📖Literature - Christmas Carol🎩 Flashcards
Eng carol: “Solitary as…
“Solitary as an oyster”
Eng carol: What is a miser
A person who hoards money and spends as little as possible
Eng carol: Why does Marley appear to scrooge?
Marley’s ghost appears to scrooge to spark scrooge’s redemption arc and warn him about the arrival of the ghosts
Eng carol: “If they would rather
If they would rather die they had better do it and decrease the surplus population
Eng carol: “I have seen (belle)
I have seen your nobler aspirations fall off one by one
Eng carol: “There was an eager
There was an eager, greedy, restless motion in the eye, which showed the passion that had taken root, and where the shadow of the growing tree would fall.
Eng carol: “May you be (from belle)
May you be happy in the life you have chosen
Eng carol: “Are there no
Are there no prisons… workhouses?
Eng carol: “Marley was
‘Marley was dead: to begin with.’
Eng carol: “I wear the
”I wear the chain I forged in life.”
Eng carol: Themes of a christmas carol
- redemption
- social responsibility and charity
- family and friendship
Eng carol: what are Malthusian principles
A pessimistic view on the relationship between population and resources which states: Population growth is increasing at a faster rate than food supply. There will be time when there is not enough food to sustain the population.
Eng carol: definition of philanthropic nature
a person or organisation seeking to promote the welfare of others
- generous and benevolent.
Eng carol : “ a tight…
“ a tight fisted hand on the grindstone “
Eng carol: describe scrooges voice (quote)
“Grating voice”
Eng carol: “fellow passengers…
“Fellow passengers to the grave” - Fred
Eng carol: What are the connotations of “fellow passengers to the grave”
Christmas is a reminder that are all required to help one another and treat the poor with sympathy and empathy
Eng carol: how does Fred describe Christmas
“A good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time”
Eng carol: how is scrooge illustrated in stave 1?
-Scrooge is immediately presented as an unpleasant character who is completely obsessed with making money without pause for rest
- He is without compassion or willingness to give to the poor due to his belief in Malthusian principles and overall disregard for others
eng carol: “hard…
“hard and sharp as flint”
Eng carol: “dismal…
“dismal little cell”
“squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping,
clutching, covetous old sinner” Scrooge
List to show he is obsessed with money – most actions are to do
with the hand to show he was “tight-fisted”.
“Solitary as an oyster” Scrooge
Simile – to show how lonely and isolated he was
“He carried his own low temperature around with him” Scrooge
Metaphor – for his poor attitude and way he made others feel
when he saw them.
“Nobody stopped him in the street to say. ‘My dear Scrooge, how are you?’ ” (about Scrooge)
Metaphor/ example– of the effects of his dislikeable and unfriendly character.
“Bah! Humbug” Scrooge
Exclamations – this is only repeated a couple of times but has
become iconic as a representation of Scrooge’s dislike of
spending and Christmas. When referring to a person, a humbug means a fraud or impostor, implying an element of unjustified publicity and spectacle
“Every idiot who goes around with Merry Xmas on his lips… should be buried with a stake of holly through his heart” Scrooge
Tone – shows how dislikeable Scrooge is and how much he hates
Christmas as he has to stop making money for a day.
“Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?” Scrooge
Rhetorical Questions – suggesting the poor are at fault for having
no money and that they have a place in society (even though we
know prison and workhouses were terrible places)
“If they would rather die, they had better do it and decrease the surplus population” Scrooge
Metaphor – to show that poor people should die and free up space for other people and for making more money.
“It’s not my business” Scrooge
Tone – showing he isn’t interested in what happens to others.
“I will honour Christmas in my heart. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach.” Scrooge
Repetition – showing how he has had an epiphany and is no longer the miserly begrudging character he once was.
“I am light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a schoolboy, I am giddy as a drunken man. A merry Christmas to everybody. Hallo! Whoop! Hallo!” Scrooge
Repetition of the personal pronoun – shows his light hearted and carefree attitude and his lack of care about money and material
“I don’t know anything. I’m quite a baby.” Scrooge
First person – Shows he is re-born as a decent person. Contrasts ‘old sinner’ in stave 1.
“I’ll send it to Bob Cratchit!” Scrooge
Statement – showing he is capable of charity by sending a decent goose to the Cratchit family.
“Not a farthing less. A great many back payments are included in it.” Scrooge
Short sentences – showing that Scrooge recognises that his wagers have been disproportionate and unfair to Bob.
“I have come to dinner. Will you let me in Fred?” Scrooge
Question – showing his uncertainty about his position with his
nephew Fred due to the way he has always behaved in the past.
“Therefore I am about to raise your salary!” Scrooge
Emotive tone – showing he is being fair to Bob
“Scrooge was better than his word. He did it all and became as good a friend, as good a master, and as good a man, as the good old city knew.” Scrooge
Repetition – showing he is good to his word and that he became
a different person.
“On the very day of the funeral, (Scrooge) solemnised it with an undoubted bargain” Marley
Negative tone – showing how Scrooge had already forgotten his friend and business partner.
“I wear the chain I forged in life…The chain was made up of cash boxes…ledgers…heavy purses” Marley
Metaphor – to show that the way he had behaved in life had a direct impact on him in the afterlife – he is now in purgatory and damned to walk the earth with heavy chains representing everything he valued in life
“You may be an undigested bit of beef” Marley
Metaphor – to show that Scrooge doesn’t really believe the spectral vision he is having at the moment.
“My spirit never roved beyond the narrow limits of our money changing hole” Marley
Metaphor – to show he was doomed in life due to his obsession with money and that this carries on in death too.
“Mankind was my business!” Marley
Symbolism – shows he understands the error of his ways and that money isn’t the be all and end all.
“The clerk’s fire was so very much smaller that it looked like only one coal” Cratchits
Hyperbole – shows the terrible cold and conditions that Scrooge
makes Bob work in.
“There’s another fellow, my clerk with fifteen shillings a week, and a wife and family, talking about a merry Christmas. I’ll retire to Bedlam” cratchits
Statements – shows how little he pays Bob and how dismissive Scrooge is of his cheerful nature.
“Tiny Tim hoped the people saw him in the church, because he was a cripple, and remember upon Christmas day, who made lame beggars walk, and blind men see.” Cratchits
Religious connotations – Tiny Tim reinforces Christian values of charity, kindness and being thankful for what you have.
“Mrs Cratchit made the gravy hissing hot, Master Peter mashed the potatoes with incredible vigour, Miss Belinda sweetened up the apple sauce…” cratchits
Listing – showing the family work together and that love is more important than money and materialistic goods.
“There never was such a goose cooked.” Cratchits
Hyperbole – showing they exaggerate the excitement of a goose which is too small for them as a family but they are grateful anyway.
“Eked out by apple-sauce and mashed potatoes” Cratchits
Adjective – shows that there isn’t enough food to go around
“God bless us every one” Cratchits
Religious Imagery – Tiny Tim again reinforces charity and peace and happiness to all mankind at Christmas time.
“Mr Scrooge. I’d give him a piece of my mind. An odious, stingy, hard, unfeeling man” (Mrs Cratchit)
Listing – the negative tone shows how unhappy she is with the way that Bob is treated by his employer.
“Another idol has displaced me… a golden one” Belle
Metaphor – to show that money has become more important to Scrooge than his fiancé Belle.
“I have seen your nobler aspirations fall off, until the master passion, Gain engrosses you” Belle
Triplets – to show her disappointment in the change in him.
“May you be happy in the life you have chosen” Belle
Statement – She wishes him luck and shows that she is leaving him due to his money grabbing ways.
“No more! Show me no more!” Belle
Repetition and imperatives – Scrooge can no longer watch his previous self and the loss of the love he had for Belle.
“Now a comely matron sitting opposite her daughter” Belle
Adjectives – shows how she is happily married and satisfied with her life but also highlights the happiness Scrooge has missed out on.
“What reason have you to be morose? You’re rich enough.” Fred
Questioning – shows the difference in attitude between Fred and Scrooge and encourages Scrooge to be a happier more pleasant man.
“I have always thought of Christmas as a good time, a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time” Fred
Listing – shows Fred’s love of Christmas and his clear difference in attitude to his uncle.
“Don’t be angry Uncle. Merry Christmas!” Fred
Short Sentences – showing that he is happy, like Christmas and charitable.
“If you should happen, by any unlikely chance, to know a man more blest in a laugh than Scrooge’s nephew, all I can say is I should like to know him too.” Fred
Narrative voice – reinforces how pleasant and nice Fred is.
“Scrooge’s offences carry their own punishment. Who suffers? Himself!” Fred
Dialogue – showing he understands that Scrooge is his own worst enemy.
