Ghost OC Present

Question 1

“Robe…white fur” Method?

Answer 1

Imagery

Question 2

“Yellow…wolfish” Method?

(Yellow, meagre, ragged, scowling,Wolfish)

Answer 2

Animal imagery

Question 3

“Stale…Shriveled…devils” Method?

Answer 3

Metaphor

Question 4

“This boy is ignorance. The girl is want” Method?

Answer 4

Symbolism

Question 5

“Robe…White fur” Analysis?

Answer 5

(Mysterious ,Warm, Pure.)/
(emphasises its purity and innocence). This gives the Spirit an impression of​ (moral) authority​ which highlights its ​didactic purpose ​within the text as a contradiction to scrooges Malthusian beliefs

Question 6

“Yellow…Wolfish” Analysis?

Answer 6

(Description of Ignorance and Want) /The children are extremely poor and destitute, symbolising the reality of many working class children.

Animal imagery/ connotations of savagery /savage behaviour
-suggest the complete dehumanisation of the poor. + shows the savagery and cruelty of poverty

Question 7

“Stale…Shriveled…devils” Analysis?

Answer 7

Abandonment of hope for the poorest

contrast from the jovial atmosphere of Christmas cheer we have seen previously in this Stave -particularly forceful and makes us take notice of the suffering within poverty. (Mirrors how Scrooge is also forced to notice)

Question 8

“This boy is ignorance. The girl is want” Analysis?

Answer 8

Symbolic of poverty and how they’re treated by the wealthy

(Children: young an helpless evokes empathy+ forces society to recognise the social issues in Victorian Britain)

Question 9

What is the symbolism of (boy) Ignorance?

Answer 9

The boy is a symbol for how society is ignorant of the struggles of the lower class+ struggles of children growing up in society-, because poverty is ignored

Question 10

What is the symbolism of (girl) want?

Answer 10

As a result of societies ignorance, it creates people who want. (Don’t have) These wants are necessities that they need to survive but they don’t get, but due to the ignorance of the rich.