Scrooge

Question 1

Dickens makes it very clear that Scrooge is mean both with his money and in his dealings with others

Answer 1

• Scrooge is “hard and sharp as flint”

- This suggests his ability to hurt others

Question 2

He used to know how to have fun

Answer 2

• At Fezziwig’s party the young Scrooge is full of energy and enthusiasm
• The old Scrooge starts to learn from this scene, showing there is hope for him

Question 3

By the arrival of the Ghost of Christmas present the change is clear to see

Answer 3

• “Scrooge entered timidly, and hung his head before this Spirit. He was not the dogged Scrooge he had been”
• The very “timidly” contrasts with his confident rejection of the visitors at his office and the narrator clearly indicates that the change has started

Question 4

If he continued his miserly ways he would have ended up alone

Answer 4

• “He frightened every one away from when he was alive, to profit us when he was dead”
• This horrifying potential future is what faces Scrooge if he doesn’t change his ways. It is presented as inevitable and benefits only the thieves, something that ages to the shock

Question 5

His transformation is complete at the end of the Novella

Answer 5

• It “was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge”
• He has changed his views and actions and this can be seen every Christmas

Question 6

More quotes

Answer 6

• “His own heart laughed: and that was quite enough for him” (page 87)
• “Self contained, and solitary as an oyster” (page 2)