A Christmas Carol-Social Responsibility Flashcards
(5 cards)
Q: How is Scrooge introduced to show his greed?
A: “Tight-fisted” / “covetous old sinner” / “One coal”
Q: What does Scrooge say to show his refusal to help the poor, reflecting his greed and lack of social responsibility?
A: “Are there no prisons?” / “I can’t afford to make idle people merry” / “Decrease the surplus population”
Q: What does Jacob Marley say to warn Scrooge about the consequences of greed?
A: “I wear the chain I forged in life” / “Charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business”
Q: How are Ignorance and Want described to show the effects of greed on society?
A: “wretched, abject, frightful, hideous, miserable” / “Yellow, meagre, ragged, scowling, wolfish” / “They are Man’s”
Q: How is the effect of Scrooge’s greed after his death shown through others stealing from his belongings?
A: “Every person has a right to take care of themselves. He always did.” / “he’d have had somebody to look after him when he was struck with Death” / “profit us when he was dead”
