Christmas Carol Flashcards
2 quotes that show regret
“I wear the chains I forged in life”
“Scrooge hung his head to hear his own words quoted by the spirit and was overcome with penitence and grief”
2 quotes that show generosity
“You must have a cab”
“Come back with the man and I will give you a shilling. Come back with him in less than five minutes and I will give you half-a-crown”
2 quotes that show greed
“Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?”
“I can’t afford to make idle people merry”
3 quotes that show poverty
“Brave with ribbons”
“Decrease the surplus population”
“Are there no prisons”
2 quotes that show responsibility
“Mankind was my business”
“This girl is Ignorance. This boy is Want.”
2 quotes that show Christmas
“God bless us everyone”
“So I say merry Christmas to you”
2 quotes that show transformation
“I’m quite a baby”
Repetition of the word “chuckle”
2 quotes that show youth and age
“Where graceful youth should have filled their features out a stale and shriveled hand, like that of age, had pinched, and twisted them”
“My little, little child”
Stave 1 overview
- Scrooge is introduced as well as Marley is presented as 100% dead. Clerk Bob Cratchit was also introduced.
- Fred comes by and Scrooge is a humbug.
- Charity also comes by and Scrooge refuses to donate.
- Scrooge goes home to a cold and dark house.
- Meets Jacob Marley’s ghost and is warned of three more ghosts coming to see him.
Stave 2 overview
- Ghost of Christmas past visits.
- Ghosts shows Scrooge his school and sister.
- Ghost also takes him to look at ex-fiancé, as well as his workplace.
- Scrooge sees Fezziwig through a party.
- Ex-fiancé says how his is in love with money.
- Scrooge puts the ghost out with extinguisher cap.
Stave 3 overview
- Ghost of Christmas present visits.
- Spirit spreads the Christmas spirit in dust over people.
- Scrooge sees the Cratchits and how they celebrate even though they don’t have a lot.
- Cratchits cheers for Scrooge as he is the founder of the feast.
- Scrooge starts to feel bad.
- Spirit shows Scrooge two children called Ignorance and Want.
- Spirit leaves and Scrooge starts to believe he needs to change.
Stave 4 overview
he ghost of Christmas future arrives.
* Tiny Tim dies.
* The ghost shows Scrooge his grave and how nobody was there for him.
* Scrooge sees people robbing his stuff and selling it to make ends meet as he never helped them when he was alive.
* Anagnorisis occurs.
Stave 5 overview
- Scrooge wakes up happy and changed.
- Scrooge buys biggest turkey for the Cratchits.
- Scrooge goes to Freds house and celebrates.
- Scrooge is overall a happier and kinder person.
- Scrooge gives Bob Cratchit a pay rise.
- Scrooge becomes part of Tiny Tims life.
3 quotes - Scrooge
“Solitary as an oyster”
“The cold within him froze his old features”
“Tight-fisted hand at the grindstone”
3 quotes - Fred
“Merry Christmas uncle, god bless you”
“Tho it never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket I believe it has done me good”
“It is a mercy he didn’t shake his hand off”
