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

Question 1

what does dickens do to the time and what are some quotes to show that?

Answer 1

makes it chaotic and disorientating.
in s2 scrooge assumes ‘an icicle must have got into the works.’

Question 2

why does scrooge struggle with time?

Answer 2

he desperately wishes to exert control over it. each journey with the spirit functions as a brutal reminder that he has wasted time on miserly behaviour at the expense of others.

Question 3

key quote: 1- s2.

Answer 3

an icicle must have got into the works.

Question 4

key quote: 2- s3.

Answer 4

when the bell struck one, and no shape appeared, he was taken with a violent fit of trembling. five minutes, ten minutes, a quarter of an hour went by, any yet nothing came.

Question 5

key quote: 3- s3.

Answer 5

‘are spirits’ lives so short?’ (scrooge.)

Question 6

key quote: 4- s3.

Answer 6

‘my life upon this globe is very brief….it ends tonight….at midnight. hark! the time is drawing near.’ (ghost of christmas present.)

Question 7

key quote: 5- s5.

Answer 7

‘i will live int he past, the present, and the future.’ (scrooge.)

Question 8

key quote: 6- s5.

Answer 8

‘i don’t know what day of the month it is.’ (scrooge.)