Ghost of Christmas Past Flashcards
1
Q
‘The happiness he gives is quite as great as if it cost a fortune.’
A
- Fezziwig serves as a foil for the harsh employer
Scrooge is. - Dickens highlights ideas of friendship and charity through the image of Fezziwig’s party.
- This memory is pivotal and acts as a catalyst for Scrooge’s change
2
Q
‘I’d like to be able to say a word or two to my clerk right now’
A
- Scrooge reflects on his time spent with Fezziwig he realises that he has been treating Bob Cratchit unfairly.
- We see a more personal side to Scrooge as he begins to consider the welfare of his employees.
3
Q
Belle to Scrooge: ‘gain engrosses you’
A
- The idea of ‘engross’ suggests how Scrooge has been completely absorbed by money, nothing else to him matters to him.
4
Q
“Another idol has displaced me. A golden one.”
A
- ‘idol’ suggests that he not only loves money but also worships it
- Dickens sets emotional love directly against Scrooge’s love of money.
- Dickens suggests that financial wealth will lead Scrooge to poverty of love and emotion.
5
Q
‘Show me no more!’
A
- Scrooge begins to feel remorse as he witnesses how he chose
money over love and a family. - Dickens uses this moment to educate his readers that they have a choice between a life of avarice and isolation and compassion and happiness.
