Christmas carol: characters- ghost 2- the ghost of christmas past. (quotes & info.) Flashcards
why does dickens the first spirit to visit scrooge as ‘fluctuated in its distinctiveness’ suggesting its hard to perceive?
he illustrates the unreliability of human memory. like the ghost our memories of the past weaver and oscillate.
what parts of scrooges life does it clarify and why?
that he’s either forgotten or has re-written in an attempt to avoid uncomfortable truths.
what does the description of the ‘clear, bright jet of light’ emanating from the ghosts head signifies?
his role for scrooge- to illustrate scrooge’s hazy memories of his past behaviours.
at the end of this ghosts time what does scrooge do to it?
puts its cp over it to try and extinguish the light- light suggesting the truth.
key quote: 1- s2.
a strange figure- like a child: yet not so like a child as an old man.
key quote: 2- s2.
….though scrooge pressed it down under it with all his force, he could not hide the light which streamed from under it, in an unbroken flood.
key quote: 3- s2.
‘would you so soon put out, with worldly hands, the light i give you?’
key quote: 4- s2.
‘your reclamation then. take heed!’
key quote: 5- s2.
but the relentless ghost pinioned him (scrooge) in both his arms, and forced him to observe what happened next.
