Stave 4 Flashcards
‘The phantom slowly…
gravely, silently approached’
“I fear you more than any spectre I have seen. But as I know…
your purpose is to do me good, and as I hope to live to be another man from what I was, I am prepared to bear your company.”
‘The ways were foul and narrow; the shops…
and houses wretched; the people half-naked, drunken, slipshod and ugly.’
‘Obscure part of town…
where Scrooge had never penetrated before’
‘The whole quarter reeked with…
crime, with filth and misery’
‘Un_____, un____, un_____ for, was the body of this man.
unwatched, unwept, uncared
“I will honour Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year…
I will live in the Past, Present and Future. The spirits of all three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons they teach. Oh, tell me I may sponge away the writing on this stone.”
Main ideas in Stave 4:
1) If you redeem yourself, your sins will be forgiven.
2) Large divide in society that never mixes.
3) Social dissatisfaction
4) Threat of time
