Scrooge Flashcards
what does dickens use scrooge to do
dickens uses the character of scrooge to criticize the divide between those with money and those who don’t.
dickens describes scrooge as being “Hard and sharp as flint”
what does this suggest
-Hard suggests he lacks warmth,empathy and compassion
-sharp suggests he causes pain to those around him and has no mercy
-flint is used to make fire foreshadowing his redemption
“solitary as an oyster”
-shows that scrooge is tough, hard and closed to others
-simile shows how he has chosen to isolate himself from others
-oysters contain pearls foreshadowing his redemption
-symbolism
-adjective solitary shows he has been forced to be alone
“I am as happy as an angel”
-religious simile highlights how his redemption has led him back to the path of god
-he was previously described as a “sinner” embodying the 7 deadly sins yet his redemption has led to his restoration of religious morals which are imperative to Victorian society
-angels connote goodness signifying scrooge has become a better person
How is Scrooge portrayed at the begging of the novella
-parsimonious(stingy/selfish)
-ostracised (isolated from society)
-apathetic(little concern or regard for others)
In stave one Scrooge is described as
“A squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping ,clutching covetous old sinner”
What does this show Scrooge as
-7 adjectives shows that Scrooge could parallel the seven deadly sins which in Victorian society were the worse sins
-showing us he is deserving of the eternal punishment
-foreshadows his eternal downfall and punishment
-squeezing and wrenching connote a struggle indicating Scrooge struggles to assimilate into society
quotes for scrooge
-“A squeezing(…) covetous old sinner”
-“I am as happy as an angel”
-“solitary as an oyster”
-“Hard and sharp as flint”
-“im as light as a feather”
-“solitary child neglected by his friends”
“solitary child neglected by his friends”
-use of solitary once again however child scrooge is alone not by choice
-juxtaposition of neglected and friends develops the readers empathy
-the emotional reaction by scrooge at this sight symbolises the start of his transformation
“im as light as a feather”
-shows he has cast of the chains of his earlier way of life
-feathers connote freedom and flight implying he is closer to heaven then he previously was
