Christmas Carol Key Quotes Flashcards
(28 cards)
“Hard and sharp as flint”
Redemption
“Scrooge kept a coal box in his own room”
Redemption
“As solitary as an oyster”
Redemption
“He got up slowly, and shuffled in his slippers”
Redemption
“Tell me if tiny Tim will live?”
Redemption
“Have they no refuge or resource?”
Redemption
“Im as Merry as a Schoolboy”
Redemption
“No fog, no mist”
Redemption
“Scrooge was his sole executor, his sole administrator, his sole assign, his sole friend”
Sympathetic Character
“A solitary child, neglected by his friends”
Sympathetic Character
“Their windows broken…”
Sympathetic Character
“Not a latent echo, not a squeak […], not a drip…”
Sympathetic Character
“Heightened and excited face”
Sympathetic Character
“He got up softly and shuffled in his slippers”
Sympathetic Character
“Unwatched, unwept, uncared for”
Sympathetic Character
“Nipped his pointed nose”
Scrooge’s hostile persona
“No warmth could warm”
Scrooge’s hostile persona
“No beggars […], no children […], no man or woman…
“Evil eye”
Scrooge’s hostile persona
“His face (Fred) was ruddy and handsome”
Scrooge’s hostile persona
“Decrease the surplus population”
Scrooge’s hostile persona
“The mention of his name drew a dark shadow on the family”
Scrooge’s hostile persona
“I wear the chain I forged in life”
Social commentary
“Furrows that crossed and recrossed hundreds of times”
Social commentary
