A christmas carol quotes Flashcards
(10 cards)
Q: What quote shows Marley’s regret and chains?
A: “I wear the chain I forged in life… I made it link by link.”
🧠 Marley (Stave 1) – He’s punished for his greedy, selfish life.
Q: What quote foreshadows the Spirits’ role in change?
A: “You will be haunted… by Three Spirits.”
🧠 Marley (Stave 1) – This begins Scrooge’s journey of transformation.
Q: What quote shows Belle ending things with Scrooge?
A: “Another idol has displaced me… a golden one.”
🧠 Belle (Stave 2) – Scrooge has chosen money over love.
Q: What quote describes young Scrooge’s greedy appearance?
A: “A greedy, restless motion in the eye…”
🧠 Narration (Stave 2) – Greed is shown to have taken root early.
A: “A greedy, restless motion in the eye…”
🧠 Narration (Stave 2) – Greed is shown to have taken root early.
Q: What quote shows Scrooge’s joyful rebirth?
A: “I am as light as a feather, happy as an angel, merry as a school-boy.”
🧠 Scrooge (Stave 5) – His transformation brings genuine joy.
Q: What quote shows the horrors of poverty through children?
A: “Yellow, meagre, ragged… wolfish.”
🧠 Narration (Stave 3) – Describing Ignorance and Want.
Q: What quote criticises Victorian attitudes to the poor?
A: “Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?”
🧠 Ghost (Stave 3) quoting Scrooge – Used to shame his earlier cruelty.
Q: What quote links Scrooge’s personality to the weather?
A: “No wind that blew was bitterer than he.”
🧠 Narration (Stave 1) – He’s emotionally cold and distant from society.
Q: What quote shows how society avoids Scrooge?
A: “No man or woman ever once in all his life inquired the way… of Scrooge.”
🧠 Narration (Stave 1) – Even strangers keep their distance.
