Scrooge Analysis Flashcards
asyndetic listing
‘squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching’
simile
‘Solitary as an oyster’
Victorian interest in physiognomy
‘his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek (…) eyes red, his this lips blue’
‘the fog came pouring in at every chink’
pathetic fallacy
sets atmosphere of the dismal, grimy London
symbolises Scrooge’s loneliness and angst.
‘decrease the surplus population’
Thomas malthus’ theory
blunt and distasteful views,
belligerent behaviour
(Stave2) ‘a solitary child, neglected by his friends, is left there still’
sought comfort from money due to his negligent childhood
in victorian society, degradation will manifest themselves in society
‘The prime of his life’
Idiom
Happy due to his wealth but has lost his fiancée
‘the happiness he gives is quite as great as if it costs a fortune’
Scrooge’s realisation
Wealth is not priority
Fezziwig (about)
(Stave3) increasing acceptance of the need for these lessons.
‘he put them every one aside with his own hands’
“spirit” said scrooge submissively.’
use of adverb shows Scrooge accepts the ghost’s authority.
‘dingy mist, half - thawed, half -frozen’
Pathetic fallacy, Scrooge has changed but is only halfway there
“Tell me if Tiny Tim will live”
Scrooge’s new-found benevolence
Awareness of the error of his ways
(Stave 4) ‘solemn dread’ and ‘legs trembled beneath him’
Scrooge is intimidated by the ghost yet to come since its appearance, foreshadows the detrimental consequences, if Scrooge does not change
Triplet/power of three
‘Unwatched,unwept, uncared for was the body of this man’
Exclamative
“ spirit, hear me! I am not the man I was”
