Fezziwig Flashcards
Key quotes
Why it’s old Fezziwig!
Fuel was heaped upon the fire
Comfortable, Oily, rich, fat, jovial voice
Quote showing Scrooge’s excited reaction to seeing Fezziwig
Why it’s old Fezziwig!
Exclamatory language contrasts to his gloomy, miserable mood like how we see him at the start- shows he is excited to see Fezziwig and it brings back good memories- Scrooge hasn’t always been the miser he is and is capable of transforming for the better
Shows Fezziwig stimulates positive emotions- Scrooge is capable of feeling content
Shows how much joy people like Fezziwig can bring through kindness and generosity
Quite describing Fezziwig’s voice
Comfortable, oily, fat, rich jovial
Semantic field of over indulgence
He is the antithesis of Scrooge
‘Comfortable’ brings comfort and pleasure to those around him unlike Scrooge
‘Fat’ over indulging in food in contrast to Scrooge’s gruel
‘Jovial’ he is secure and happy with what he is an not always seeking for more like Scrooge who is ‘squeezing’ and ‘grasping’ onto every last bit of money
Semantic field of pure happiness and makes reader want to seek out more of their inner Fezziwig
+ represents ideal boss
Quote with fire
‘Fuel was heaped upon the fire’
Fire is motif of warmth, goodness whilst ‘heaped’ emphasised how there are bucketfuls of it in contrast to Scrooge’s fire that had a single lonely pice of coal
Purpose of Fezziwig
Represents values of goodness and generosity and is connected to sensations of colour, warmth, music and happiness to establish a loud and joyful atmosphere and present the characteristics of an ideal work boss unlike his antithesis of Scrooge
(+ stimulates regret in Scrooge as he reflects upon the selfish boss he has been)
Fred quotes
‘Eyes sparkled’ ‘all in a glow’ ‘breath smoked’ ‘ruddy’
‘A merry Christmas, uncle’
‘Who suffers by his I’ll whims? Himself’
Fred quotes for acting as motif of fire
‘All in a glow’ ‘eyes sparkled’ ‘ruddy’ ‘breath smoked’
‘Ruddy’ face red from heat as he has made effort and gone out if his way to walk to a Scrooge to wish him meet Christmas
‘All in a glow’ gives off positive energy and kindness, and symbolises good Christian
‘Eyes sparkled’ cheerful, excited, optimistic and hopeful connotations + connotes treasures showing how he has a valuable personality
Quote for Fred not feeling sorry for Scrooge’s greed
‘Who suffers by his ill whims? Himself’
‘Suffers’ connotes poverty- even though he is rich he will still suffer from his greed + hints at how he will end up suffering in purgatory like Marley’s Ghost
‘Ill’ connotes his sinful nature
Role of Fred
Antithesis of Scrooge to represent good Christian and the benevolent member of society that Dickens wants all readers to be like and allows reader to critique Scrooge’s faults e.g greed and make us actively seek out to be more like Fred
