Stave 3 Flashcards
Description of spirit
‘The spirits eyes were clear and kind’
Quote to show scrooge is submissive to the ghost and recognises its power after the spirit said to ‘look upon me’
‘Scrooge reverently did so’
Description of spirit to contrast to scrooges characteristics
‘Its genial face, its sparkling eye, its open hand, its cheery voice’
Food in shops at christmas as being plentiful, bright, enticing, luxurious
‘Radiant in their glory. There were great round, pot - bellied baskets of chestnuts shaped lile waistcoats of a jolly old gentleman’
Quote to show the cratchits are poor - clothes are cheap
‘Dressed poorly in a twice turned gown, but brave in ribbons’
Personification of food showing it unites a family and that food represents the christmas spirit
Until the slow potatoes, bubbling up, knocked loudly at the saucepan lid to be let out and peeled’
Quote by tiny tim to show he embodies innocence and the christmas spirit
‘He hoped people saw him in the church, because he was a cripple, and it might be pleasant to them to remember upon christmas day who made lame beggars walk a blind men see’
Quote to show the cratchits all play a part in getting christmas ready
'’Miss belinda sweetended the apple sauce;martha dusted the hot plates’
Tiny tim tries his best despite his illness and state
‘Feebly cried “hurrah”’
Quote to emphasise the cratchits unity as nobody critised the pudding even though it was small
‘Nobody said or thought it was a small pudding for a large family’
Quote to show scrooge is beginning to care for people as he worries about tiny tim to the spirit
‘Tell me if tiny tim will live’
Ghost hints at power of change
‘Shadows remain unaltered by the future’
Ghost takes scrooge to see where miners who labour work to show their unity and love despite their financial suffering - power of love and christmas spirit over money as they celebrate xmas
‘They found a cheerful company assembled round a glowing fire’
Quote to show impact of kindness which is promted by christmas
‘Every man had had a kinder word for one another on that day than on any day of the year’
Quote to show fred as good humoured
‘There is nothing in the world so irresistebly contagious as laughter and good humour’
