Christmas carol: Marley's ghost & stave 1. Flashcards
what does the reader learn first of all?
scrooges business partner has been dead.
how long has scrooges business partner been dead for?
7 years.
what was scrooges ex business partner called?
jacob marley.
what was scrooges role when marley died?
sole executor, sole mourner and sole friend.
what do we learn scrooges personality is?
isolated and cold.
when do we first meet scrooge?
foggy christmas eve.
what do we learn drives scrooge?
money and greed.
how is scrooge first described (quote?)
‘tight fisted hand at the grindstone.’
who is scrooges clerk called?
bob cratchit.
what do we see bob doing/ what do we get told about his job?
very long hours in poor conditions.
who visits scrooge?
his nephew.
what is the name of scrooges nephew?
fred.
from the conversation between fred and scrooge what do we learn about scrooge?
scrooge hates the idea of christmas and thinks that love is even more ridiculous.
