A Christmas Carol Flashcards
Main themes
The Christmas spirit
Social responsibility
Poverty
Family
Redemption
Generosity
Ghosts
Isolation
Greed
The Christmas Spirit quotes
“open their shut up hearts freely”-Fred feels compelled to wish his uncle a merry Christmas despite his unfriendliness
“Every man hummed a Christmas tune, or had a Christmas thought”-The ghost of Christmas present shows Scrooge men who observe the Christmas spirit while at work far into the sea
“merry Christmas”-Scrooge ha s completely changed his attitude from hating to loving Christmas
Social responsibility/injustice quotes
“I don’t make merry myself at Christmas and I cant afford to make idle people merry”-Scrooge refusing charity around Christmas time
“The boy is Ignorance. The girl is Want. Beware of both of them” Ghost of Christmas present shows Scrooge 2 children who have been affected by the Ignorance and Want of society
Poverty quotes
“They had better do it and decrease the surplus population”-Scrooges attitude towards poverty, no sympathy
“Hundreds of thousands are in want of common comfort sir”- Men trying to plead with Scrooge for charity
“Reeked with crime, with filth, and misery”- Dickens describes London and the state of the atmosphere
Family quotes
“A solitary child, neglected by his friends”- Scrooge Was lonely as a child as shown to him by the ghost of Christmas past because he didn’t have family with him.
“I ask nothing of you; why cannot we be friends?”-shows the power of family as no matter how Scrooge acts, Fred cares about him
“All the Cratchit family drew round the hearth”- Shows how the Cratchits are united as a family despite their financial situation
“They were not a handsome family…but they were happy, grateful, pleased with one another and contented at all times” Feelings Scrooge lacks due to his lack of family prescence
