Christmas carol: characters- tiny tim. (quotes & info.) Flashcards
wat does dickens use tiny tim for?
demonstrate the plight of the weakest members of society. middle and upper classes would have been moved by the thought of a small, frail, vulnerable boy.
what is he considered to be, for who and why, involve a quote?
the catalyst of change for scrooge.
fore the first time scrooge is ‘overcome with penitence’ after learning of tiny tim’s plight and grim future.
what does he serve as an allusion to?
Jesus’ interactions with children.
how does dickens use bob and tim to symbolise the way families carried one another with little or not support from the state?
tiny tim is carried on bob’s shoulders.
despite his age what does he seem to be able to understand and message could it portray?
cruel nature of scrooge and the impact of his treatment on his farther.
message that perhaps the young could be insightful.
what does tiny tim remind us of?
privilege that is brought about by wealth; the levels of child mortality are still highest amongst the poorest communities.
key quote: 1- s3.
tiny tim bore a little crutch, and had his limbs supported by an iron frame.
key quote: 2- s3.
tiny tim, excited by the two young cratchits, beat on the table with the handle of his knife, and feebly cried hurrah!
key quote: 3- s3.
‘he (tim) hoped the people saw him in church, because he was a cripple, and it might be pleasant to them to remember upon christmas day, who made lame beggars walk and blind men see.’
key quote: 4- s3.
‘god bless us, every one!’ said tiny tim the last of all.
key quote: 5- s3.
he sat very close to his fathers side….bob held his withered little hand in his, as if he loved the child, and wished to keep him by his side, and dreaded that he might be take from him.
key quote: 6- s3.
‘spirit, tell me if tiny tim will live.’ (scrooge.)
key quote: 7- s3.
‘if these shadows remain unaltered by future, the chid ill die.’ (ghost of christmas present.)
key quote: 8- s3.
tiny tim, who had a plaintive little voice….sang it very well indeed.
key quote: 9- s3.
to tiny tim, who did not die, he was a second farther.
