J Marley Flashcards

(8 cards)

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“I wear the chains I forged in life” Method

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Symbolism

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“Link by link…yard by yard” Method?

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Repetition

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“Doomed…fettered…ponderous” Method?

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Symbolism

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4
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“Sole”Method?

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Homophone

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“Link by link…yard by yard” Analysis?

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reflects the repeated free will of his choices in valuing money over people.
(It’s his continuous actions of greed that he’ll be continually punished for.)

(Further shows Dickens wish for society to change by warning them of moral consequences)

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“Doomed…fettered…ponderous” Analysis?

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Reflects how Marley cannot escape his past and this is his punishment which he must carry out

ironic!!
His freedom is taken away reflecting the freedom he took away from the lower classes

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“I wear the chains I forged in life” Analysis?

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Chains= -a powerful symbol of how he is weighed down by greed and lack of compassion, these are the consequences for his avarice- haunted by his choices

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“Sole” Analysis?

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homophone of ‘soul’, reflects the isolated lives of both Marley and Scrooge
+ change initiates from within

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