Chrostmas Carol Key Quotes Flashcards
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Solitary as an oyster
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Simile highlights the isolation of Scrooge.
An oyster is usually found away from the sealife,revealing how Scrooge is ostracised from the society.
However, oysters could also have hidden positive truths behind it. Oysters often have a pearl inside them, possibly foreshadowing Scrooges drastic metamorphosis
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Golden sunlight, heavenly sky
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The pair of adjectives strengthens this natural imagery, which is pathetic fallacy mirroring the transformation of Scrooge.
The adjective ‘golden sunlight’ could be a biblical allusion to the halos that shone on baby Jesus and the angels, inferring that Scrroge has been redeemed on a religious level as he dedicated to change.
