Christmas carol: context.

Question 1

what challenges did people experience in the Victorian era?

Answer 1

expensive, ineffective healthcare.
poor living and working conditions.
poverty was rife.
no welfare or benefit system.
no access to clean water.
if you were in debt you had to go to prison.
children had to go to work to support the family.

Question 2

who was the monarch during this time?

Answer 2

queen Victoria 1.

Question 3

what was this era/ period of time called?

Answer 3

Victorian era.

Question 4

what is meant by ‘haunt their houses pleasantly?’

Answer 4

wants to reach them and convey a message without scarring them.

Question 5

why does Dickens keep referring to ghosts?

Answer 5

Victorians loved and believed in ghosts.

Question 6

what challenges did Dickens face during growing up and in his adulthood?

Answer 6

poverty and richness- workhouses- middle class.
family went into debt- in debt in prison.
no free healthcare- no NHS.
wasn’t clean- no clean water.
children made to work- not a lot went to school.
characters based on real people.

Question 7

why was the work of charities and philanthropists so important for the poor?

Answer 7

relied on them as the government didn’t help/step in.

Question 8

how did Dickens use his money to support the poor?

Answer 8

influenced rich people. wrote as a social commentator.

Question 9

why is each chapter called staves?

Answer 9

notes in a song are placed on a stave which are the five line on written music. Christmas carol has carol in it and stave is found in music and carol is music.

Question 10

how many ghosts are there in the text and name them?

Answer 10

4.
Marley.
ghost of Christmas past.
ghost of Christmas present.
ghost of Christmas yet to come.

Question 11

what are the names of the characters?

Answer 11

Fred, bob crachet, Fezziwig, tiny Tim.