Christmas Carol Flashcards
ACC Stave 1 summary
Scrooge refuses F’s dinner invite
Scrooge refuses charity workers
Scrooge gives bob the day off for Christmas but didn’t want to
Scrooge sees ghost of Marley - warned about visit of spirits
ACC Stave 2 summary
TGOCP (candle ghost) takes S to see his childhood - lonely, rejected, sees his sister (Fan)
Shown Fezziwig’s party, sees Belle, shown Belles rejection because S cares too much about money
S demands to be taken home
ACC Stave 4 summary
TGOCYTC arrives, S is shown his death, people selling all his stuff, no one cares about his death - S later finds out it’s his
Shown ‘the only people that care’ - Cratchits - Scrooge feels lots of regret
ACC Stave 3 summary
TGOCP (present) takes S to see Fred’s party - they are mocking him
S is taken to the Cratchit family, sees tiny Tim, spirit warns him of TT death if he does nothing about it - S feels ashamed and regret
S is shown ignorance and want and warned about what will happen if he doesn’t change
ACC Stave 5 summary
S wakes on Christmas Day - a changed man
Makes a large donation to the charity and apologises
Sends a large turkey to the cratchits anonymously
Goes to F’s party
Gives B a pay rise and “endeavours to help his struggling family”
ACC Stave 1 key quotations
“As solitary as an oyster” - shows S’s loneliness and misanthropic tendencies
“Are there no prisons ? … workhouses?” - shows S’s lack of care and empathy for the poor, shows his miserly attitude
“Poor excuse for picking a man’s pocket”
“… decrease the surplus population” - shows S’s ignorance towards the poor and his misanthropic and miserly attitude
“Squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner” - semantic field of grasping, shows how uncomfortable and bad Scrooge is
ACC stave 2 key quotations
“It wore a tunic of the purest white” - motif or light and dark, shows purity, innocence and benevolence
“… I should have given him something” - shows S’s regret
“Sprung a bright clear jet of light” - shows hope and purity
“Bright as a ballroom” - Fezziwig description
“Rich, fat, jovial voice” - description of Fezziwig directly contrasts Scrooge, listing shows happiness and joy
“A solitary child, neglected by his friends” - invokes sympathy in the reader towards S
ACC stave 3 key quotations
“Jolly giant” - description of TGOCP, friendly and joyous, reference to Father Christmas
“The boy is ignorance, the girl is want / Beware them both” - shows Scrooge that he needs to change, shows society’s current situation in shakespearean times
“Scrooge entered timidly and hung his head before the spirit” - bowing to the spirit, adjective ‘timidly shows a sign of respect towards the spirit
ACC stave 4 key quotations
“It’s likely to be a cheap funeral, I don’t know of anybody to go to it” - shows hatred people have towards Scrooge
“Overrun by grass and weeds” - shows neglect of Scrooge in life and death
“Shrouded in a deep black garment” - reference to death, the grim reaper, invokes fear into Scrooge / the reader
“I hope to live to be another man from what I once was.” - shows S’s regret
ACC stave 5 key quotations
“I’ll raise your salary and endeavour to assist your struggling family” - contrasts to earlier staves, shows S’s benevolence
“God bless us, everyone!” - Tiny Tim, shows his appreciation for Scrooge and his redemption
“Scrooge regarded everyone with a delighted smile” - contrast, benevolent
“I’ll give you a shilling” - shows he has changed from miserly ways
ACC context
Dickens constructed this novel to channel a political message
Dickens had to work in a factory as a kid
Malthus believed the poor were below the richer people, Shakespeare directly contradicts him
