Supernatural quotes Flashcards
There’s more of _____ than of _____ about you, ________ you are!”
There’s more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are!”
Scrooge is trying to think logically and he believes that he is seeing the ghost of Marley is due to eating some food wrong
It was a _______ figure—like a _____: yet not so like a _____ as like an ___ ___, viewed through some ____________ ______
It was a strange figure—like a child: yet not so like a child as like an old man, viewed through some supernatural medium
The Ghost of Christmas Past represents memories. The contrast between ages shows innocence but also wisdom.
It is significant that the ghost is “child”-like, as he takes Scrooge back to his times of innocence and youth. That it appears “strange” is a clear reference to the supernatural, but the phrase “figure” implies that for Scrooge, his appearance is very much real.
Scrooge ____ ____ upon his ____; for in the very air through which this ______moved it seemed to scatter _____ and _______.
Scrooge bent down upon his knee; for in the very air through which this Spirit moved it seemed to scatter gloom and mystery.
Contrast to Ghost of Christmas Present who scattered Christmas spirit. This spirit is dark, which represents Scrooges future, if he doesn’t change
its _________ eye, its open ____, its ______ voice, its _____________ demeanor, and its joyful ___.
its sparkling eye, its open hand, its cheery voice, its unconstrained demeanor, and its joyful air.
The Ghost of Christmas Present is described as happy and free. This is because Dickens believes that Christmas is a time we should be happy with friends and family. He also believes that we should carry Christmas spirit with us all year long
