Theme of Redemption Flashcards
Why is redemption the main focus of the text?
Keeps us reading - will he be redeemed or won’t he? Adds dramatic tension
Social commentary - Dickens shows that even the worst can find redemption
What hints are there that Scrooge will be redeemed?
His past - wasn’t always mean
Relationships - capable of love with Fan and Belle
Parallels - his father changes “is so much kinder than he used to be”
Marley - he actively tries to help which gives Scrooge hope as they are similar
What leads to Scrooge’s redemption?
His behaviour towards others
The visions the spirits show him (not forced)
His own free will
Learns empathy & emotions (e.g. pity, regret, fun, terrfied by indifference to him once dead)
Turning point is he feels “an interest he had never felt before” - does Tiny Tim live?
complete the quote
Quote illustrating his new empathy…“an interest…”
“An interest he had never felt before”
complete the quote
Quote illustrating his learning from the spirits “I will not shut out…”
“I will not shut out the lessons that they teach”
