[Part 4]- Scrooge Flashcards
1
Q
How does Tiny Tim’s death, contrast with Scrooge’s death ?
Hint: Bob Cratchit
A
- unlike Tiny Tim, no one’s seems to care that Scrooge is dead
- ; in comparison to Tiny Tim, TT is mourned and his father promises that he’ll walk to his plot on a sunday- calling TT, his ’little, little child’- Tiny Tim has spiritual and religious importance, as he is an ‘essence’ from God
2
Q
How do people react to Scrooge’s death ?
Hint: debtors, evil sinner
A
- Scrooge’s debtors are happy
- his chairwoman blames Scrooge for not being natural and takes his clothes.
- and, the businessman think that Scrooge is an evil sinner, far worse than them
3
Q
‘Tiny Tim, thy essence was from God’
A
- L- noun- essence reflects how TT, is thought to a representation of Jesus
- and here, Dickens’ suggests that adults should be: patient, mild and humble.
- C/R- and Victorian readers who were frequent churchgoers, would know Jesus said ‘the kingdom of God’ belongs to children and that it should be entered, ‘like a child’
4
Q
‘My little, little child’
Hint: R
A
- L- repetition of the adjective ‘little’ emphasises how young Tiny Tim was, when he died, which would have an emotive effect on the reader.
5
Q
What context point relates to the quote: My little, little child’ ?
Hint: infant mortality- why?
A
- C= and this is contextually important because, infant mortality was higher in Victorian England; it wasn’t unusual for children, to die from ill health- because there was no free healthcare, except in the workhouses.
- [since it was typically the middle and upper-middle class who could pay for doctors to treat them, in their homes]
6
Q
‘sow the world with life immortal’
Hint: like Marley
A
- Scrooge has finally understood, that if he doesn’t seek forgiveness and redemption, he’ll become a damned soul like Marley and be forced to walk the Earth like Marley. [through seeing the dead man’s story]
7
Q
‘sow the world with life immortal’
A
- additionally, the dead man finally makes him accept the moral lesson [that Marley’s ghost and the three ghost have been trying to teach him]
8
Q
What does this quote: ‘sow the world with life immortal’ reflect ?
A
- ; this quote also reflects how at this point, Scrooge still cares about himself because of his ignorance [and on a metaphorical level, this is seen as there’s a cloth between Scrooge and the dead man- this is the metaphorical gap]
9
Q
‘ I will honour Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year’ 🎄
Hint: enlightened and reborn
A
- L- repetition- highlights how Scrooge has become ‘enlightened’ and has metaphorically been reborn.
10
Q
‘ I will honour Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year’ 🎄
A
- on a metaphorical level, it reflects how Scrooge now has: emotional warmth and deep affection in his heart.
- therefore this is where Scrooge has finally been reborn into a ‘baby’
11
Q
‘as good as a friend, as good as a master and as good as a man’ can be
A
- L- tricolon- emphasises how we all have the potential to change, which is reinforced by the repetition of the adjective ‘good’, suggesting that Scrooge has changed because, he now has good qualities.
- L- noun-friend- juxtaposes how Scrooge was ‘as solitary as an oyster’ in stave 1.
