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A Christmas Carol Flashcards

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What are some characters that show poverty?

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Tiny Tim
The cratchits
Ignorance and want

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What are some quotations that show poverty?

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Oh no kind spirit say he will b spared
A vacant seat
DOOM unless the writing be erased

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What are some characters that show greed?

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Marley

Scrooge

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What are some quotations that show greed?

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I wear the chains I forged in life
It’s a poor excuse to pick a man’s pocket every 25th of December
Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?
Another idol has displaced me…a golden one

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What are some characters that show altruism?

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Fred
Scrooge
Tiny Tim

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What are some quotations that show altruism?

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Though it hadn’t put a scrap of silver or gold in my pocket I believe it has done me good and will do me good
There are s great many back payments included
Tiny Tim who did NOT die

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What are some characters that show family isolation?

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Scrooge
Fred
The cratchits

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What are some quotations that show family/isolation?

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What right do you have to be merry your poor enough
Remove me I cannot bare it
Melancholy dinner in his melancholy tavern

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what are some quotations that show poverty in the play?

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‘oh no kind spirit! say he will be spared’
‘a vacant seat’
‘DOOM unless the writing be erased’

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what are some characters who show altruism in the play?

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Fred
Scrooge
Tiny Tim

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what are some characters who show family/isolation in the play?

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Fred

Scrooge

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what are some quotations that show poverty in the play?

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‘mankind was my business’-Marley

‘will you decide what men shall live, what men shall die?’

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what characters show greed in the play?

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Jacob Marley

Scrooge

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what are some quotations that show altruism in the play?

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‘its never put a scrap of silver or gold in my pocket but I believe it has done me good and will do me good’
‘there are a great many back payments included’
‘Tiny Tim who did NOT die’

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what are some quotations that show family in the play?

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‘god bless us, everyone’-Tiny Tim
‘he was the ogre of the family’-Scrooge
‘another idol has displaced me…a golden one’-Belle

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what are some quotations that show greed in the play?

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‘I wear the chain I forged in life’
‘its a poor excuse to pick a mans pocket every 25th of December’
‘another idol has displaced me…a golden one’
‘are there no prisons? are there no workhouses?’

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what are some characters that show poverty in the play?

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Tiny Tim
Cratchit children
ignorance and want

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what are some quotations that show happiness or lack of happiness in the play?

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‘solitary as an oyster’-Scrooge
‘I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel’-Scrooge
‘a small matter to make these folks so full of gratitude’

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what are some quotations that show isolation vs together in the play?

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‘solitary as an oyster’-Scrooge

‘another idol has displaced me…a golden one’-Belle

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what are some quotations that show greed in the play?

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‘are there no prisons? are there no workhouses?’-Scrooge
‘I wear the chain I forged in life’-Marley
‘another idol has displaced me…a golden one’-Belle
‘he has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome’-Mr Fezziwig
‘will you decide what men shall live, what men shall die?’-ghost of Christmas present

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what are some quotations that show Christmas in the play?

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‘I will honor Christmas in my heart’-Scrooge
‘god bless us, everyone’-Tiny Tim
‘a small matter to make these folks so full of gratitude’

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what are some quotations that show change in the play?

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‘solitary as an oyster’-Scrooge
‘I will honor Christmas in my heart’-Scrooge
‘He was the ogre of the family’-Scrooge
‘Scrooge was better than his word’-Scrooge

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what are some quotations that show family/isolation in the play?

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‘what right do you have to be merry you’re poor enough’
‘remove me…I cannot bear it’
‘melancholy dinner in his melancholy tavern’

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what was the aim of the poor law?

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to reduce the fincancial help available to the poor

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analysis the quote ‘I wear the chain I forged in life’

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  • metaphor
  • ‘forged’ implies careful creation/hard work
  • ‘wear’ the weight of his sins physically burdening him

warning the reader of the consequences of out actions

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what are some quotations from stave 5 of a christmas carol?

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‘scrooge was better than his word’
‘I will honour christmas in my heart’
‘I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel’

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analysis the quotations ‘remove me…I cannot bare it!’

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exclamitory sentance-shows emotion

’!’-extreme emotion (overwhelmed)

the reader may wish to avoid these negative experiences and learn from their mistakes

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analysis the quotation ‘melancholy dinner in his melancholy tavern’

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repetitive-reinforces a sense of gloom

‘usual’ this is his daily routine

‘melancholy’-how deary his life is

scrooge is far happier when he becomes part of the community

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analysis the quotation ‘what right do you have to be merry you’re poor enough’

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conditional statement
-repeated ‘what right’ by Fred- juxtaposed adjectives

Dickens uses Fred as a conduit to show his views that there are more valuable things than money

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analysis the quotation ‘DOOM unless thw writing be erased’

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foreboding language (dread)

metaphorical language-suggests ignorance will be the end of mankind

‘DOOM’-complete destruction suggest total irradiction of society

Dickens wants to highlight the consequences of ignorance

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analysis the quotation ‘Tiny Tim who did NOT die’

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italic ot itailised for emphasis-to show fate has changed

‘NOT’ demonstrates that our fates are not concrete and that they can be changed

Tiny Tim represents the lives of millions

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analysis the quote ‘its a poor excuse to pick a mans pocket every 25th of December’

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  • plosives
  • hyperbole
  • ‘excuse’ implies he doesn’t approve

‘25th’ doesn’t address that it is Christmas

‘every’ frustrated that it happens every year

raising awareness of how the wealthy business owners exploit employees

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analysis the quotation ‘are there no prisons? are there no workhouses?’

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  • sarcasm/being intentionally difficult (faecitious)
  • Scrooge knows there are prisons and workhouses however he wants to make the men uncomftable
  • Dickens builds upon his own experiences to show his issue
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analysis the quotation ‘oh no kind spirit! say he will be spared!’

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  • emotive language
  • ‘spared’ suggets that Scrooge thinks Tiny Tim should live, his life is valuable
  • realises the value of the poor- contradiction to ‘decrease the surplus population’
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what is the analysis of the quotation ‘will you decide what men shall live, what men shall die?’

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  • rhetorical question
  • the spirit asks Scrooge-Scrooge has no right to decide who’s life is worth living or who’s life is of greater or lesser value than others
  • spirit attempts to put Scrooge in his place by reminding him that he isn’t god
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what are some quotations from stave 4 of a christmas carol?

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‘read upon the stone of the neglected grave his own name, Ebenezer Scrooge’-ghost of christmas future/Scrooge

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what are some quotations from stave 3 of a christmas carol?

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‘god bless us, everyone’-Tiny Tim
‘he was the ogre of the family’-Scrooge/Cratchits
‘will you decide what men shall live, what men shall die?’-ghost of christmas present

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what is the analysis of the quotation ‘solitary as an oyster’

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simile

suggests he is shut up, tightly closed and will not be pried open except by force

might refer to the pearl inside an oyster-suggests there may be good in Scrooge

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what is the analysis of the quotation ‘mankind was my business’?

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metaphor

Dickens uses this to express what it is to be truly valued throughout life

40
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what is the analysis of the quotation ‘I wear the chain I forged in life’?

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chains are a symbol of greed

Scrooge is making his chain with his evil, covetous ways

he must learn to change his ways

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what is the analysis of the quotation ‘he was the ogre of the family’?

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Mrs Cratchit voices he dislikes and refers to Scrooge

they feel this way due to Scrooge being so hard on Bob even though he works hard-gets paid little and treated poorly

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what is the analysis of the quotation ‘another idol has displaced me…a golden one’?

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shows us Scrooge should love the women he was going to marry, not money and so she leaves him

‘golden’ implies its rich and attractive

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what is the analysis of the quotation ‘a small matter to make these folks so full of gratitude’?

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‘a small matter’ what Scrooge would have said a few hours before

now he realises it is not such a small matter to be kind and generous to people

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what is the analysis of the quotation ‘he has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdernsome’?

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indicates to the reader that Fezziwig has the power to render a happy or sad Christmas

Scrooge may realise that he is like Fezziwig in this way

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what are some quotations from stave 1 of a christmas carol?

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'hard and sharp as flint'
'solitary as an oyster'
'are there not prisons? are there not workhouses?'
'I wear the chain I forged in life'
'mankind was my business'
46
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summarise chapter 2 of a christmas carol

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the ghost of christmas past shows Scrooge his past

47
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summarise chapter 3 of a christmas carol

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Scrooge learns about the joy of christmas

48
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summarise chapter 4 of a christmas carol?

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Scrooge sees his future

49
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summarise chapter 5 of a christmas carol

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Scrooge is a changed man

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analysis the quotation ‘its never put a scrap of silver or gold in my pocket but I believe it has done me good and will do me good’

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semantic field of value or worth

repetative structure at the end-emphasising the value of christmas

‘scrap’ not even a small amount

Dickens thinks that poor member os society have a more positive outlook on life valuing more than just money and profit

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what are some quotations from stave 2 of a christmas carol?

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‘another idol has displaced me…a golden one’
‘a small matter to make these folks so full of gratitude’
‘he has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome’

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what is the context behig a christmas carol?

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Dickens experienced poverty as a child

set in London

Dickens thought the rich should help the poor

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what is the analysis of the quotation ‘I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel’?

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simile

christian reference-with the compassion of an angel

as light as a feather-captures how he is now free from the great burden of greed

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what is the analysis of the quotation ‘I will honour christmas in my heart’?

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Scrooge has learnt his lesson

contradiction to ‘bah humbug’

recognises the importance of christmas

55
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summarise chapter 1 of a christmas carol

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Scrooge recieves a warning

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what is the analysis of the quotation ‘are there no prisons? are there no workhouses?’?

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rhetorical question

to show where Scrooge believes poor people belong-suggests that he believes his status suggests that poverty is not directly relevant to him

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how did a christmas carol highlight Dickens views?

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highlights poverty of the working class London (Scrooge to Bob Cratchit)

chapter 1 highlights how cruel Malthus views were

the importance of genorsity and charity

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what is the analysis of the quotation ‘hard and sharp as flint’?

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simile

‘hard’ suggests he lacks warmth, empathy and compassion

‘sharp’ suggests pain, implying that Scrooge has no mercy towards others

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analysis the quotation ‘there are a great many back payments included’

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adjective ‘great’ and the numerical value of ‘many’

‘great many’ emphasises a large amount

Dickens uses Scrooges transformation to demonstrate that your quality of life will be far greater if you are benevalant

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what were the rules of the poor law?

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all unemployed people would have to enter a workhouse in order to recieve food and shelter

61
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what are some quotations that show family/isolation in the play?

A

‘what right do you have to be merry your poor enough’
‘remove me…I cannot bare it!’
‘melancholy dinner in his melancholy tavern’

62
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what are some quotations that show change in the play?

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‘solitary as an oyster’
‘I will honour christmas in my heart’
‘he was the ogre of the family’
‘Scrooge was better than his word’

63
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what are some quotations that show christmas in the play?

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I will honour christmas in my heart’
‘god bless us, everyone’
‘a small matter to make these folks so full of gratitude’

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what are some quotations that show greed in the play?

A

‘are there no prisons? are there no workhouses?’
‘I wear the chain I forged in life’
‘another idol has displaced me…a golden one’
‘he has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome’
‘will you decide what men shall live, what men shall die?’

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what are some quotations that show isolation vs together in the play?

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‘solitary as an oyster’

‘another idol has displaced me…a golden one’

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what are some quotations that show happiness or lack of happiness in the play?

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‘solitary as an oyster’
‘I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel’
‘a small matter to make these folks so full of gratitude’

67
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what are some characters that show poverty in the play?

A

Tiny Tim
Cratchit children
ignorance and want

68
Q

what are some quotations that show greed in the play?

A

‘I wear the chain I forged in life’
‘its a poor excuse to pick a mans pocket every 25th of December’
‘another idol has displaced me…a golden one’
‘are there no prisons? are there no workhouses?’

69
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what are some quotations that show family in the play?

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‘god bless us, everyone’
‘he was the ogre of the family’
‘another idol has displaced me…a golden one’

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what are some quotations that show altursim in a christmas carol?

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‘its never put a scrap of silver or gold in my pocket but I believe it has done me good and will do me good’

‘there are a great many back payments included’

‘Tiny Tim who did NOT die’

71
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what characters show greed in the play?

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Jacob Marley

Scrooge

72
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what are some quotations that show poverty in the play?

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‘mankind was my business!’

will you decide what men shall live, what men shall die?’

73
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what are some character who show alturism in the play?

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Fred
Scrooge
Tiny Tim

74
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what are some characters who show famly/isolation in the play?

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Fred

Scrooge

75
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what are some quotations that show poverty in the play?

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‘oh no kind spirit! say he will be spared’
‘a vacant seat’
‘DOOM unless the writing be erased’

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