Themes And Analysis Flashcards
Scrooge giving presents on Christmas Day.Which Theme is this?
Change
‘As Solitary as an Oyster’. Why is this a good simile to describe Scrooge?
Scrooge is hard on the inside and soft on the outside.
Scrooge at the start of the novel was unpleasant,then at the end his is really kind.What theme is this?
Transformation
Scrooge is alone at the start of the novel with no one with him. What theme is this?
Isolation
In the novel the Cratchits are having their Christmas Dinner.What theme would this be?
Family
At the start of the novel Scrooge declines the chance to have Christmas Dinner with Fred but by the end he spends lots of time with them.What theme is this?
Compassion & Forgiveness
When Scrooge gets visited by the ghosts it seems like it had been going on for days.What theme is this?
Time
How does Dickens describe the Fezziwig’s?
A really joyful and energetic family that love Christmas.
Who doesn’t have a true home?
Scrooge
What was the most negative memory when he was with one of the three ghosts?
When the ghost took him back to when Belle ended their relationship.
What word does Dickens make Scrooge say about Christmas?
Humbug
Dickens describes Scrooge by saying he’s a ‘a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner’. What is this?
Asyndetic list of gerounds.
Who needs to use a crutch?
Tiny Tim
What made Scrooge cry first?
The town where he went to school.
Why didn’t Scrooge and Belle get married?
Scrooge was cared more about money then her.
