Stave 3 Key Quotes Flashcards
Fred says this about Scrooge, metaphor of being welcomed back by God and people will not give up on Scrooge, it’s up to Scrooge to change his ways
‘I mean to give him the same chance every year’
Ghost repeating Scrooge’s own words back to Scrooge after seeing Tiny Tim, makes Scrooge feel ashamed of his own behaviour
‘If they would rather die, they had better do it and decrease the surplus population’
About ignorance and want, children are born into poverty and have no chance of getting out (links to what Dickens believes), poverty robs you of all potential
‘Where angels might have sat enthroned, devils lurked…’
Quote about ignorance and want, modal verbs are used to show the potential that the lower class have but have no way of getting out of the endless pit of poverty
Where angels might have sat enthroned devils lurked
