Scrooge Character, Quotes and Explainations Flashcards
Give and explain a quote suggesting how scrooge percieves Christmas.
“every idiot who goes about with ‘Merry Christmas‘on his lips should be boiled in his own pudding”
This quote shows us that Scrooge clearly doesn’t understand or value Christmas.
- you can reference this quote in several other places in the novel where “Merry Christmas” is mentioned
How does Scrooge react when the two men ask for donations?
He says “are there no prisons?”
- scrooge doesn’t feel that anyone needs to worry about the poor because they have options
What is Scrooge’ reaction when to that the statement people would rather die than go to workhouses?
He says they should as it’ll “decrease the surplus population”
- this idea hugely reflects Thomas Maltus
He carries onto say it’s “not my buisness”
What is Scrooge’s attitude towards Christmas at the beggining of the novel?
He believes that Christmas is just a time for wasting money and paying more bills.
Any one who celebrates it should be “buried with a stake of holly through his heart”
How is Scrooge’s home described at the beginning of the novel?
“Dreary” and “Old”
- this shows how his house reflects his lifeless personaility
What does fog and frost represent in Scrooge’s house?
Lack of enjoyment in his life
- scrooge can’t see the enjoyment in his life as he is metaphorically trapped in the fog of his own unhappiness
