Scrooge (before change) Flashcards
How does Dickens shows how tightly Scrooge ran his
business?
“He was a tight-fisted hand at the grinstone”
Quote that suggests that Scrooge
believed poverty was almost a crime and it was the poor peoples fault
“Are there no prisons, no workhouses for the poor?”
How does Dickens demonstrate Scrooge’s lack of compassion for those less fortunate
“Then the poor should die and decrease the surplus population”
An important quote that shows Scrooge’s solidarity
‘Solitary as an oyster’
How does Dickens describe Scrooge
‘hard and sharp as flint’
How does Dickens show that Scrooge didn’t begin off being isolated by choice
‘Solitary child neglected by his friends’
A long list which sums up Scrooge’s personality
‘A squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner!’
What shows that Scrooge made the decision, over a lifetime, not to allow external forces to influence his feelings or behaviour.
‘Heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge’
A quote that uses repetition to emphasise how isolated Scrooge is…
‘Scrooge took his melancholy dinner in his usual melancholy tavern’
Funny quotes makes the reader bond more with Scrooge’s character
‘There’s more gravy then grave about you’
A quote that shows Scrooge’s change into being selfish
‘Another idol has displaced ,me a golden one’
