Redemption ACC Flashcards
1
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-“I ___ ____ __ ___ ____ people ___” - 1
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-“I can’t afford to make idle people merry” - 1
2
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-“I can’t afford to make idle people merry” - 1
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- 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
3
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- “__ __ ___ ___ ___ … __ __ ____ __ _ ___, I ___ it ___ ____ ___ ____” - 1
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- “Though it has never put … gold or silver in my pocket, I believe it has done me good” - 1
4
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- “Though it has never put … gold or silver in my pocket, I believe it has done me good” - 1
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- 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
5
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- “I ___ __ ____ _ ___ __ ____” - 1
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- “I wear the chain I forged in life” - 1
6
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- “a ____ ___ … ____ __ ___ be _____” - 2
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- “a special desire… begged him to be covered” - 2
7
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- ” I should ___ __ ___ ____ __ _____” - 2
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- ” I should like to have given him something” - 2
8
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- “___ _____” - 3
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- “he obeyed” - 3
9
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- “he ___ ____ __ __… ____ __ ____ and ____” - 3
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- “he had better do it… overcome with penitence and grief” - 3
10
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- “Have they no refuge or resource” – “are there no prisons?” - 3
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- 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
11
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- “_____ __ ____ ___ ____ to ____ __, ___ __ ___ __ it” - 3
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- “Tonight, if you have aught to teach me, let me profit by it” - 3
12
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- “Any____ in ___ ___ ___ who___ ____” / “____ in her ____” / “The ___ ____ … ___ one __ _____” – 4
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- “Any person in the town who feels emotion” / “Thankful in her soul” / “The only emotion… was one of pleasure” – 4
13
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- “I am ___ __ ____ ____ _____!” - 5
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- “I am about to raise your salary!” - 5
14
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- “I wear the chain I forged in life” - 1
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- Spoken by Marley’s ghost, who uses his “chains” and supernatural abilities to haunt Scrooge, warning him that he must change.
15
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- “____ up ___ ______” – 5
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- “Make up the fires” – 5
16
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- “a special desire… begged him to be covered” - 2
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- 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
17
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- ” I should like to have given him something” - 2
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- 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
18
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- “I’ll ___ ___ _ ____ … ___ ____ ___ half __ _____” - 5
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- “I’ll give you a shilling… I’ll give you half a crown” - 5
19
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- “Tonight, if you have aught to teach me, let me profit by it” - 3
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- 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
20
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- “he had better do it… overcome with penitence and grief” - 3
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- 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
21
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- “____ they __ ___ __ ____?” – “___ __ __ ____?” - 3
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- “Have they no refuge or resource” – “are there no prisons?” - 3
22
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- “Any person in the town who feels emotion” / “Thankful in her soul” / “The only emotion… was one of pleasure” – 4
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- 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
23
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- “I am about to raise your salary!” - 5
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- 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
24
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- “I’ll give you a shilling… I’ll give you half a crown” - 5
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- 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
