Stave Three Flashcards
Scrooge shows shame
Scrooge entered timidly, and hung his head before the spirit
The fire
Such a mighty blaze went roaring up in the chimney
Show of plenty
Heaped up on the floor, to form a kind of throne, were turkeys, geese, game, poultry…
Triple leaves
Crisp leaves of holly, mistletoe and ivy
The Ghost of Christmas Present
A jolly Giant, glorious to see
The Ghost described
It’s dark brown curls were long and free: free as its genial face, its sparkling eye, its open hand
A lack of violence
Girded round its middle was an antique scabbard; but no sword was in it, and the ancient sheath was eaten up with rust
Humanity blaming others
‘There are some upon this earth of yours,’ returned the spirit, ‘who lay claim to know us, and who do their deeds of passion, pride, ill-will, hatred, envy, bigotry, and selfishness in our name, who are as strange to us as all our kith and kin, as if they had never lived. Remember that, and charge their doings on themselves, not us’
Tiny Tim’s sweetness
He hoped the 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 and blind men see
Tiny Tim’s weakness
Feebly cried hurrah
Tiny Tim with gold
As good as gold, […] and better
Scrooge showing care
Spirit, tell me if Tiny Tim will live
Tiny Tim’s fate
If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, the child will die
Ghost repeats Scrooge’s words
If he be like to die, he had better do it, and decrease the surplus population
