New A Christmas Carol Flashcards
1
Q
Quote:
“Solitary as an Oyster”
Stave 1, Narrator
A
- Simile
- Adjective:
Oyster - hard shell, difficult to get in, soft interior
Solitary - forced, no choice - Symbolism:
Capitalism, teaches men to care for only themselves and money - Foreshadowing
2
Q
Quote
“I wear the chains I forged in life”
Stave 1, Ghost of Marley
A
- Form
Gothic Genre - unnatural things are taking place - Freud : id - makes you a slave to the things in your life which you desire, affecting him in the afterlife
- Symbolism
Chain - being weighed down, constant punishment of the sins of life
3
Q
Quote:
“The smooth white sheets of snow upon the roofs … dirtier snow upon the ground”
Stave 1, Narrator
A
- Symolism
Class - The higher are on top, clean, untouched, stand over others, lower are ‘dirtier’, stepped on - Juxtaposition
- Pathetic Fallacy
- Adjectives
4
Q
Quote:
“Boy is ignorance, Girl is want”
Stave 3, GOCPresent
A
- Symbolism
Children - innocent, represent the poor clas in society - Ignorance - people do not want to acknowledge the poor.
- Want - poor want the neccessities, not their fault.
- Short sentences - Emphasis. They are facts
5
Q
Quote:
“I will not shut out the lessons that they teach!”
Stave 4, Scrooge
A
- Imperatives - Telling himself he will change, redemption
- Redemption - ‘I’ shows he takes full accountability
6
Q
Quote:
“If the course be departed from, the ends will change”
Stave 1, Ghost of Marley
A
- Metaphor of life, actions
- Verb - ‘depart’ from a bad path is never to late, redemption needed for society
7
Q
Quote:
“The cold within him froze his old features”
Stave 1, Narrator
A
- Physiognomy - personality reflects appearance
- Personification - ‘froze’ suggest that he was a dead man walking, a zombie, shows damage of capitalism
- id - danger of following your desire, kills you
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