Stave One Flashcards
1
Q
‘solitary as an oyster’
A
- Simile - loneliness
- Cold exterior but with potential for humanity
2
Q
‘phantoms’
A
- Foreshadowing
- Sinister
- Death
- Somber
- Metaphor - emphasizes deadly message
3
Q
‘Bah Humbug!’
A
- Exclamative - adds emphasis
- Indicative of his pessimism and cynicism
4
Q
‘You’re poor enough’
‘You’re rich enough’
A
- Contrast
- Emphasise that Christmas isn’t about money and neither is happiness
- Scrooge believes that wealth and happiness are intertwined
5
Q
‘Are there no prisons?’
A
- Sarcasm
- Equates poverty and criminality
- Lack of compassion/sympathy
6
Q
‘decrease the surplus population’
A
- Nonchalant and emotionless
- Clinical and Factual Language - detached and unfeeling
- Objectification - views people as data
- Casual
- Flippant about death and violence - dismissive
- Malthusian view
7
Q
‘There’s more gravy than grave about you’
A
- Humorous and downplaying
- Dismissive of fear
- Connotations of death
8
Q
‘Speak comfort to me, Jacob!’
A
- Needs reassurance
- Imperative - pleading
- Desperation
- Lack of control
- Direct confrontation - desperation
9
Q
‘Mankind was my business’
A
- Social Responsibility
- Importance of kindness and community
10
Q
‘tried to say Humbug! but stopped at the first syllable’
A
- Change of belief
- Denial
- No longer can live in ignorance
- Possibility for change
