A Christmas Carol Quotes
'No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him' ️️Uses pathetic fallacy as metaphor for
Scrooge's stubbornness and presents him as a cold character (Scrooge, Stave 1)
'What reason have you to be merry? You're poor enough' ️️Shows Scrooge's ignorant views ...
'No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him' ✔️✔️Uses pathetic fallacy as metaphor for
Scrooge's stubbornness and presents him as a cold character (Scrooge, Stave 1)
'What reason have you to be merry? You're poor enough' ✔️✔️Shows Scrooge's ignorant views that
money is a necessity (Scrooge, Stave 1)
'I should like to be able to say a word or two to my clerk just now!' ✔️✔️First time that Scrooge shows
remorse and therefore the first time that the audience feels sympathy for Scrooge (Scrooge, Stave 2)
'But though Scrooge pressed it down with all his force, he could not hide the light' ✔️✔️Shows that no
matter how embarrassed and regretful Scrooge is about the past, he cannot erase it (Scrooge, Stave 2)
'I am the Ghost of Christmas Present [...] Look upon me!' ✔️✔️Shows that Scrooge has been blind to
the happiness of Christmas (Scrooge, Stave 3)
'Who suffers by his ill whims! Himself, always' ✔️✔️Shows that Scrooge's isolation only affects him
and Dickens uses this to create sympathy for the character (Scrooge, Stave 3)
'Rusty keys, nails, chains, hinges, files, scales, weights and refuse iron of all kinds' ✔️✔️Use of
asyndentic listing contrasts with the 'cash boxes and ledgers' and shows that even though he had lots of
money, this did not matter in the end as he was hated as a person (Scrooge, Stave 4)
'It was a worthy place' ✔️✔️The horrible graveyard is worthy for the horrible character of Scrooge and
this shows that Dickens believes that miserly people should not be celebrated (Scrooge, Stave 4)
'I am as merry as a school-boy. A merry Christmas to everybody!' ✔️✔️Dickens' repeated use of the
word 'merry' contrasts with the 'melancholy' mood at the start of the novella and shows that Scrooge is
happier when he is being kind (Scrooge, Stave 5)
, 'buy another coal-scuttle' ✔️✔️Contrasts with Scrooge's reluctance to let Bob have more than 'one
coal' and shows how much he has changed (Scrooge, Stave 5)
'The clerk [...] involuntarily applauded' ✔️✔️Shows that everybody agrees with the idea that
Christmas is good, even the poor clerk who will not be able be paid enough to have a lavish Christmas
(Bob Cratchit, Stave 1)
'The clerk' ✔️✔️Dickens leaves Bob Cratchit nameless in the first stave to show how the impoverished
were invisible to the upper class of the time (Bob Cratchit, Stave 1)
'Bob's private property, conferred upon his son and heir in honour of the day' ✔️✔️Emphasises Bob's
poverty but also shows how the family try their best to look smart on the important day (Bob Cratchit,
Stave 3)
'Bob said he didn't think there ever was such a goose cooked' ✔️✔️Even is Bob is poor, he is happy
and proud of their efforts and this reinforces Dickens' idea that happiness can be obtained without
wealth (Bob Cratchit, Stave 3)
'Poor Bob Cratchit' ✔️✔️The double meaning of 'poor' evokes feelings of sympathy towards Bob and
Dickens uses this to encourage his audience to think about their social responsibility (Bob Cratchit, Stave
4)
'"My little, little child!" cried Bob' ✔️✔️Shows that Bob is sensitive and this makes the audience feel
sympathetic towards him (Bob Cratchit, Stave 4)
'God bless us every one!' ✔️✔️Shows that he is able to offer love to 'every one' even in his disabled
and impoverished state which highlights how ungenerous Scrooge, an able and well off adult, can be
(Tiny Time, Stave 3)
'He hoped the people saw him in the church, because he was a cripple , and it might be pleasant to them
to remember upon Christmas Day' ✔️✔️This shows how Tiny Tim is thoughtful and rises above his
own suffering which once again contrasts with the ignorant nature of Scrooge (Tiny Tim, Stave 3)
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