A Christmas Carol Flashcards
(15 cards)
Time quotes acc
“Solitary as an oyster”
“Marley was as dead as a doornail”
“I wear the chains i forg’d in life”
“Yonder solitary child was left all alone”
“He was as hard and sharp as flint”
“I was as thick as a plank, as they say”
“Our contract is an old one… when it was made you were another man”
“Scrooge wept to see hid poor forgotten self as he had used to be” fear of poverty and ignominy
“The happiness he gives is quite as great as if it has cost a fortune”
“This boy is ignorance. This girl is want. Beware them both, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow i see that written which is doom”
“Have they no refuge or resource”
“Lead on! Time is precious to me” simple imperative
“A wicked old screw” “why wasnt he natural in his lifetime?”
“I am not the man i was. I will not be the man i have been”
“Lay a something covered up, which, though it was dumb, announced itself in an awful language”
“I live in the past, present and the future”
“The spirit of all three shall strive in me”
“I am as light as a feather, i am as happy as an angel, i am as merry as a schoolboy”
“To tiny tim, who did not die, he was a second father”
Christmas acc
Three spirits + marley
“Marley was as dead as a doornail”
“A merry Christmas, uncle! God save you!”
“It was a strange figure-like a child: yet not so like a child as like an old man, viewed through some supernatural medium”
“A solitary child, neglected by his friends, is left there still”
“A solitary child sat by the feeble fire”
“In easy state upon this couch, there sat a jolly Giant, glorious to see, who bore a glowing torch”
“Brave in ribbons
“Also brave in ribbons”
“I have always thought of Christmas as a good time, a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time”
“God bless us everyone!”
“I will live in the past, the present, and the future”
“The spirits of all three shall strive in me”
“Heaven, and the Christmas Time be praised for this”
“Christmas Day, who made lame beggars walk, and blind men see”
Wealth acc
“I cant afford to make idle people merry”
“Brave in ribbons”
“Also brave in ribbons”
“(Bob’s private property)”
“I cant afford to make idle people merry”
“They better do it and decrease the surplus population”
“Darkness is cheap, and Scrooge liked it”
“In the dark empty house, with not a man, a woman, or a child, he was kind”
“Father is so much kinder that he used to be, that home’s like heaven”
“What reason habe you to be merry… you’re poor enough”
“What reason have to be morose… you’re rich enough”
“Though it has never pit a scrap of gold and silver in my pocket, i believe it has done me good”
“There are many things that i might have derived good, by which i have not profited”
“I have always thought Christmas as a good time, a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time”
“God bless us, everyone”
“I wear the change i forg’d in life”
“Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business”
“Charity, merry, for chance, and benevolance, were all my business”
“Our contract is an old one… when it was made, you were another man”
“A wicked old screw” “why was he natural in his lifestyle”
Isolation and companionship acc
“A solitary child, neglected by his friends is left there still”
“A lonely boy sat by the feeble fire”
“Father is so much kinder than he used to be, that home’s like heaven”
“In the dark, empty house, with not a man, a woman, or a child, to say that he was kind”
“Darkness is cheap, and scrooge liked it”
“Scrooge wasnt alone, he was with family”
“I mean to give him the same chance every year, whether he likes it or not”
Supernatural acc
“It was a strange figure-like a child: yet not so like a child as like an old man, viewed through some supernatural medium”
“Three spirits shall haunt you”
“I wear the chains i forg’d in life”
“In east state upon this couch, there sat a jolly Giant, glorious to see, who bore a glowing touch”
“The phantom slowly, gravely, silently approached.”
“I will in the past, the present, and the future!”
Responsibility acc
“Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses”
“Of they would rather die, they better do it and decrease the surplus population”
“I cannot afford to make idle people merry”
“Mankind was my business”
“It is not my business”
“As good a man, as the good old city knew”
“Every person has a right to take care of themselves. He always did!”
“A wicked old screw”
“The happiness he gives, is quite as great if it cost a fortune”
“Charity, merry, for chance, and benevolence, were all my business”
Bob cratchit
“(Bob’s private property)”
“Just a crumb of cheese, sir”
“He has been a good master to me”
“Not being a man of strong imagination, he failed”
“I’ll give you Mr. Scrooge, the founder of the feast”
“As good as gold…and better”
“He regarded it as the greatest success achieved by miss Cratchit since their marriage”
“As if he loved the child and wished to keep him be hid side, and dreaded that he might be taken from him”
“Bob’s voice was tremulous when he told them this”
“My little child’s” repetition
“Its only once a year, sir”
“Cold as he was warmer than Scrooge; for he returned them cordially”
Tiny tim
“God bless us, everyone!”
“Held his Withered little child’s hand within his”
“Tiny Tim was growing strong and hearty”
“My little child!” Repetition
“Tiny Tim, bore a little crutch, his limbs supported by an iron frame”
“Spirit of Tiny Tim, thy childish essence was from God”
“Feebly cried Hurrah”
“I see a vacant seat”
“Plaintive little voice”
“He hoped the people saw him in the church, because he was a cripple, and it might be pleasant to them to remember upon Christmas Day, who made lame beggars walk, and blind men see”
Mrs cratchit / cratchit family
“But brave in ribbons”
“Also brave in ribbons”
“(Bob’s private property)”
“Dressed out but poorly in a twice-turned gown”
“He regarded it as the greatest success achieved by miss Crstchit since their marriage”
“Kissing her a dozen times”
“Tearing in, screaming”
“Bob… hugged his daughter yo his hearts content”
“They were not a handsome family; they were not well dressed..but they were happy”
“Man of business”
“Brightness of roaring fires”
Family acc
“But brave in ribbons”
“Also brave in ribbons”
“(Bob’s private property)”
“I mean to give him the same chance every year, whether he liked it or not”
“I want nothing from you; why cannot we be friends”
“A solitary, neglected by his friends is left there still”
“Father is so much kinder than he used to be, that home’s like heaven”
“In the dark empty house, with not a man, a woman, or a child, to say that he was kind”
“Darkness is cheap, and scrooge liked it”
Fred acc
“A merry Christmas uncle! God save you”
“I mean to give him the same chance every year, whether he likes it or not”
“What reason have you to be morose… you’re rich enough”
“Though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, i believe it has done me good”
“There are many things that i might have derived good, by which i have not profited”
“You dont mean that, i am sure”
“He wouldn’t take it from me, but may he have it nonetheless”
“That he was in a glow”
“I have always thought of Christmas as a good time, a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time”
Social class acc
CRATCHIT
“God bless us, everyone”
“Just crumb of cheese, sir”
“He has been a good master to me”
SCROOGE
“Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses”
“I cannot afford to make idle people merry”
“If they would rather die, they better do it and decrease the surplus population”
“Why cant we be friends uncle? Why cannot we pout aside our differences”
“I am as thick as a plank, as they say”
“The phrase ‘surplus population’ will not leave my mind”
“Money was a means to an end, not an end in itself”
“It would be good to be a child again”
“Our contract was an old one… when it was ,and you were another man”
“Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business”
Generosity acc
FRED
“I mean to give him the same chance every year, whether he likes it or not”
“Christmas is s time for kindness, for giving and for spreading joy”
“I am sure i have always thought of Christmas as a time to be generous and charitable”
“There is nothing has hard as to turn away from those who need our help”
“I’ll toast to you health, Uncle, even if you mock me”
“God bless us, everyone”
“If they would rather die, they had better do it and decrease the surplus population”
“The happiness he gives is quite as great as hid own happiness”
“The joy of giving is the greatest gift of all”
“Scrooge wealth now shared”
Journey of redemption acc
“God bless us, everyone!”
“I will honour christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year”
“I am not the man i was”
“Scrooge was not alone. He was surrounded by family”
“His own heart laughed: and that was quite enough for him”
“Money is the only thing that can bring me happiness”
“I am as light as a feather, i am happy as an angel, i am as merry as a schoolboy”
“I was as thick as a plank, as they say”
“A great many payments are included in it, i assure you”
“Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?”
“Covetous old sinner” “quite a baby”
“Hard and sharp as flint”
“Solitary as an oyster”
“Our contract is an old one… when it was another made, you were another man”
Greed acc
“A squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner” accumulation of adjectives creating semantic field, metaphor
“I cant afford to make idle people merry”
“Money is the only thing that can bring me happiness”
“Money was my sole aim”
“The gain of my business was a gain indeed” compared to belle
“His sole concern was for his financial gain”
“A poor excuse for picking a man’s pocket every 25th of december”
“Our contract is an old one, it was made when we were both poor and content”
“When it was made, you were a different man”
“If he wanted to keep them after he was dead, a wicked old screw”
“There are many things that i have derived good from which i have not profited”
Though it has never put a scarp of gold or silver in my pocket, i believe it has done me good”
“I wear the chains i have forg’d in life”
“Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business”
“The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business”
