Scrooge (ACC)

Question 1

“Squeezing , wrenching…covetous old sinner!”
“Hard and sharp as flint”
“secret and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster” Stave 1

Question 2

“a solitary child neglected by his friends is left there still”
“wept to see his poor forgotten self”
“there was an eager, greedy, restless motion in the eye, which showed the passion that had taken root” Stave 2

Question 3

“hung his heard to hear his own words”
“was overcome with penitence and grief”
Stave 3

Answer 3

overcome - verb, he is disturbed, shaken, affected by emotions of regret!
penitence - abstract noun, scrooge feels sorriw and regret, he understands he has donewrong, shows his change because he is comprehending the weight of his ignorant words
grief - abstract noun, intense sorrow, scrooge is in anguish/ is remorseful because of his own ignorance he is changing

Question 4

“are these the shadows of yhe things that Will be, or are they the shadows of things that May be,only?”
“I am not the man I was.”
“The spirits of all three shall strive within me.”
Stave 4

Question 5

“glowing with good intentions”
“light as a feather… merry as a schoolboy”
stave 5

Question 6

Purpose of Scrooge