Redemption Flashcards
‘I wear the chain I forged in life’
L - noun
Marley ghost warns Scrooge that he has to walk the Earth afterlife restricted by chains forged by his moral burden from his greed.
‘I will honour Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year’
Scrooge has understand the spirit of Christmas time is about goodwill to all man and it shall be done all the year.
‘as light as a feather’
L - simile
I -
1. Scrooge is not burdened by his fears or his sins as he can redeem himself.
2. metaphorical reference to the absence of the heavy chains and shackles he forged as Marley ghost told him.
‘as happy as an angel’
L - simile
Scrooge is going to change morally as angel is associated to Heaven. His soul has been redeemed from damnation due to his change of heart.
‘as good a friend, as good a master and as good a man’
L - tricolon
Emphasises the change in Scrooge that he has become a good citizen and good employer.
‘I hope to live to be another man from what I was’
L - active verb
Scrooge wants to change and redeem himself.
‘I shall love it’
L - verb
Scrooge has positive emotion when he sees the door knob as he remembers Marley’s face appearing on it. Marley is the catalyst for his change and redemption.
‘included a great many back payment’
L - adjective
Scrooge donates a large sum of money to help the poor to compensate his miserliness and to make amends for his sins in the past because he understands his social moral duty to help the poor as he has seen the impacts of ignorance and wants.
‘Christmas time shall be praised’
L - verb
Scrooge has changed from rejecting the Christmas spirit to praising it. This represents the change in him as Christmas time is for goodwill and generosity to all men.
