Quote 24: “alleys and archways, like so ... with crime, with filth, and misery”

Question 1

“____ and _____ , like so many _____ , _____ their _____ of smell and dirt, and life upon the _____ _______; and the whole quarter ______ with ____, with ______, and _____”

Answer 1

“alleys and archways, like so many cesspools, disgorged their offences of smell and dirt, and life upon the straggling streets; and the whole quarter reeked with crime, with filth, and misery”

Question 2

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

Answer 2

ghost of christmas yet to come takes scrooge to an impoverished part of london in stave 4

Question 3

5 key features:

Answer 3

• alliteration- “alleys and archways” “straggling streets”: creates an impression of a labyrinth. symbolic of the trap of poverty.
• cesspools: where human waste goes, symbolic of society’s neglect of the poor and how unwanted they were.
• “offenses of smell and dirt”- impossible to ignore
• “reeked” poverty is overwhelming and ubiquitous
• sensory metaphor and synaesthesia- used to amplify how prevalent crime is in impoverished neighbourhoods