christmas carol: key themes- isolation (info & quotes.) Flashcards
how does the novella open?
with death.
what was thew effect of opening the novella thew way it is?
subverts our expectations of the genre, and throws the reader into questioning this seeming paradox.
what style is seen in this and what messages does it convey? ‘marley was dead, to begin with.’
humour and carnivalesque style to this seemingly impossible state, there is another underlying message: scrooge is completely and utterly lonely.
what does dickens have scrooge repeatedly state despite what and what is this compared to?
state that other peoples business doesn’t concern him, despite being the most isolated character.
those surrounded by family love are happiest, despite their evident poverty.
key quote: 1- s1.
scrooge was his sole executor, his sole administrator, his sole assign, his sole residuary legatee, his sole friend, and sole mourner.
key quote: 2- s1.
secret and self-contained and solitary as an oyster.
key quote: 3- s2.
a solitary child, neglected by his friends, is left there still.
key quote: 4- s4.
on it, plundered and bereft, unwatched, unwept, uncared for, was the body of this man.
key quote: 5- s4.
he lay, in the dark, empty house, with not a man, a woman, or a child, to say that he was kind to me in this or that.
