Isolation/loneliness Flashcards
As solitary as an oyster
L- simile, lives in his own shell, he lives alone: loner, antisocial
D- doesn’t open up emotionally to others
Alone
L- adj,he has no one to grief him in death
He ‘frightened’ every one away from him when he was alive
L- me made everyone separate themselves from him leading to isolation- he caused his own loneliness
‘Own business‘ and not to ‘interfere’
L- adj: only cares for his own life, mercantile lextical field, verb: doesn’t want to place himself into other people’s lives.
There stood a ‘solitary’ lighthouse
IRONY- these 2 men only have each other with no-one but Scrooge is surrounded by people but chose to be alone - link to ‘as solitary as an oyster’- comparison to Scrooge (geographically)
‘Wish each other Merry Christmas’
C- under the spirit of Xmas joy+ positivity is high and as Christians we should appreciate each other
‘ he went to church’
C- he’s fulling his duty as Christian, that they need to help other no matter the class, to be generous
‘turned’ his steps towards his nephews house
D- he turned a new chapter in his life and starts to become a better person
L- active verb: he’s actively being kind to others- working to no longer to no longer be lonely
Human being are fellow passengers to the grave’ not ‘another race of creatures’
C- Christian message: everyone is equal
L- metaphor
Fred believe to help other, contrasting Scrooge distance himself.
Link to ‘his way alone the crowded paths of life’
L- metaphor: through his life he keep away from people as much as possible.
A ‘solitary‘ child, ‘neglected’
L- adj: he’s alone isolated from anyone, Verb: he was left out by people, he didn’t chose this
R- reader is taken to Scrooge’s childhood school and our sympathy for him is increased as we see lonely he was.
