a christmas carol Flashcards
“If they would rather die, they had better do it and decrease the surplus population.”
scrooge is speaking from a point of influence from capitalism.
therefore scrooge treats the poor as inhuman desensitised creatures, who he has no responsibility over.
the irony is that scrooge is the victim as he leads an empty life.
he is asking for less people but he already has no one and he is alone. surely he need s greater population so he can fill the void of loneliness.
“I wear the chain I forged in life.”
he is a warning for all the people
the chain is the symbolism of his actions and his wrongdoings that he does in life. joined by links and if one link breaks’ the whole thing falls apart linke are a symbol of his sins
shows how all the negative things in life can weigh you down and becomes a disease that you carry around.
constant punishment
he has learn too control the id and he knows what’s right and wrong.
“I forged” he knows he’s guilty he’s accepted accountability,
redemption, supernatural, scrooge, change
“His wealth is of no use to him. He don’t do any good with it.”
shows us how other people in the play view the protagonist and also see how other people view wealth. shows how he isn’t using his wealth for anything good even for himself he doesn’t use the heating and eats only vegetables.
he has tunnel vision as he is the victim and when your the victim you only see what you think is right.
HOPE;
They view him as a lost cause so when he changes it is a much bigger deal
This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want.”
the boy represents society (ignorance, especially the wealthy)
capitalism creates immense poverty and great wealth for those who are already rich and don’t need any more money
the girl represents hr lowe classes who weant the basic need such as food water and shelter which are barley available to them because of the low wages that the upper class pay them.
they don’t want the luxuries they want the basics
the writes used “girls and boy” to persuade the reader by using the two most innocent beings in society.
a young girl was consider wed the most innocent thing in society not only because of the social status but also the patriarchy.
“Hard and sharp as flint.”
objectifying scrooge as a hard material showing how you can’t get through it as all his beliefs barricade anyone from truly understanding and loving him. ( money,society, individualism (how he only cares about himself))
the spirits try and break down the walls that is stopping the reader from truly knowing scrooge and who he is as a person.
the reason why no one else can get close to scrooge as he is a “sharp” anyone who tries to get near his is instantly cut, hurt or dismissed by him.
for example, everytime he tries to get close to his nephew he pushes him away.
“I am light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a schoolboy, I am giddy as a drunken man.”
shows clear change.
repetition of “ I Am” shows how he is trying to not only convince us as the reader but the characters of the play.
Mrs Cratchit made the gravy hissing hot; Master Peter mashed the potatoes with incredible vigour; Miss Belinda sweetened up the apple-sauce.”
opposite of capitalism as they are all coming together to help one another.
where as scrooge who is representing capitalism is living alone and and doing everything happily together as the cratchits are all happily living together.
which shows why socialism is better
nothing can defeat them as they are one unit even tho they don’t have money they are still happy
A churchyard, overrun by weeds, the growth of vegetation’s death not life - a worthy place!”
when scrooge realises how his death will be miserable and no one will care for him.
” a worthy place” meaning scrooge’s actions will make him worthy to die here.
as solitary as an oyster
solitary; being alone for example a prisoner in solitary confinement its not a choice. Forced loneliness
symbolism; capitalism within the oyster is a pearl this is scrooge being trapped by capitalism,. the ghosts come and crack him open and reveal the beautiful and soft man.
foreshadowing foreshadows the change in the future
supernatural, redemption, isolation, change
smooth white sheet of snow upon the roofs, and with the dirtier snow upon the ground.”
the snow is a metaphor for there people
the snow on the roof is relaxed and untouched is a symbol of the rich upper class, untouched
and the dirty snow on the floor represents the lower classes which are suffering and the ones who are doing the hard work
