T - poverty quotes Flashcards
1
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S1 - surplus
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‘If they would rather die’ said Scrooge, ‘they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population’
MALTHUS
2
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S3 - brave
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‘brave in ribbons’
Showing off what she has, even though it is little
3
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S3 - clear
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‘and had to clear away this morning’
How she had to work even on Christmas Day - exploited
4
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S3 - ragged
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‘Yellow, meagre, ragged, scowling, wolfish’
5
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S3 - Doom
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‘on his brow I see that written which is Doom’
6
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S4 - reeked
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Joe’s place
‘reeked with crime, with filth and misery’
Shows corrupting nature of poverty as thieves enjoy what they steal
