Scrooge

Question 1

Scrooge quote 1

Answer 1

‘Scrooge was not so dreadfully cut up by the sad event (Marley’s death) but that he was an excellent man of business on the very day of the funeral and solemnised it with an undoubted bargain’
P6
The phrase “not so dreadfully cut up” downplays Scrooge’s reaction, suggesting an almost indifferent response to his business partner’s death

Question 2

Scrooge quote 2

Answer 2

Scrooge! A squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching covetous old sinner’p7

Asyndetic listing demonstrates the extent of greediness where Dicken’s emphasises the impossibility of Scrooge to reform his ways. The use of the term ‘sinner’ encourages the contemporary readership to condemn Scrooge as they were predominately Christian.

7 negative adjectives can mirror the 7 deadly sins demonstrating how Scrooge and

Question 3

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Answer 3

‘At the ominous word ‘liberality’ Scrooge frowned”p11
where use of the word ‘liberality’, describes Scrooge’s attitude towards the poor and money as ironic and the narrator deliberately makes a mockery of the charity collectors naivety.
the negative verb ‘frowned’ accentuates Scrooge’s disdain for the word, he has never thought of charity and spending liberally and it adds humour for the reader to the incident as they are aware of his miserly nature

Question 4

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Answer 4

“Scrooge hung his head to hear his own words quoted by the spirit and was overcome with penitence and grief”

Scrooge’s physical reaction, “hung his head,” symbolises his shame and self-reflection, showing that he now recognises the cruelty of his past words. The phrase “overcome with penitence and grief” highlights his emotional transformation, as “penitence” conveys genuine remorse, while “grief” suggests deep sorrow for his past indifference.

Question 5

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Answer 5

“I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am merry as a school boy” p82
here the use of extended simile demonstrates the extent of which Scrooge has changed.

Use of “angel” coupled with infantile language “schoolboy” have connotations of purity and innocence show how he has repented for his sins and rebirthed and regained his youthful innocence