Scrooge

Question 1

Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses? (Stave 1)

Answer 1

Used to show where scrooge believes the poor should belong, suggesting poverty is not directly relevant to him

Question 2

if they would rather die had they better do it and decrease the surplus population (stave 1)

Answer 2

Scrooge disregards the poor and is siding with malthusian views which contradicts the message of Charles Dickens

Question 3

Therefore i am about to raise your salary (stave 5)

Answer 3

Shows the character development and anagnorisis of scrooge as he has become more aware of those around him

Question 4

I have come to dinner. Will you let me in fred? (Stave 5)

Answer 4

Further supports the idea of Scrooges acknowledgment of his actions and he implements change into his life.

Question 5

What is the malthusian Theory

Answer 5

Poverty can not be avoided, the more people the more deaths due to lack of food

Question 6

What did Dickens do about the poor law in 1834

Answer 6

He dissaproved, his wealthy friend Angela Burden couttes gave him financial backing for his ideas. in the 1840s they became involved in ragged schools, guving poor children basic education. He thought education was a route out of poverty can be seen with ignorance and want.