Quotes Flashcards
‘Bah humbug!’- scrooge
Shows how he likes disliking christmas
Old marly was as dead as a door nail
He was completely dead and useless.
His death is being weighted on by scrooge
‘God bless us everyone!’- tiny Tim
He is very happy despite his problems
‘Solitary as an oyster’
This is used to describe scrooges negative nature
There is something better inside
‘He carried his own low temperature around with him’
He is a lot more cruel and horrible than the effects of the weather
‘If they’d rather die, they had better do it and decrease the surplus population’
Cold heart
Rather see people die than help them
He sees the poorer as a different kind to him.
‘I wear the chain i forged in life ‘- Marley
Suggests that in the after life, he is paying for his wrong doings.
Warning scrooge
‘I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel,
I am as merry as a school boy, I am as giddy as a drunken man’- scrooge
He has let loose of his horrible ways
Opened up and found the pearl inside him
What does Mr Fezziwig symbolise
He emphasises the contrast between scrooges negative way between people and money and how he is always very jolly and uses his money in a nice way.
‘Hard and sharp as flint’
Suggests he is very hard and cold
‘No more!’ ‘No more, I don’t wish to see it. Show me no more!’
Scrooge to ghost of Christmas past
For the first time he shows his feelings
Finding it hard to find things out about himself
‘Let me profit by it’ scrooge to the ghost of christmas present
He is more obedient this time and shows scrooge is developing as a person and wants to profit from this. Not money, but be a better person.
Significance of tiny Tim
He acts as a visual representation of the consequences of scrooges actions and what may happen if he doesn’t change his ways.
Scrooge hung his head to hear his own words quoted by the spirit.
(Decrease the surplus population as Tim has now died)
He realises the wrong he has done.
Deeply ashamed of his words
Realises how insensitive he was
Feels guilt…
‘I will honour Christmas in my heart’
Scrooge has learnt the importance of being kind and generous, especially to people in need (the surplus population)
Heart links to love
Scrooge at the end of the novela
He is the opposite of before.
Had finally opened up his hard exterior
‘Scrooge was better than his word’
Scrooge said he would become better, however he is a lot better than he said
‘The cold within he froze his old features’
He is so cold inside it is shown on the outside.
Weather descriptions at the beginning
‘Foggy, dark, cold biting…’
Negative adjectives which enforce pathetic fallacy as the mood and nature of scrooge is depicted in the atmosphere
‘He rubbed his hands; adjusted his
capacious waistcoat; laughed all over himself, from his shoes to his
organ of benevolence; and called out in a comfortable, oily, rich, fat,
jovial voice’
The quote shows how important mr fezziwig is, in relation to Scrooge. The quote consists of a list that expresses his attributes
The fog symbolism
Can be used as a symbol for ignorance as scrooge although he knows what he is doing is wrong, continues to disregard people in need and
Music symbolism
Symbolises the joy of christmas and what Scrooge has missed out on. He has made his life into the opposite
Tiny Tim symbolism
Representation of all the poor and vulnerable people
Symbolism of candles
The candle represents scrooge as he has money and fortune does work with some, like the higher class, however a candle in a dark room will not light up the entirety of the room, and the area left in darkness is the surplus population (poorer people), expressing scrooges greed and the idea that he can be put out at any moment
