Redemption Flashcards
“mankind was my business”
Marley wishes he acknowledged the poor and not focus on his business/money
Reader:
Sensational for victorian readers
Context:
The novella was serialised - links to the Christian message of sin and redemption
“I wear the chains I forged in life”
Language: symbolism
Symbolises the weight and burden of the sins he committed in life
Context:
Connects to greed, which is one of the seven deadly sins in the Bible
Reader:
Christian Victorian readers would be familiar with this
“solitary as an oyster”
Language: simile
Emphasises on how Scrooge is a closed book and is kept to himself
“a tight-fisted hand at the grind-stone”
Language: metaphor
Scrooge is mean with money & regards his employees as a means to run his business and increase profit
Context:
Dickens wanted middle class readers to acknowledge and give to the poor
“father of a long, long line of brilliant laughs”
Language: personifcation
He’s changed for good and will live a jolly life, not like a misanthropic person forever
“a spring-time in the haggard winter of his life”
Language: metaphorical springtime
He regrets not becoming a father and having a family
He prioritised money over Belle and sees the consequences of his actions
“the passion that had taken root and where the shadow of the growing tree would fall”
Language: symbolism
The tree represents avarice, “root” shows how deep it goes
It casts a shadow because it stunts his emotional growth
“casts his eyes upon the ground”
Language: short phrase
Scrooge is humbled and ashamed
He feels guilty about his attitude to the poor
“the night is waning fast”
Language: verb and adverb
Time is running out for Scrooge to redeem himself
“precious time to me”
Language: adjective
His soul is precious and he wants to have time to save it
“golden sunlight” “heavenly sky” “sweet fresh air”
Language: pathetic fallacy
Scrooge has become a happy and emotionally warm person, and that is portrayed through the weather - contrasts with stave 1 where he was emotionally cold (“wintry weather”)
“a great many back payments”
Scrooge donates money to help the poor, including more to make up for the lack of donations in the past
“the chuckle”
Language: repetition and noun
Scrooge is happy because he’s giving to others
Generosity brings happiness.
Topic sentence 1 (Marley’s ghost)
The apperance of Marley’s ghost is the catalyst for Scrooge’s redemption at the beginning of the novella
Topic sentence 2 (Scrooge’s unpleasant character)
Dickens creates an unpleasant character in Scrooge to illustrate the message that everyone is capable of redemption
