Supernatural Flashcards
Context?
People in the victorian era believe in ghosts
How is the ghost of christmas past present as?
“like a child; yet not so like a child as like an old man”
paradoxical
What could the tunic of the purest white represent?
The ghost is innocent and the truth in scrooges memories
How is the ghost of christmas present presented?
“jolly giant”
he sat on a “throne”
Dickens uses size in order to increase the impact of the ghost on Scrooge
How is the ghost of christmas yet to come described?
a “phantom”
Description of what the ghost of christmas yet to come is wearing?
“deep black garment which concealed it’s head, it’s face it’s form and and left nothing visible except one outstretched hand”
How are ignorance and want described as?
“wretched, abject, frightful, hideous, miserable”
