Isolation/loneliness Flashcards
Scrooge is described as a man who chooses to live his life alone
‘as solitary as an oyster’
L - simile
oyster is hard to open, Scrooge is very closed off to others
C - all members of society need to help each other
scrooge’s death is represented by his charwoman as a lonely one, and a result of his unpleasant behaviour towards others in life
“why wasn’t he natural in his lifetime? if he had been, he’d have has somebody to look after him when he was struck by death, instead of lying gasping out his last there, alone by himself”
scrooge wasn’t normal in life and this led to him having no one to take care of him like friends or family
R - emotive effect on the reader, we feel pity for scrooge
Scrooge doesn’t believe in getting involved in other people’s lives and doesn’t want them to be involved in his
‘it’s enough for a man to understand his own business, and not to interfere with other people’s’
The reader is taken to Scrooge’s childhood school and our sympathy for him is increased as we see how lonely he was. We see how his past might have shaped the person he became as an adult.
“The school is quite deserted,” said the ghost. “A solitary child, neglected by his friends, is left there still.” Scrooge said he knew it. And he sobbed’
R- emotive language makes reader feel sympathy for scrooge
D - psychological protective mechanism - if he chooses to be lonely then he cannot be made lonely by others and let them cause him emotional pain
L - emotive language makes scrooge feel bad for himself
