Stave 2 Key Quotations

Question 1

The ghost of christmas past quotes

Hint:
1) how he looks
2)whats on his head

Answer 1

1) ‘it was a strange figure - like a child:yet not so like a child as like an old man’
2) ‘from the crown of its head there sprung a bright clear jet of light’

Question 2

Analyse —> ‘it was a strange figure - like a child:yet not so like a child as like an old man’

Answer 2

• could symbolise the old (child) Scrooge and the new (older) Scrooge
• shape shifting ghost
• symbolises innocence vs experience

Question 3

Analyse —> ‘from the crown of its head there sprung a bright clear jet of light’

Answer 3

• the ghost is shining a light on Scrooge’s past - his truth, memories and hope he had as a child
• light symbolises emotional warmth, hope and truth

Question 4

What are the quotes for Scrooges reaction to his childhood

Hint:
1) what do his hands do
2) what does his lip do and his cheek

Answer 4

1) ‘clasping his hands together’
2) ‘your lip is trembling and what is that upon your cheek?’

Question 5

Analyse —> ‘clasping his hands together’

Answer 5

• shows he’s emotional, excited and happy — shows that he’s truly not the unfeeling man he acts as

Question 6

Analyse —> ‘your lip is trembling and what is that upon your cheek?’

Answer 6

• shows change - physical - hard shell/ice wall isolating Scrooge is melting
• memory = first break in his isolating metaphorical wall
• crying

Question 7

What are the quotes for when Scrooge sees himself at school

Hint =
1) Alone child
2) more than crying

Answer 7

1) ‘A solitary child, neglected by his friends, is left there still
2) ‘he sobbed’

Question 8

Analyse —> ‘A solitary child, neglected by his friends, is left there still’

Answer 8

• loneliness
• Scrooge is the one left
• shaped him to who he was now - isolated/lonely as an adult
• reflect on dickens life
• blank slate concept - childhood experiences colours how well be as adults (childhood dictates your future)

Question 9

Analyse —> ‘he sobbed’

Answer 9

• emotional pain even now years later
• shows he still hasn’t really moved on

Question 10

Quote for when Fan collects him from school

Hint =
Father

Answer 10

‘Father is so much kinder than he used to be’

Question 11

Analyse —> ‘Father is so much kinder than he used to be’

Answer 11

• ‘kinder’ = comparative adjective
• his dad had a change like Scrooge is going through too
• like father like son
• dad mirrors what will happen to Scrooge

Question 12

Analyse Fezziwig

Answer 12

• example of wha Scrooge isnt as a boss
• benevolent

Question 13

What is the quote for fezziwig

Hint =
Light

Answer 13

‘Positive light’

Question 14

Analyse ‘Positive light’

Answer 14

• saintly figure
• represents the 7 heavenly virtues
• represents goodness, joy, kindness and happiness
• shows Scrooges how bad he is towards bob

Question 15

What are the quote for belle

Hint =
what has replaced her

Answer 15

‘Another idol has displaced me…a golden one’