Ghosts

Question 1

Ghosts
All quotes

Answer 1

‘sole executor’
‘cash-boxes, keys, padlocks’
‘like a child as like an old man’
‘simple green robe’
‘this boy is Ignorance, this girl is Want’
‘Phantom slowly, gravely and silently’

Question 2

Marley
all quotes

Answer 2

‘sole executor’
‘cash-boxes, keys, padlocks’

Question 3

Ghost of Past
all quotes

Answer 3

‘like a child as like an old man’

Question 4

Ghost of present
all quotes

Answer 4

‘simple green robe’
‘This boy is Ignorance, This girl is Want’

Question 5

Ghost of Yet to come
all quotes

Answer 5

‘Phantom slowly, gravely, silently’

Question 6

Marley
1st point & quotations

Answer 6

Alienation from society ‘sole executor’ anaphoric catalogue of premodifying adjective, only Scrooge attended funeral, no other companions, meant to be oral tale as school wasn’t compulsory until 1870, homophone, lack of human emotion

Question 7

Marley
2nd point & quotations

Answer 7

Imprisoned by crimes he committed ‘cash-boxes, keys, padlocks’ list shows Dickens’ hatred for materialism due to his father going to debtors’ prison. led to pain and torment, realised part of his sins were being miserly and self-absorbed, too late, no rest or peace, chance to prevent S from same fate, could end up in same suffering, option for S to transform, urgent

Question 8

Ghost of past
1st point & quotations

Answer 8

Strange paradox between young and old ‘like a child as like an old man’ unsettling, ethereal, anticipation for what powers this being holds, wisdom of an old man, innocence and purity of child, clearly supernatural force

Question 9

Ghost of present
1st point & quotations

Answer 9

Pagan giant, a model of Father Christmas ‘simple green robe’ relates to original Yule Festival, connected to natural, verdant environment, sense of peace surrounding him, he is comforting instead of fearful

Question 10

Ghost of present
2nd point & quotations

Answer 10

Previously cheerful and hearty, now serious ‘This boy is Ignorance, This girl is Want’ personified figures show Dickens’ belief of evils in society ‘Ignorance’ shows need for education so poor children can change, rich not caring for those below them, ‘Want’ constant desire for more, never satisfied, innocent children creates pathos, pushes guilt on Scrooge

Question 11

Ghost of yet to come
1st point & quotations

Answer 11

Different to other spirits, sinister, ‘Phantom slowly, gravely, silently’ tricolon of adverbs, macabre mood, relates to death, mysterious, silence is ominous, spirit is too powerful to use words, greatest power seen so far, climax point, forces Scrooge to fill the silence and confess, begins journey to change