Stave 2 Flashcards
1
Q
‘It was a strange figure- like a child’
A
This simile gives a vulnerability to the ghost.
2
Q
‘He (Scrooge) was conscious of a thousand odours floating in the air’
A
The sense of smell is evoked to bring back the past. The sense of sight is evoked when he sees all the people he remembers.
3
Q
‘So full of merry music that the crisp air laughed to hear it.’
A
Personification of the air emphasises the feeling of happiness linked to the past when Scrooge was a boy.
4
Q
‘I should like to have given him something.’
A
Shows Scrooge already feels remorse for how he treated the carol singer in stave 1 and is already slowly beginning to change.
5
Q
‘his calves shone like moons’
A
The simile giving his dancing a magical feel shows how energetic and happy Fezziwig is.
