Stave 2 Flashcards
“It was a strange figure-like a child…”
“It was a strange figure-like a child; yet not so like a child as like an old man”
What does “It was a strange figure-like a child; yet not so like a child as like an old man” symbolise?
The connections between Scrooge now and then, to try and emphasize how his childhood was so long ago.
“a branch of fresh green”
“holly in its hand”… “trimmed with summer flowers”
“Bright, clear jet….”
“Bright, clear jet of light”
“But the relentless…”
“But the relentless Ghost pinioned him in both arms, and forced him to observe”
“What! Would you so soon put out,”
“with worldly hands, the light I give?”
“hopes and joys, and cares”
“long, long forgotten!”
“I was a boy here!”
“Nothing” said Scrooge.
“Nothing. There was a boy singing a Christmas Carol at my door last night. I should like to have given him something: that’s all.”
“The Ghost smiled”
“thoughtfully”
“There were more dances”
“and there were forfeits, and more dances, and there was cake”
“They shone in every part of the dance”
“like moons”
“acted like a man out of his wits”
“His heart and soul were in the scene, and with his former self. He corroborated everything, remembered everything, enjoyed everything and underwent the strangest agitation.”
“He has the power to render us happy”
“or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome; a pleasure or a toil.”
“The happiness he gives is quite as great as if it cost a fortune”
“I should like to be able to”
“say a word or two to my clerk just now. That’s all.”
“Another idol has displaced me”
“A golden one”
