Memorise Quotes Flashcards
“S——-, w——-, g——–, s——-, c——-, covetous old s——”
Narrator
Stave 1
THEMES: selfishness, social injustice, religion
“Squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner”
Narrator
Stave 1
THEMES: selfishness, social injustice, religion
“I will live in the —–, the ——- and the ——-. The Spirits of all —— shall ——- within me”
Scrooge
Stave 4
THEMES: Supernatural, Religion, Redemption, Selfishness
“I will live in the Past, the Present and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me”
Scrooge
Stave 4
THEMES: Supernatural, Religion, Redemption, Selfishness
“Quite a —-“ & “Merry as a —— —”
Scrooge
Stave 5
THEMES: selfishness, religion, redemption, social justice
“Quite a baby” & “Merry as a school boy”
Scrooge
Stave 5
THEMES: selfishness, religion, redemption, social justice
“warning all —— ——— to keep its ——–”
Narrator
Stave 1
“warning all human sympathy to keep its distance”
Narrator
Stave 1
“What —— have you to be ——-? You’re —- enough”
Scrooge (to Fred)
Stave 1
“What reason have you to be merry? You’re poor enough”
Scrooge (to Fred)
Stave 1
“Are there no ——?…And the —– ———?”
Scrooge (to charity collectors)
Stave 1
“Are there no prisons?…And the union workhouses?”
Scrooge (to charity collectors)
Stave 1
“a ——– child, ——— by his friends” stave 2
&
“——- and self———-, and as ——– as an ——” stave 1
Narrator
“a solitary child, neglected by his friends” stave 2
&
“secret and self-contained, and as solitary as an oyster” stave 1
Narrator
“oh no kind —— say he will be ——”
Scrooge
Stave 3
“oh no kind spirit say he will be spared”
Scrooge
Stave 3
“i am as happy as an —–”
Scrooge
stave 5
“i am as happy as an angel”
Scrooge
stave 5
“the — and ——- thickened” stave 1
&
“no —, no —-; clear, bright, —–” stave 5
(narrator)
“the fog and darkness thickened” stave 1
&
“no fog, no mist; clear, bright, jovial” stave 5
(narrator)
“H— and S—- as —–”
Stave 1
Narrator
“Hard and Sharp as flint”
Stave 1
Narrator
“If that spirits goes not —– in life, it is ——- to do so after ——.”
Marley - Stave 1
“If that spirits goes not forth in life, it is condemned to do so after death.”
Marley - Stave 1
“I wear the —— i —— in life […] I girded it on of my own —- —-“
“I wear the chain i forged in life […] I girded it on of my own free will”
“Y——, m——, r—–, s——-, w——…”
Ghost of christmas present
stave 3
“Yellow, meagre, ragged, scowling, wolfish…”
Ghost of christmas present
stave 3
“This boy is ——— […] but —- of all beware this —”
Ghost of christmas present
stave 3
“This boy is ignorance […] but most of all beware this boy”
Ghost of christmas present
stave 3
”———- of that wintry ——, had its dress trimmed with —— ——-“
Ghost of christmas past
stave 2
“contradiction of that wintry emblem, had its dress trimmed with summer flowers”
Ghost of christmas past
stave 2
“could not —- the —–”
Ghost of christmas past
stave 2
“could not hide the light”
Ghost of christmas past
stave 2
“glowing —–, in shape not unlike ——- —-“
Ghost of Christmas present
stave 3
“glowing torch, in shape not unlike Plenty’s horn”
Ghost of Christmas present
stave 3
”—— in a deep black ——-“
Ghost of christmas yet to come
stave 4
“shrouded in a deep black garment”
Ghost of christmas yet to come
stave 4
“if they would rather — they had better do it and ——- the ——- ——”
stave 1
“if they would rather die they had better do it and decrease the surplus population”
stave 1
“i can’t —– to make —- people ——”
stave 1
“i can’t afford to make idle people merry”
stave 1
“many can’t go —–; and many would rather —”
stave 1
“many can’t go there; and many would rather die”
stave 1
“are there no ——-“ said the —–”
stave 3
“are there no prisons” said the spirit”
stave 3
“and to —– —- […] he was a second ——-“
stave 5
“and to Tiny Tim […] he was a second father”
stave 5
“A —– ——— Bob!”
Stave 5
“A merry Christmas Bob!”
Stave 5
“the —— of a long, long —- of brilliant ——”
Stave 5
“the father of a long, long line of brilliant laughs”
Stave 5
“The ——— he gives is quite as —– as if it cost a ———”
“The happiness he gives is quite as great as if it cost a fortune”
