Stave 1 Flashcards
setting
London
what year was ACC set in
1843
what time period was ACC set in
Victorian
how does stave 1 open
with Scrooge in his “counting house”
how does stave 1 finish
with Scrooge in his house
what is Scrooge’s job
businessman
who was Scrooge’s partner
Jacob Marley
how long has Marley been dead for
7 years
what is scrooge a representation of in stave 1
egocentric embodiement of upper class males of the time
what type of conversation occurs between Scrooge and his nephew?
Dickens uses dramatic tension
Fred is the antithesis of Scrooge
Alludes to Derrida’s psychoanalytical theory that writers use binary pairs to generate conflict
Scrooge Stave 1
Represents his misanthropic nature towards Christmas
Subversive because Christmas should be a time for love and happiness
“Every idiot who goes about with “Merry Christmas” on his lips should be boiled with his own pudding and buried with a stake of holly through his heart”
Scrooge Stave 1
Represents Scrooge as an embodiment of lacking compassion to those of a less fortunate standard of living
“Are there no prisons?”
Scrooge Stave 1
Repeat phrase by Dickens presents the monotonous aspect of his personality that he limits himself to a few set phrases
“Bah… Humbug”
The novel begins with exposition
“Marley was dead, to begin with”
Stave 1 description
The room reflects the persona that Scrooge emits
The dullness of the word “bare” represents the bleak aspect of the room and the lack of excitement
“a bare melancholy room”
Stave 1 description of Scrooge
The pathetic fallacy that Scrooge is actually inhuman
Relentless and irrepressibly solemn nature
“The cold within him froze his old features”
Stave 1 description of Scrooge
Asyndetic listing of present continuous verbs suggests his constant oppressive behaviour
Aural imagery with the sibilance
Relates to the Victorian religious beliefs that everyone was a sinner
“a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping… covetous old sinner”
Stave 1 description of Scrooge
The syndetic superlative listing
never-ending list of adverse qualities
“The heaviest rain and snow and hail…”
Stave 1 Marleys Ghost
Alludes to religion in Victorian times
that your sins will forever weigh you down
Dickens message to all readers is to live freely
“I wear the chain I forged in life”
Scrooge and Fred Stave 1
Scrooge’s genuine concern/question that he doesn’t believe in love. Perhaps foreshadows the love he never received, an unrecognisable feeling?
"”Why did you get married?” Scrooge
“Because I fell in love” Fred”
Stave 1 Fred
Antithesis to Scrooge’s view and hatred for Christmas
“… a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time…”
Stave 1 Scrooge
Dickens constructs him as a representation of avarice
Avarice is one of the seven deadly sins in Christianity
Victorians were very religious so would also begin to dislike Scrooge due to this nature
“Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge”
Stave 1 Scrooge
Theme of responsibility
Scrooge believes the only responsibility he has is for his businesses not for the people around him.
Foil character to the “portly gentlemen” who provide charitable donations to support the poor
“I help to support the establishments I have mentioned- they cost enough”
