Stave Two Flashcards
Contrary ghost
It was a strange figure — like a child: yet not so like a child as like an old man
Spirit is above Scrooge
Unearthly visitor
What the ghost wore
It wore a tunic of the purest white
Ghost’s light
From the crown of its head there sprung a bright clear jet of light
Scrooge reacts to the light
Would you so soon put out, with worldly hands, the light I give?
Scrooge’s mortality
‘I am a mortal,’ Scrooge remonstrated, ‘and liable to fall’
What Scrooge does to the light
He seized the extinguisher-cap, and by sudden action pressed it down upon his head
The light’s power
He could not hide the light, which streamed from under it, in an unbroken flood upon the ground
The Ghost calls Scrooge out
‘Your lip is trembling,’ said the Ghost. ‘And what is that upon your cheek?’
Young Scrooge
A solitary child, neglected by his friends, is left there still
Scrooge’s sister
Putting her arms around his neck, and often kissing him, addressed him as her ‘dear, dear brother’
Scrooge was abused
Father’s so much kinder than he used to be
First signs of change in Scrooge
There was a boy singing a Christmas carol at my door last night. I should have liked to have given him something: that’s all
Fezziwig
He called out in a comfortable, oily, rich, fat, jovial voice
Fezziwig’s power
He has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome; a pleasure or a toil
