stave 1 Flashcards
(19 cards)
what is the first line in stave 1?
“marley was dead to begin with”
what similes are used to describe scrooge
hard and sharp as flint, solitary as an oyster
what is a misanthrope
a person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society
what quote shows scrooge is misanthropic
“to edge his way along the crowded paths of life, warning all human sympathy to keep its distance”
what is scrooge’s nephew called
fred
what literary technique is used in fred
foil to scrooge
what is fred’s first line
“a merry christmas uncle!”
how does fred describe christmas
“a kind, forgivable, charitable, pleasant time”
what does scrooge say to the charity collectors
“are there no prisons? and the workouses?”
OR
“if they would rather die, they had better do it and decrease the surplus population”
what does parsimonious mean
very unwilling to spend money or use resources.
what quote shows scrooge is parsimonious
“it was a very low fire indeed”
what is a miser
a person who hoards wealth and spends as little money as possible.
what quote shows scrooge is a miser
“darkness is cheap and scrooge liked it”
where does scrooge see marley’s face
the door knocker
what does marley say
“I wear the chains I forged in life”
what do marley’s chains represent
purgatory
what is marley’s purpose
to teach scrooge and the audience to be kinder people in order to prevent the same fate as him
what does scrooge see out the window
many ghosts going through the streets
why is the quote “speak comfort to me, jacob” important
it is the first time we see emotion and fear from scrooge, we see that he finally believes in marley’s ghost
