Redemption ACC

Question 1

-“I ___ ____ __ ___ ____ people ___” - 1

Answer 1

-“I can’t afford to make idle people merry” - 1

Question 2

-“I can’t afford to make idle people merry” - 1

Answer 2

• Malthusian beliefs- Scrooge believes that the poor should die to “decrease the surplus population”
• Miserly- he has tons of money but does not spend it on “idle” people
• doesn’t see the fact that the poor cannot help their situation

Question 3

• “__ __ ___ ___ ___ … __ __ ____ __ _ ___, I ___ it ___ ____ ___ ____” - 1

Answer 3

• “Though it has never put … gold or silver in my pocket, I believe it has done me good” - 1

Question 4

• “Though it has never put … gold or silver in my pocket, I believe it has done me good” - 1

Answer 4

• Fred is a foil to Scrooge here, as he enjoys Christmas even though he may be poorer
• Creating such a contrast from the start, Dickens displays the large difference between people like Scrooge and those like Fred, making a reader wonder who they’re more like, and whether they ought to change their ways

Question 5

• “I ___ __ ____ _ ___ __ ____” - 1

Answer 5

• “I wear the chain I forged in life” - 1

Question 6

• “a ____ ___ … ____ __ ___ be _____” - 2

Answer 6

• “a special desire… begged him to be covered” - 2

Question 7

• ” I should ___ __ ___ ____ __ _____” - 2

Answer 7

• ” I should like to have given him something” - 2

Question 8

• “___ _____” - 3

Answer 8

• “he obeyed” - 3

Question 9

• “he ___ ____ __ __… ____ __ ____ and ____” - 3

Answer 9

• “he had better do it… overcome with penitence and grief” - 3

Question 10

• “Have they no refuge or resource” – “are there no prisons?” - 3

Answer 10

• At the start, Scrooge is seen as a misanthropic believer of Malthusian beliefs, in almost begging the charity workers to send the poor to “prisons” and “workhouses”
• However, after visibly seeing the effects of poverty, especially that on children, Scrooge wonders if they can be spared
• Dickens may have been trying to use imagery of “meagre, ragged, scowling” children to bring attention to the state the poor are in

Question 11

• “_____ __ ____ ___ ____ to ____ __, ___ __ ___ __ it” - 3

Answer 11

• “Tonight, if you have aught to teach me, let me profit by it” - 3

Question 12

• “Any____ in ___ ___ ___ who___ ____” / “____ in her ____” / “The ___ ____ … ___ one __ _____” – 4

Answer 12

• “Any person in the town who feels emotion” / “Thankful in her soul” / “The only emotion… was one of pleasure” – 4

Question 13

• “I am ___ __ ____ ____ _____!” - 5

Answer 13

• “I am about to raise your salary!” - 5

Question 14

• “I wear the chain I forged in life” - 1

Answer 14

• Spoken by Marley’s ghost, who uses his “chains” and supernatural abilities to haunt Scrooge, warning him that he must change.

Question 15

• “____ up ___ ______” – 5

Answer 15

• “Make up the fires” – 5

Question 16

• “a special desire… begged him to be covered” - 2

Answer 16

• Scrooge is desperate to cover the spirit’s light and therefore the truth, suggesting an unwillingness to be redeemed
• “special” desire suggests its unusual and slightly strange, demonstrating that Scrooge is different and doesn’t want to be redeemed

Question 17

• ” I should like to have given him something” - 2

Answer 17

• though seeing hid past, Scrooge begins to have empathy towards others, especially youth
• beginning to show change and redemption- stave 1 scrooge would never had shared his money, not even to the boy singing carols or the charity collectors

Question 18

• “I’ll ___ ___ _ ____ … ___ ____ ___ half __ _____” - 5

Answer 18

• “I’ll give you a shilling… I’ll give you half a crown” - 5

Question 19

• “Tonight, if you have aught to teach me, let me profit by it” - 3

Answer 19

• Significance of “profit” - Scrooge is linking his redemption to money- showing he is making progress but may not be fully redeemed yet, as he still speaks of connotations of money
• Scrooge is almost completely handing himself to the ghost of christmas present, and understands he has no control, realising that the spirit has more power
• suggests a willingness to be redeemed

Question 20

• “he had better do it… overcome with penitence and grief” - 3

Answer 20

• Scrooge is “overcome” by hearing his own words repeated back to him. He is overwhelmed by his own selfish, words
• Negative feelings “penitence” and “grief” suggests Scrooge is ashamed of himself and upset by his miserly ways
• Shock of seeing the effects on Tiny Tim, Scrooge asks if he will live, but is overcome with grief by the realisation of his actions and they’re effect

Question 21

• “____ they __ ___ __ ____?” – “___ __ __ ____?” - 3

Answer 21

• “Have they no refuge or resource” – “are there no prisons?” - 3

Question 22

• “Any person in the town who feels emotion” / “Thankful in her soul” / “The only emotion… was one of pleasure” – 4

Answer 22

• Audience and Scrooge both shocked by the only emotion being happiness - shows how unlikeable Scrooge was in stave 1, which could trigger a change in him
• “in her soul” = magnitude of hatred people have for Scrooge as she felt gratitude so deeply

Question 23

• “I am about to raise your salary!” - 5

Answer 23

• Scrooge is now fully redeemed and we see that through his kindness and generosity to support Bob and his family
• Scrooge has left his covetous ways and has become charitable and full of spirit

Question 24

• “I’ll give you a shilling… I’ll give you half a crown” - 5

Answer 24

• Scrooge is shown to be redeemed here by his kindness and generosity to the boy. He offers to give him money to buy a turkey and jokes with him, offering to double the pay if he’s fast
• Huge difference here from this Scrooge to the old Scrooge