scrooge quotes and analysis Flashcards
scrooge’s purpose
-we must look at the past in order to change for the future
-redemption is possible in even the worst of people
‘Solitary as an oyster’
-scrooge=alone/outsider
-oysters= opened with force/ so must scrooge.
- reason for spirits=guide for him
-foreshadows possibility for change/redemption
“Are there no prisons?… Are there no workhouses?”
-believes poor= need no help
=reveals scrooge’s arrogance/ ignorance towards poor
-poverty- has no relevance to him
-no one should worry as they belong in prisons/workhouses
-highlights his ultimate change/ comparison from beginning to the end.
‘show me no more’
-what he sees causes distress
-tries to extinguish light
-light=truth
-scrooge-scared of truth/past
‘why do you delight to torture me?’
-scrooge views experience as painful
-past=pain
-losing love= shaped him into what he is today?
‘oh no, kind spirit! say he will be spared’
-first sight on scrooge’s empathy= towards tiny tim
- doesnt want him to die
-glimpse of redemption/change
‘have they no refuge or resource?’
-scrooge’s once arrogant ways= have changed
=able to understand the struggle of the poor/ wants to help
-also understand how they still contribute even with little money
‘I am not the man I was. I will not be the man I must have been’
-scrooge understands that he must change
- learnt his lesson and will now be kinder
-realisation that he will die and no one will care therefore will change
‘lead on spirit’
-scrooge= taken responsibility for his actions/journey
-highlights his change and contrast to what he once was (in stave 1/2)
‘i am as light as a feather i am as happy as an angel….’
-implies he is free from greed/ignorance
-symbolic of each of the ghosts
merry= past
happy= present
light= yet to come
also free of the ghosts/ shows his independence and how he has done it himself.
