christmas carol quotes Flashcards
the spectres voice disturbed the very marrow in his bones
the word ‘‘spectre’’ more intense than word ghost also associated with fearful and dreadful events
‘‘disturbed’’ mental anguish suffered by scrooge
‘‘marrow’‘=past the skin past the organs right into the centre of the bones maybe because of it hitting it really deep it will affect scroog to actually changing his ways =the bone going in the centre heightens the sense of unease that scroog is thorough affected by
i wear the chane i forged in life
'’chains’’ used to restrain a prisoner who has committed evil deeds ‘forged in life’
it was marleys poor choices that led to making his own chain to be punished with after death
it is a ponderous chain
'’ponderous’’ extremely heavy . even in marleys opinion who is already carrying a massive chain how much of a sinner a scrooge is
charity mercy forbearance and benevolence were all my business
'’charity’’ helping others with no sense of greed or selfishness as they give there own time and kindness to make others life fortunate
‘‘mercy’’ being forgiving ‘‘forbearance’’ self control and tolerance
‘‘benevolene’’ meaning well and being kind
all of these are what marley should ave focused on instead of being selfish and always thinking about profit
they sought to interfere for good …. had lost the power forever
'’sought’’ trying really hard
‘‘for good’’ helping people
‘‘lost the power’’ after death they can do nothing however scrooge still has an opportunity while alive to do something significant and positive
it wore a tunic of the purest white…it held a branch of fresh green holly
'’purest white’’ scrooges innocence of childhood before he was corrupted by avarice
‘fresh green holy’ a reminder of the christmas period and christian values
scrooge should aspire to go back into innocence
scrooge can regain these christian values
would you so soon….put out the light i give you
'’light’’ knowledge and insight tat the ghost is sharing with scrooge to save him from his fate
‘‘put out’’ reject the knowledge and stay in the ‘darkness’ from the beginning
i should like to have given him something thats all
scrooge seemed uneasy in his mind
the happiness he gives is quite as great as if it cost a fortune
'’as it cost fortune ‘’ fezziwigs way of spreading happiness it does not have to cost anything so scrooge should be in favour but also somethhing anyone can do
however the impact that it has is hugely positive
may you be happy in the life you have chosen
darkness is cheap and scrooge like it
because darkness is cheap it is more suitable for him as he is very s=miserly and doesnt like to spend money and light the word ‘‘and’’ suggests scrooge wants to be in the dark even if light was free metaphorically cut of from people and unaware of life he had chosen …. until ghost comes
like a bad lobster in a dark cellar
’’ bad lobster’’ bacteria on lobster would be biolumescent eg = glowing faintly
not only would the glow be wierd and otherwordly however it comes from a place of corruption, making it appropiate as it is marleys corrupted spirit creating the glow ; could also link to scrooge trying to explain away with other undigested spoiled food
decrease the surplus population
'’surplus’’ makes the poor seem like a product or a tool that there is too much of leading to inneficiancy =shhowing scrooge to be coldly calculating and always thinking about the bottom line
‘‘decrease’’ is also a very coldly scientific word to match the cold brutality of economic genocide being advocated
echoing the beliefs of thomas malthus an economist who advocated exactly these viwes
what reason have you to be merry ?youre poor enough
the Q/A shows not seeing any reason for financially poor people to be happy
he only values money also very rude and brutal showing how uncaring scrooge is about others feelings
