Scrooge Quotations

Question 1

“Hard and sharp as flint … and ___

Answer 1

“Hard and sharp as flint … and solitary as an oyster”
Stave 1

Isolation; Vulnerability; Rejection

Similes - “hard and sharp as flint” describes Scrooge’s harsh character
“solitary as an oyster” tells us he is lonely.

Some people in Victorian society have detached themselves from the “real” world

Question 2

“Are there no prisons”…“workhouses”…___

Answer 2

“Are there no prisons”…“workhouses”…“decrease the surplus population”
Stave 1

Social Responsibility

Dickens disliked how hard hearted some of the people in society were towards the poor

Quoting Thomas Malthus, someone Dickens didn’t like for his cold nature in viewing people as just statistics

Offensive Language as these institutions don’t “help”

Question 3

“Another idol has displaced me… ___

Answer 3

“Another idol has displaced me… a golden one.”
Stave 2

Wealth, Love

The Noun “Idol” - A reference to Christianity in that we should not worship Idols, which Scrooge has done

Question 4

Oh, tell me I may sponge away ___

Answer 4

“Oh, tell me I may sponge away the writing on this stone!”
Stave 4

Change, Redemption

Metaphor, Scrooge wants to wipe away his cruel past and start a new

Dickens is showing that even the worst of society have the ability to change

Question 4

“Ive come to dinner. Will ______?”

Answer 4

“Ive come to dinner. Will you let me in Fred?”
Stave 5

Change, Redemption, Family

Interrogatory Sentence - Scrooge is unsure if Fred will accept him and thus this shows a newfound self awareness Scrooge has.