Family Flashcards
What does the Cratchit Family symbolise?
The perfect family
In the novella, what is family a sign of?
Comfort, strength and joy
What is Scrooge the exact opposite to?
Family life.
“These young Cratchits…”
“These young Cratchits danced about the table”
“Why, bless your heart alive, my dear how late you are…”
“Why, bless your heart alive, my dear how late you are! said Mrs Cratchit, kissing her a dozen times”
“Tiny Tim upon…”
“Tiny Tim upon his shoulder”
“Wished to keep him by his side…”
“Wished to keep him by his side, and dreaded the day that he might be taken from him”
What is Fred’s laughter described as?
“Irresistibly contagious”
What is Belle’s family described as?
“Joy, and gratitude, and ecstacy”
Give and example of Scrooge contasting to Family life:
“A solitary child, neglected by his friends”
What was Queen Victoria’s family presented as?
Loving and happy and the model family.
What does Scrooge become to Tiny Tim?
“Second father”
How many families is Scrooge apart of at the end of the novella?
2
“A frosty rime…”
“A frosty rime was on his head”
