A Christmas carol ghosts quotation Flashcards
“Fresh green holly”
Shows the Ghost of Christmas Past’s purity and innocence.
The same face: the very same
Implies the irony of how Marley’s Ghost invokes fear in Scrooge despite being a important business partner to him.
“There’s more of gravy than of grave about you”
Implies how Scrooge is distraught after seeing Marley’s Ghosts and is insistent in believing that the Ghost is just him hallucinating
“I wear the chain I forged in life”
Marley informs Scrooge of his fate and emphasises how a life full of ignorance and greed will result in an everlasting punishment by existing as a Ghost.
“No rest,no peace. Incessant torture of remorse”
Through the repetition of no, the Ghost is warning Scrooge of his sins.
“Like a Child;yet not so like a child as like an old man”
The use of the paradoxical similes implies how Scrooge is unable to interpret the age of the Ghosts. This emphasises how the Ghosts transcend time and are a holy power.
“Tunic of purest white”
The adjective “white” implies how the Ghost is an angelic figure.(Stave Two)
‘Branch of fresh green holly”
The use of the noun ‘holly’ compares the Ghosts to Nature and implies how Nature has the ability to transcend time and how the Ghosts acts as a eternal force of change in Scrooge
“The voice was soft and gentle”
Connotes how ostensibly the Ghost of Christmas Past seems friendly yet brings the most emotion and suffering out of Scrooge.
“Jolly Giant”
The Ghost of Christmas Present is presented as “jolly” to imply how even these Ghosts who go through so much torture feel fulfilled in their actions.
“Bore a glowing torch in shape not unlike Plenty’s horn”
The phrase creates the impression that the Ghost are able to control fire, an item associated with warmth and destruction. The adjective “glowing” shows the Ghost’s positive intentions.
“Holly wreath”
Implies how the Ghosts are willing to transcend time.
