S5: Scrooge

Question 1

‘I will live in the past, the present and the future!

Answer 1

• Scrooge is embracing what the spirits have showed him he is committed to change and redemption.
• The ‘will’ shows how determined he is to change his ways and live a different life.

Question 2

‘Glowing with good intentions’

Answer 2

• emphasizing Scrooge’s change and the positive effect it has had on him.

Question 3

‘I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel. I am as merry as a schoolboy. I am as giddy as a drunken man.’

Answer 3

• The many similes leave us with many insights. The noun feather makes us believe that Scrooge is feeling free and positive. The imagery of a ‘schoolboy’ leads us to believe that Scrooge is back in school and will change his ways and attitudes. ‘Light as a feather’ also tells us that he is free from the heavy chains that will weigh him down, he has redeemed himself.
• The adjectives ‘light’ ‘happy’ ‘merry’ show us how Scrooge isn’t an ‘old sinner’ that he was back in stave 1 and how he has taken use of the opportunities and has changed for the better.

Question 4

‘No fog, no mist; clear, bright, jovial’

Answer 4

• The pathetic fallacy of ‘No fog, no mist’ suggests how Scrooge is becoming

Question 5

‘and therefore I am about to raise your salary!’

Question 6

‘buy another coal-scuttle’