Stave Two [Ghost of Xmas past] Flashcards
[A01 QUOTES]
‘‘A solitary child…scrooge knew it and sobbed’’
Scrooge was a lonely child
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‘‘Like his former not his later self’’
Scrooge is beginning to see some wrong in himself
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‘‘In the prime of life’’
Where scrooge began work
[A01 QUOTES]
‘‘Hilly ho!’’
-Fezziwigg
Fezziwigg is a happy and generous boss, unlike scrooge.
[A01 QUOTES]
‘‘I would like to be able to say a word to my clerk just now’’
Scrooge regrets how he treats bob Cratchit
as he realises how he was treated well by his boss.
[A01 QUOTES]
‘‘Another idol has displaced me’’
Belle to say that money has become more important to him than she is
[A02 TECHNIQUES]
Use of 4 distinct memories
To teach scrooge the 4 different lessons
[A02 TECHNIQUES]
Fezziwig being remembered as being a kind boss
Constrast to scrooge being a unkind boss
[AO3 CONTEXT]
Fezziwig being rich and helping his poor workers
Dickens shows how wealth and class are not the most important things- Fezziwig was rich but he helped all of his poor workers. Dickens wants all rich people to do this.