Fred quotes

Question 1

s1 - love

Answer 1

‘Because I fell in love’ (for why he got married)

Question 2

s1 - glow

Answer 2

‘all in a glow’

Contrast to ‘frosty rime’ – a positive light: Christmas makes us more bright

Question 3

s1 - shut

below

Answer 3

‘open their shut up hearts freely’
‘think of people below them’

Fred feels Christmas is a time to rejoice

Question 4

s1 - god

Answer 4

‘A merry Christmas uncle! God save you!

He is a foil to Scrooge who clearly shows his differences to him

Question 5

s3 - blest

Answer 5

a man more blest in a laugh than Scrooge’s nephew, all I can say is, I should like to know him too

Question 6

s3 - comical

Answer 6

‘he’s a comical fellow and not so pleasant as he might be’

Fred still speaks positively about him – calling him ‘comical’

Question 7

s3 - sorry

Answer 7

‘I am sorry for him; I couldn’t be angry with him if I tried. Who suffers by his ill whims? Himself, always’

Question 8

s5 - mercy

Answer 8

Let him in! It is a mercy he didn’t shake his arm off

Question 9

s5 - wonderful

Answer 9

‘wonderful party, wonderful games, wonderful unanimity, won-der-ful happiness’