Greed and Generosity Flashcards
‘squeezing, wrenching, grasping, clutching old sinner’
L - listing of verbs
Scrooge is described as a character who focuses on maximising his profit and not caring how he exploits his workers.
‘I can’t afford to make idle people merry’
L - verb
L - adjective
Scrooge believes the poor are idle and it is their own business to look after themselves. He chooses to not help them as he does not want to lose his wealth.
‘there was cake, and there was negus, and there was a great piece of Cold Roast, and there was a piece of Cold Boiled…’
L - long compound sentence
The long list of items illustrates how generous Fezziwig is.
‘a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time’
‘Come! Dine with us tomorrow’
Fred is described to be a generous character who believed that Christmas is a time to be charitable towards the poor and invites his uncle to dine with his family.
‘happiness is quite as great if it costs a fortune’
Through Fezziwig, Scrooge realises that happiness of his employee is more important than profit. He realises that him being generous to them can make them happy.
‘I wear the chain I forged in life’
‘cash boxes, keys, padlocks, ledgers…’
L - listing of nouns
Jacob Marley warns Scrooge that greed leads to punishment afterlife.
‘the passion had taken roots and where the shadow of the growing tree would fall’
L - symbolism
The growing tress symbolises Scrooge’s avarice. It casts a shadow blocking out the emotional warmth, love and joy of him.
‘a golden idol displaced me’
L - metaphor
Scrooge worships money and wealth.
‘like to have given him something’
L - present perfect tense
Scrooge wishes he has treated the carol singing boy differently when he was at his door. He regrets the way he treated him.
‘including great many back payment’
L - adjective
Scrooge donates a large sum of money to help the poor to compensate his miserliness and to make amends for his sins in the past because he understands his social moral duty to help the poor as he has seen the impacts of ignorance and wants.
