Quotes

Question 1

His eyes sparkled

Answer 1

Describes Fred
Happiness, Christmas, directly contrasts with Scrooge

Question 2

Escorted by his brother and sister

Answer 2

Describes Tiny Tim
Highlight family and the close dynamic Tim has; hes is well loved
Shown by his sibling’s generosity

Question 3

another idol has displaced me.. a golden one

Answer 3

Belle
Shows how selfish Scrooge was, he put money over his one true love

Question 4

Decrease the surplus population

Answer 4

Scrooge
Shows how ignorant Scrooge was, he was so heartless
How unwilling he is to help people in need

Question 5

Scrooge attempting to extinguish The ghost of christmas past’s light

Answer 5

Proves Scgrooge is unwilling to change at this moment in time

Question 6

Penitence and grief

Answer 6

After the ghost of Christmas present uses Scrooges words against him, he feels penitence, and grief
this is the first sign that Scrooge may want to change

Question 7

His own heart laughed

Answer 7

once all the ghosts visited him, Scrooge becomes full of life

Question 8

I am as light as a feather

Answer 8

Scrooge
Opposes the simile used to describe him prior - ‘ hard and sharp as flint’

Question 9

I am as merry as a schoolboy

Answer 9

Scrooge
Merry connotes to Christmas
Shows how happy he is now
When he was a schoolboy his life was tough
It shows the Scrooge has been redeemed and has a new chance at life

Question 10

I am as giddy as a drunken man

Answer 10

Scrooge
Emphasises Scrooges joy at his second chance

Question 11

solitary as an oyster

Answer 11

Describes Scrooge
this simile establishes Scrooge is a lonely man who is cut off from society
It also indicates that he has the opportunity to change and inside is something beautiful