christmas carol: key themes- times (info & quotes.) Flashcards
what does dickens do to the time and what are some quotes to show that?
makes it chaotic and disorientating.
in s2 scrooge assumes ‘an icicle must have got into the works.’
why does scrooge struggle with time?
he desperately wishes to exert control over it. each journey with the spirit functions as a brutal reminder that he has wasted time on miserly behaviour at the expense of others.
key quote: 1- s2.
an icicle must have got into the works.
key quote: 2- s3.
when the bell struck one, and no shape appeared, he was taken with a violent fit of trembling. five minutes, ten minutes, a quarter of an hour went by, any yet nothing came.
key quote: 3- s3.
‘are spirits’ lives so short?’ (scrooge.)
key quote: 4- s3.
‘my life upon this globe is very brief….it ends tonight….at midnight. hark! the time is drawing near.’ (ghost of christmas present.)
key quote: 5- s5.
‘i will live int he past, the present, and the future.’ (scrooge.)
key quote: 6- s5.
‘i don’t know what day of the month it is.’ (scrooge.)
