christmas carol: key themes- musicality & the christmas carol (info & quotes.)

Question 1

what musical reference does it have ins tave 1?

Answer 1

famous carol: ‘god bless you merry gentlemen.’

Question 2

how can we link scrooge interrupting the carol reference in stave 1 to the rest of the novella?

Answer 2

not willing to embrace the christmas spirit.

Question 3

dickens crafts the novella with interchanging passages of strong visual imagery with sections rich in aural description. what effect does this have?

Answer 3

creates a noticeable rhythm throughout.

Question 4

what does the use of syndetic listing generate?

Answer 4

lively rhythm.

Question 5

how is the structure related to music

Answer 5

each chapter are called staves- like the lines music sits on.
draws to a satisfactory convulsion like a song.

Question 6

what does dickens suggest music can do and where do we see this for scrooge +quote?

Answer 6

beget happiness.
scrooge admits that ‘he might have cultivated the kindness of life for his own happiness with his own hands’ had he listened to it more often.