A Christmas Carol GCSE Flashcards
(33 cards)
Describe Scrooge’s characteristics:
• Miserly,
• fearful,
• redeemed,
• transformed,
• hates Christmas
• “bah, humbug”
• “I don’t make myself merry at Christmas”
Fred characteristics:
Optimist, kind, determined, loves Christmas
Marley characteristics
• Cruel,
• selfish,
• suffering,
• remorseful,
• covered in chains, money boxes, purses etc
Christmas past characteristics
Candle, shifting, guide
Christmas present characteristics
Giant, jovial, challenging, green gown, meat throne, fire / torch filled with Christmas spirit
Christmas yet-to-come characteristics
Silent, ominous, deathly, intimidating, black cloak, scythe, bony hand
Bob Cratchet characteristics
Abused, destitute, moral, noble, grateful, poor
Tiny Tim characteristics
Malnourished, saintly,
“God bless us, every one!”
Fezziwig characteristics
Generous, joyous, plump / fat, Scrooge’s old employer
Belle characteristics + who was she?
• Scrooge’s ex-fiancé
• unmaterialistic
• “another idol has displaced me~a golden one”
Who does Scrooge reject in stave 1?
• nephew
• charity representatives
Who visits Scrooge in stave 1? Summary?
• Marley- Jacob Marley- Scrooges old business partner
• tells Scrooge he will be haunted by 3 ghosts to help him change his ways
Who visits Scrooge in stave 2?
Summary?
• ghost of Christmas past-1st of 3 ghosts
• shows him:
• Scrooge’s lonely childhood
• fezziwig’s party
• breakdown of his and belle’s relationship
Who visits Scrooge in stave 3?
Summary?
• Christmas present-2nd of the 3 ghosts
• shows Scrooge:
• Cratchet’s cheistmas dinner
• Fred’s party
• ignorance and want- “they are man’s”
Who visits Scrooge in stave 4?
Summary?
• Christmas yet-to-come - 3rd one last ghost
• shows Scrooge:
• people’s reaction to Scrooge’s death
• Tiny Tim’s death
• Scrooge’s own grave
Stave 5 summary?
• Scrooge wakes up on Christmas morning a changed man.
• he decides to:
• give to charity
• gifts Cratchets a large turkey
• gives Bob a raise
• goes to Fred’s party to celebrate Christmas.
“Hard and sharp as _____”
“Flint”
“They had better do it and ________ the _______ population”
“Decrease”…..”surplus”
“I wear the chains I ______ in life”
“Forged”
“A lonely boy was reading by a _______ fire”
“Feeble”
“He has the power to render us _____ or _______”
“Happy”…..”unhappy”
There sat a _____ giant, ________ to see”
“Jolly”……”glorious”
“The pudding, like a ________ cannon-ball”
“Speckled”
“This boy is ________, this girl is ____”
“Ignorance”……..”want”
