Context

Question 1

What does it mean, that A Christmas Carol is an allegorical novella ?l

Hint: critiques and condemns- Victorian…

Answer 1

• A Christmas Carol is an allegorical novella because, Dickens deliberately critiques and then condemns his own [Victorian] society for a number of reasons.
• For example, he critiques the Victorians’ attitude to the poor [from the government, Church and middle upper classes] and then reinforces his moral message.

Question 2

What is Dickens moral message ?

Answer 2

• Dickens moral message is:
• ‘our responsibility as citizens, is to provide for the poor and less fortunate in [Victorian] society’

Question 3

Although Dickens constructs Scrooge, to reinforce his moral message.

What else is Scrooge’s purpose ?

Hint: urge, capitalism

Answer 3

• Scrooge’s purpose is to:
• be an embodiment of capitalism
• urge people, to follow Dickens’ moral message [throughout the play] and decide to change

Question 4

What does capitalism mean ?

Hint: run their own corporations…

Answer 4

• capitalism, means a country where people run their own corporations, which aren’t possessed by a state or government in charge

Question 5

What happened in the workhouses ?

Hint: erased

Answer 5

• families were separated according to their gender, but individuality was also erased

Question 6

Who was Dickens’ novella, targeted for ?

Hint: can’t afford an acess…

Answer 6

• Dickens novella: ‘A Christmas carol’, was targeted at middle and upper-middle class [Victorian] readers.
• This is because, most of the working class were illiterate. [as typically they couldn’t afford, an access to education]

Question 7

Why did Dickens’ see education as important ?

Answer 7

• Dickens’ saw education as important because, he believed it could improve people’s quality of life