Fezziwig

Question 1

“Scrooge cried in great excitement”

Answer 1

When Scrooge sees him
→ Scrooge seeing himself as boy, he cries and sobs → dickens changes his vocabulary at this moment, applying positive vocabulary = highlighting the transformation and shows profound effect of Fezziwig
= he stirs in Scrooge a massively positive response

Question 2

Lexical Field:

“Smile” “beaming” “light”

Answer 2

positive language – juxtaposes “darkness” linked to Scrooge and arguably linked to exploitation capitalism encourages

Daughters are described as “beaming and lovable”
= direct antithesis to “darkness” of Scrooge
= symbolically – dark vs light – synonymous with good vs evil
= Adjective “lovable” - deserving love – opposite to misanthropic Scrooge who repels people in stave 1 and in death