Loneliness Flashcards
“I wish to be left alone,”
L-adj shows how solitary scrooge was and how no one cared for him
R-reader feels sorry for scrooge as he has no one to look after him
“It’s enough for a man to understand his own business, and not to interfere with other people’s.
L-personal pronoun “own” shows how Scrooge believes in only looking after themselves
C-Dickens wanted his middle class audience to help other people
R-thinks of Scrooge as greedy
Scrooge was his sole executor, his sole administrator, his sole assign, his sole residuary legatee, his sole friend, and sole mourner.
L-repetition of “sole” shows how Marley was scrooges closest friend and only friend
R-reader feels empathy for Scrooge as his only friend has died
“A solitary child
L- adj shows how lonely Scrooge was being rejected by his father and had no friends
R-Reader feels sorry for Scrooge due to having no friends
solitary as an oyster
L- simile which shows how misanthropic Scrooge is as he doesn’t have any social interactions
R-The reader feels pathos towards Scrooge for being lonely
