Quote 4: “To edge his ... keep its distance”

Question 1

“To ____ his way along the _____ paths of life, _____ all human _______to keep its ______”

Answer 1

“To edge his way along the crowded paths of life, warning all human sympathy to keep its distance”

Question 2

who said it and when? who did they say it to? what is it about?

Answer 2

Intrusive Narrator- initial description of Scrooge in Stave 1. Pre-introduces the reader to the protagonist.

Question 3

5 key features:

Answer 3

• extended metaphor with undertones of a journey
• verb “edge”- voluntarily ostracised from society. demonstrates misanthropic demeanour and lack of engagement with humanity.
• adj “crowded”- illustrates how scrooge is presented with multitude of opportunities to befriend others and perform civic duties
• yet chooses to be ignorant to ubiquitous poverty that permeated society and continues to reject social responsibility.
• “warning” emblematic of stratification which divided wealthy and poor. part of Dickens’ wider social commentary: individuals that shared similar ideologies to Scrooge were reason that systems in place such as the poor law existed which discriminated against the most vulnerable people in society.

Question 4

linking quotes: (3)

Answer 4

“Surplus population” ​

Marley: “Why did I walk through crowds of fellow-beings with my eyes turned down?”

“in life my spirit never roved beyond the narrow limits of our money –changing hole, and weary journeys lie before me!”