setting

Question 1

how is setting used in a christmas carol?

Answer 1

pathetic fallacy is often used to reflect scrooge’s state in the play at certain times

Question 2

‘It was cold, bleak, biting weather: foggy withal’ [stave 1]

Answer 2

pathetic fallacy:
↳ the bleak weather represents scrooge’s character in this moment as well as his nature towards other people, scrooge is cold & bleak & behaves aggressively to others
↳ the cold makes you numb, which could show how scrooge is completely numb to the feelings of others

personification: ‘biting’
↳ vicious, violent verb, reflecting scrooge’s aggression to the rest of mankind

‘fog’
↳ could symbolise scrooge’s isolation, he is isolated and unseen by the rest of humanity, and them equally being unseen to him
↳ fog could also symbolise how scrooge is blind to any view except his own and is ignorant to the issues of the poor

Question 3

‘it was still very foggy and extremely cold’ [stave 2]

Answer 3

degree adverbs: ‘very’, ‘and extremely’
↳ combine with the pathetic fallacy to show that despite jacob marley’s visit, scrooge is still misanthropic and cold to others, as well as ignorant
↳ foreshadows how difficult it will be for scrooge to be redeemed although his change will be possible
↳ at this point scrooge still cannot determine whether the visit was real or a ‘dream’ which shows his struggle with accepting guilt for his actions

Question 4

‘half thawed, half frozen’ [stave 3]

Answer 4

pathetic fallacy:
↳ shows how scrooge is beginning to change and gain warmth in his heart

Question 5

‘running to the window…clear, bright, jovial…golden sunlight, heavenly sky’ [stave 5]

Answer 5

verb: ‘running’
↳ shows enthusiasm & new traits

window
↳ see through, could represent how scrooge can now see the true goodness of life

golden
↳ connotates to rarity & expensiveness