Timeline Flashcards
what happened in stave 1
scrooge is mean and selfish
rejects Fred
refuses to give to charity
dismisses Bob Cratchit
Marley’s ghost visits
what happened in stave 2
ghost of Christmas past comes
scrooge sees his lonely childhood
apprentice under fezziwig
breakup with belle
regrets his choices
stave 3?
ghost of Christmas present comes
visits the Cratchit family
sees fred’s party
learns about generosity
sees belle’s new family
stave 4
ghost of Christmas yet to come
scrooge sees his death
tiny tim’s death
begs for a second chance
stave 5
scrooge’s transformation
wakes up on Christmas day
helps others
becomes kind and generous
bah humbug means
nonsense
quotes to describe scrooge
hard and sharp as flint - lacks empathy and compassion
solitary as an oyster- there is something worthwhile to be found in scrooge
what does the quote “are there no prisons… are there no workhouses” show?
scrooge’s cold hearted uncaring attitude
the quote “I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a school boy” suggests?
scrooge has become a better person casting off the chains of his old life.
where did Dickens’ father go?
to a debtor’s prison
what is the 1834 new poor law
required the poor people seeking assistance to enter workhouses where conditions were deliberately harsh.
who was Thomas Malthus
an English economist and demographer who argued that population increases faster than food supply leading to over population and potential famine.
what was the industrial revolution
a period of big changes between the 1700s and 1800s and people worked in factories instead of farms
