Christmas carol Flashcards
(22 cards)
Who is Scrooge?
.beings negative and obsessed with money
.he doesn’t pay Bob Cratchit enough
.his past relationship with Belle ended because he prioritised money
.scrooge was neglected by his father
.by the end he is happier, appreciates more, increases Bobs wages
Who is Marley?
.Scrooges old business partner
.visits Scrooge when he is a ghost to WARN him
.carry’s heavy chains with him
.tells Scrooge he has opportunities to change his ways
.he shows regret to the way he treated people
Who is Fred?
.Scrooge’s nephew
.No matter how much Scrooge tried to push him away he still cared
.he appreciates people more than money - PITY’S Scrooge
What are the ghosts?
.a supernatural element
.scrooge learns something from each vision
.made him aware of neg impacts he has on people
.each ghost has its own stave
What happens in stave 1?
Marley comes and warns him to change ways or he’’ end up like Marley
quotes from Stave 1?
‘hard and sharp as a flint’
‘solitary as an oyster’
‘can’t afford to make idle people merry’
‘I wear the chain I forged in life’
What happens in Stave 3?
ghost of Christmas present
.Sees Tiny Tim at Christmas meal
.Cratchit’s don’t complain about the little they have
.if nothing changes Tim will die
.Bob toasts Scrooge
.Fred toasts Scrooge
What happens in Stave 2?
ghost of Christmas present
.shows his happy childhood
.sees his sister who is dead
.saw Fezziwig who is Scrooge old boss - CONTRAST to Scrooge who is miserable about holidays
.sees Belle
.tries to get rid of ghost because he cant handle it
quotes in Stave 3?
‘Ill give you Mr scrooge the founder of the feast’
‘I am sorry for him, I couldn’t be angry with him if I tried’
What happens in stave 4?
ghost of Christmas future
.No words - phantom
.shows Scrooge a funeral, no one is there
.Looked in his workplace but couldn’t see himself
.people are selling Scrooges stuff, only attend his funeral for food
.only people who showed feeling were people happy they didn’t have to pay debts back
.Tiny Tim is also dead
.saw his own grave
quotes from stave 4?
.’EBEENEZER SCROOGE’
.’my little child’
What happens in stave 5?
.Scrooge redemption
.lives life to fullest
.good weather - happy
. gives to charities
.has meal at Fred’s
.not annoyed Bob is late to work the next day
.gives Bob a raise and an anonymous turkey on Christmas
‘Solitary as an oyster’
.Scrooge hidden beneath a hard shell
.protection from the world
.inside the shell its soft and vulnerable
.great changes from sand to pearl
.Scrooge also has great potential
‘I wear the chain I forged in life’
.Marley wears a chain he made - he did this to himself
.FORGED, crafted intentionally
.CHAINED himself during his life, worked hard to create a chain
.Scrooge would turn out the same if he didn’t change
‘If they would rather die said scrooge they had better do it and decrease the surplus population’
.poor people who don’t go to workhouses should hurry up and die
.some point there is too many people for society to support
.Scrooge is harsh
‘Bah Humbug’
.HUMBUG, trick, behaves in a deceptive way
.Christmas is a trick, people feel something that isn’t true
‘I cant afford to make Idle people merry’
doesn’t like Christmas
.so don’t pay for others to enjoy it
.hoards wealth for own pleasure
.IDLE - lazy, avoiding work
haven’t money to afford anything then you must be lazy
‘Are there no prisons are there no workhouses’
.poor should use workhouses and prisons if they can’t afford anything
.SELFISH, workhouses are horrible places
.Scrooge pay for them out of taxes, won’t help them anymore
‘founder of the feast’
bob insists on toasting his miserable boss
.bob cares for Scrooge, despite him being him
.bob is grateful for the job off Scrooge because it isn’t as bad as a lot of Victorian poor
‘Tiny Tim is as good as gold and better’
.people are more important than profit
.IDIOM for describing a nice child
.he’s better than real gold because he’s a good person
‘upon the stone neglected grave EBENEZER SCROOGE’
.thinks he has his life sorted
.no one remembers him
.links Scrooge to seeing himself in school as a ‘neglected’ child
.as a result he neglects world
BUT must break the cycle to avoid being what he fears
‘I am as light as a feather, happy as an angel, merry as a school boy’
consecutive similes
light - no longer a chain
no longer ‘covetous old sinner’
Angels- good signifying that Scrooge has become a better person.
‘school-boy’ imagery to symbolise that Scrooge is reborn, a new person, set to change his ways and attitude to life.
‘light’, ‘happy’ and ‘merry’ are from the semantic field of joy
