Attitude toward greed and materialism

Question 1

Metaphor highlights Scrooge’s stinginess and obsession with money; he squeezes every coin and works others hard.

Answer 1

“He was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone.”

Question 2

Scrooge cares more about money than christmas spirit for his employees

Answer 2

“A poor excuse for picking a man’s pocket every twenty-fifth of December!”

Question 3

Symbolically shows how wealth has hardened him emotionally cold, unaffected by human warmth or suffering

Answer 3

“External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge.”

Question 4

Belle accuses Scrooge of replacing love with greed and also highlights how scrooge makes everything business like

Answer 4

“Another idol has displaced me… a golden one.”
“Our contract is an old one”

Question 5

Belle’s words show that material gain has taken over Scrooge’s heart, pushing love and connection aside

Answer 5

“Gain, engrosses you.”

Question 6

The Spirit of Christmas Present is surrounded by abundance, but it symbolises generosity, not greed.

Answer 6

“Heaped up on the floor… turkeys, geese, game, poultry…”

Question 7

The Cratchits are poor in wealth but rich in love highlighting the emptiness of materialism.

Answer 7

“They were not a handsome family… but they were happy, grateful.”