A Christmas Carol-Greed Flashcards
(6 cards)
Q: How is Scrooge’s greed described in Stave 1?
A: “Tight-fisted” and “a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner.”
Q: What shows Scrooge’s cold attitude towards Christmas and the poor?
A: “One coal” and “Are there no prisons?”
Q: What does Marley say about the chain he bears?
A: “I wear the chain I forged in life.”
Q: What was Marley’s true business in life?
A: “Mankind was my business. Charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business.”
Q: How is the Cratchit family’s poverty shown?
A: “It was a small pudding for a large family” and “Bob held his withered little hand in his.”
Q: How are Ignorance and Want described?
A: “Wretched, frightful, hideous, miserable. Yellow, meagre, ragged, scowling, wolfish.”
