necessities
scrooges childhood
spent most of childhood in boarding school
isolated and forgotten by family
“A solitary child, neglected by his friends, is left there still.”
“lonely boy”
affects his ability to make friends and lif overall in adult life
ghost of christmas present
mouthpiece for dickens ideas about the poor
ignorance and want
awareness of impact of lack of education on society
“are they yours” “there are mans”
ghost of christmas past
“like a child,like old man “
relevant to present/past
it has a long life span suggesting no age limit for change
“bright clear jet of light “
associated hope warmth,compassion
belle
scrooge’s ex fiance
“another idol has replaced me “
his desire for money is above everything “
“you fear the world so much “
his experience in childhood poverty
makes him fear ever being in that position
dickens childhood poverty helps him understand this
makes readers feel compassion for him
ignorance and want
ignorance and want
(lack of nourishment and education)
allegorical representation of poor children
dickens uses them to stress the importance of generosity
“is there no reuge “
“yellow,meagre,raged,wolfish”
