Poverty and Social Responsibility Flashcards
How does Dickens criticise the governments?
- “guilty governments”
- 1834 Poor Law
What is the lesson that Marley wants Scrooge to learn?
- that his true “business” was “common welfare”
- “charity, mercy, forbearance and benevolence”
What has the Cratchit’s Christmas dinner been?
How big is their Christmas pudding?
- “Eked out”
- “small”
What are the alleys and people in the worse side of town described as?
- “foul and narrow”
- “like so many cesspools, disgorged their offences of smell, and dirt”
- “half-naked, drunken, slipshod, ugly”
What are the many things people can be rich in other than financially?
enjoyment, love and companionship
Why does Fred think that Scrooge is deserving of pity?
because “his wealth is of no use to him”
What is the last line of the novel?
Who is it said by?
- “God Bless Us, Every One”
- Tiny Tim
What does Fezziwig have the power to do?
render his employees “happy of unhappy […]; light or burdensome; a pleasure or a toil”
What is the list of adjectives which describe Ignorance and Want?
“yellow, meagre, ragged, scowling, wolfish; but prostrate too, in their humanity”
How does Fred think we should view other people?
“as if they were really fellow-passengers to the grave”
