Quotations Flashcards
(38 cards)
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What are some quotes are describe Mr Scrooge ?
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- ‘as solitary as an oyster’
- ‘as hard and sharp as fling’
- ‘squeezing, wrenching, grasping, covetous old sinner’
- ‘Tight-fisted hand at the grindstone’
- ‘No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him’
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What does Scrooges name mean ?
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Word ‘Scrooge’ originates from scrounge ( meaning to crush or squeeze )
3
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What quotes show Scrooge’s money hoarding habit ?
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- ‘ Darkness is cheap, and Scrooge liked it.’
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What quotes show the views of the men who arrived to Perseus charity ?
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- ‘ …we should make some slight provisions for the poor and destitute,’
- ‘ … fund to buy the poor some meat and drink ….’
- ‘ we choose this time … when want is keenly felt, and abundance rejoices ‘
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What are some quotes are describe Mr Scrooge’s views?
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- ‘Are there no prisons ? Are there no workhouses ?’
- ‘decrease the surplus population’
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What are some quotes are describe Mr Scrooge In the past ?
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- ‘a solitary boy neglected by his friends’
- ‘lonely boy sitting by a feeble fire’
- ‘And he sobbed…’
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Scrooge’s response to the past ?
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- ‘No more !” cried Scrooge. “ No more! …”’
- ’ relentless ghost pinioned him … forced him to observe…’
- ‘extinguisher … preset it down .. could not hide the light ..’
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What are some quotes are describe Mr Scrooge changing ?
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- ‘Nothing. There was a boy singing a Christmas Carol at my door last night. I should have given him something: that’s all’
- ‘If you have aught to teach me, let me profit by it’
- ’ Scrooge hung his head to hear his own words quoted by the spirit, and was overcome with penitence and grief’
- ’ “Spirit!” he cried, tight clutching at its robe, “heat me. I am not the man I was”
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What are some quotes that prove Mr Scrooge has changed ?
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- ’ “ I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will in live in the Past, Present, and the Future” ‘
- ’ “ I am as merry as a schoolboy. I am as giddy as a drunken man”
- ’ “Not a farthing less. A great many back payments are included in it “ ‘
- ’ Scrooge was better than his word. He did it all, and infinitely more; and to Tiny Tim, who did not die, he was a second father ‘
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What are some quotes that describe Marley ?
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- ’ old Marley was as dead as a doornail ‘
- ’ The same face: the very same. ‘
- ’ Marley in his pigtail, usual waistcoat, tights and boots […] ‘
- ’ [..] often heard Marley had no bowels, but he had never believed it until now.
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What are some quotes that describe Fred ?
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- ‘ his face was ruddy and handsome; and his eyes sparkled, …’
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What are some quotes that show Marley’s regrets in life ?
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- ’ “ I wear the chain I forged in life… I made it link by link, yard by yard… and of my own free will I wore it” ‘
- ’ it was made… of cash boxes, heavy purses ‘
- ’ “Mankind was my business ! [ … ] The deals of my trade were but a drop in the comprehensive ocean of my business “ ‘
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What quotes describe the Ghost of Christmas Past ?
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- ’ like a child; yet not so like a child as like an old man
- ’ from the crown of its head there sprung a bright clear jet of light’
- … the figure itself fluctuated in its distinctness …’ ( fluctuating reflects memory / the past - that it isn’t fixed it’s how we remember )
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What quotes show the Ghost of Christmas Past critising Scrooge ?
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- ’ “would you soon put out, with worldly hands, the light I give. Is it not enough that you are one of those whose passions made this cap, and force me through whole trains of years to wear it low upon my brow “ ‘
- ’ “ Leave me! Take me back. Haunt me no longer! “ ‘
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What quotes show the appearance of the Ghost of Christmas Present ?
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- ‘ There sat a jolly Giant, glorious to see, who bore a glowing torch, in shape not unlike Plenty’s horn, and held it up, high up, to shed its light on Scrooge’
- ‘It was clothed in one simple green robe, or mantle, bordered with white fur ‘
- ‘free as its genial face, its sparkling eye, its open hand, its cheery voice, its unconstrained demeanour, and its joyful air’
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What quotes does the Ghost of Christmas Present use to describe little Tim’s future ?
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- “I see a vacant seat (..] in the poor chimney-corner, and a crutch without an owner, carefully preserved. If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, the child will die”
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What quotes show The Ghost of Christmas present teaching Scrooge a lesson ?
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- “If he be like to die, he had better do it, and decrease the surplus population”
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What quotes show the appearance of Ignorance and want from The Ghost of Christmas present ?
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- ‘ The Ghost grew older, clearly older.’
- ‘From the foldings of its robe it brought two children; wretched, abject, frightful, hideous, miserable’
- “This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom”
-yelow.. scowling, wolfish’ - where angels might have sat… devils lurked
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What quotes show the appearance and the effect of the Ghost of Christmas future ?
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- ‘ The Phantom slowly, gravely, silently approached. When it came, Scrooge bent down upon his knee; for in the very air through which this Spirit moved it seemed to scatter gloom and mystery
- ‘Scrooge feared the silent shape so much that his legs trembled beneath him’
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What quotes show The Ghost of Christmas future changing Scrooge ?
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- “Spirit…I see, I see. The case of this unhappy man might be my own. My life tends that way now”
- ’ Still the Ghost pointed downward to the grave by which it stood’
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What quotes show how the relationship between Belle and Scrooge has changed ?
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- “Our contract is an old one”
- “Another idol has displaced me”
- “A golden one”
- ” have seen your nobler aspirations fall off… ,Gain, engrosses you”
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What quotes show Mr fezziwig’s appearance and affect ?
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- ‘They shone in every part of the dance like moons’
- ‘Fezziwig cut – cut so deftly, that he appeared to wink with his legs’
- “The happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it cost a fortune”
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What quotes show Scrooge’s impression of Fezziwig ( him being a great employer ) ?
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- "”The happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it cost a fortune”
- “ Why, it’s old Fezziwig! Bless his heart; it’s Fezziwig alive again!”
- “Yo ho there! Ebenezer! Dick! No more work tonight!”
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What quotes show Mr Fezziwig displaying Dickens ideas ?
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- ‘there was cake, … negus… a great piece of Cold Roast …’ ( list of food shows abundance and generosity of boss
- ‘Mr and Mrs Fezziwig took their stations … ‘ ( shows he takes his social duty seriously )
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What quotes show Fred’s view of Christmas ?
- "I have always thought of Christmas, … as a good time: a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time"
- "Don't be angry, Uncle. Come!"
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What quotes show Fred’s view on Scrooge ?
- "I mean to give him the same chance every year, whether he likes it or not, for I pity him."
- "Let him in! It’s a mercy he didn't shake his arm off."
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What quotes show how poor the Cratchits?
- 'The clerk's fire was so very much smaller that it looked like only one coal‘
- ‘ Such a bustle ensued that you might have thought a goose the rarest of all birds; a feathered phenomenon ‘
- ‘ Mrs Cratchit entered - - flushed, but smiling proudly -- with the pudding, like a speckled cannon-ball
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What quotes show the appearance of the Cratchits ?
- dressed out but poorly in a twice-turned gown'
- 'his threadbare clothes darned up and brushed, to look seasonable
- 'Alas for Tiny Tim, he bore a little crutch, and had his limbs supported by an iron frame’
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What quotes show Bob’s view of Tiny Tim ?
- ' "as good as gold," said Bob'
- 'he hoped the poeple aaw him in the church, because he was a cripple...'
- ‘ Bob held his withered little hand in his...'
30
What quote shows Scrooge’s changed attitude towards Bob ?!
- "A merrier Christmas, Bob, my good fellow, than I have given you for many a year. I'll raise your salary, and endeavour to assist your struggling family"
31
What quotes show the appearance of the slums ?
- ' into an obscure part of town ...'
- 'ways were foul and narrow ...'
- 'unseemly rags, masses of corrupted fat ...'
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What quotes show people desecrating Scrooge's corpse ?
- 'laughing ... "bed-curtains!"...'
- 'but I took it off again...'
' Sheets, towels, a littlewearing apparel ...'
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What quotes show the couple in-debt's relief ?
- ' a kind of serous delight...'
- ' she was thankful ... prayed forgiveness '
- '~We may sleep tonight with light hearts...'
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Quotes that show Tiny Tim's grave ?
- 'good to see how green a place it is ...'
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Quotes that show Scrooge's grave ?
- ' walled in... overrun by grass ... , chocked up with too much burying ...'
- 'A worthy place!'
36
What quotes show Scrooge in Stanza 1?
- ‘Hard and sharp as flint’
- ‘gruff old bell was always peeping silly down at Scrooge’
- ‘the fog came pouring in…’
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What quotes in Stanza 5 juxtapose Stanza 1 ?
- ‘ I am as light as a feather…’
- ‘churches ringing out the lustiest peals’
- ‘Heavenly sky; sweet fresh air; merry bells’
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What quotes show how Scrooge has changed in terms of qualities ?
- ‘The father of a long, long line of brilliant laughs!’
- ‘chuckle with which he paid for the turkey… he paid for the cab’
