quotes Flashcards
How does dickens preset the cratchit’s christmas dinner as small?
‘it was sufficient for the whole family’
‘eked out by apple sauce and mashed potatos
How is scrooge presented as stingy in stave 1?
‘he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone’
How does dickens elicit sympathy for scrooge in stave 2?
‘a solitary child, neglected by his friends is left there still’
What shows scrooge was guilty of his actions after meeting the first ghost and thus can’t even look the second ghost in the eyes due to his guilt?
‘though the spirits eyes were clear and kind, he did not like to meet them’
Which quote shows scrooge has learned a valuable lesson and perhaps didn’t realise the error of his ways before, (stave 4)?
‘i am not the man i was, i will not be the man i must’ve been’
Which quote shows scrooge did in fact change in stave 5?
‘Scrooge was better than his word, he did it all’
How is bob cratchit portrayed as trapped?
‘dismal little cell’ = trapped in a dismal job for scooge
Which quote shows bob is humble and grateful?
‘I’ll give you Mr Scrooge, the founder of the feast’
What does scrooge say to bob that proves he has changed?
‘I’ll raise your salary, and endeavour to assist your struggling family’
How is tiny tim presented as angelic and innocent?
‘Tiny Tim upon his shoulders’
Which quote shows us tiny tim was vulnerabe?
‘Bob’s voice was tremulous when he told them this, and trembled more when he said tiny tim was growing strong and hearty’
Which quote highlight’s tiny tim’s direct contrast to scrooge?
‘God bless us everyone!’
Hows is fred shown as happy and kind?
‘This nephew of scrooge’s, that he was all in a glow, his face was ruddy and handsome; his eyes sparkled’
Which quote shows us fred loves and is always laughinglife?
‘Scrooge’s nephew laughed in this way: holding his sides’
Which quote shows fred forgiving nature towards scrooge?
‘Let him in! It is a mercy he didn’t shake his arm off’
Which quote shows the the ghost of christmas past is about to enlighten scrooge?
“From the crown of its head there sprung a bright clear jet of light, by which all this was visible”
How is the ghost of christmas present shown to be welcoming scrooge to learn more about himself?
“Come in! and know me better, man!”
Which quote shows the christmas of yet to come is more serious?
“A solemn Phantom, draped and hooded, coming, like a mist along the ground, towards him”
solemn = serious
like a mist = the future isn’t set in stone and scrooge can change it - it offers hope to scrooge
How is scrooge described at the beginning?
- ‘Hard and sharp as flint’
- ‘tight-fisted’
- ‘solitary as an oyster’
What are connotation and denotations of an oyster?
they rough hard and irregular and tough to get into
some oysters have pearls in them
Where does the ghost of christmas past take scrooge
- time at school
- apprentice for fezzewig
- his time with belle
What does scrooge say when the ghost of christmas past shows scrooge his past
“no more!” cried scrooge. “no more, i dont wish to see it, show me no more’
Where does the ghost of christmas present take scrooge?
to the cratchit houshold to learn more about bob and tim
what does scrooge ask the ghost of present and what does he say?
scrooge asks if the boy will live and the ghost replies ‘if he be like to die, he had better do it and decrease the surplus population’ to which scrooge hangs his head in shame
What does the ghost of future show scrooge
scrooge’s funeral and how little people will care about his death
