Scrooge Flashcards
1
Q
STAVE 1
“Decrease the - population”
A
“Decrease the surplus population”
- thinks there’s too many people
- an abundance of poor people
2
Q
STAVE 1
“As - as an - ”
A
“As solitary as an oyster”
- confined
- simile, metaphorical and symbolic
- theme of isolation
- alludes that oysters are hard to open, like Scrooge as he keeps to himself
- also could highlight there’s goodness in Scrooge hidden away just like a pearl in an oyster
3
Q
STAVE 4
“ I - , - see ”
A
“ I see, I see”
- truely sees his wrong doings
4
Q
STAVE 1
“Are - no - ?”
A
“Are there no prisons?”
- accusatory tone
- privileged middle class attitude towards poverty
5
Q
STAVE 5
“I am as - as a feather… I am as - as a school- ”
A
“I am as light as a feather… I am as merry as a school boy”
- irony as he wasn’t merry as a school boy
- simile
- idioms
- links to redemption
