Big ideas
1. Human connection > materialism
2. Christmas is a time for charity and generosity
3. Everyone is capable of redemption
Scrooge (construct to represent upper and middle classes in 19th century)
Stave 1;
“surplus population” - excess, unneeded, capitalistic views of the upper class
“edge his way along the crowded paths of life” - avoid crowds and other people,
outcast, no sympathy
“wrenching, grasping scraping” - repetition of uncanny, uncomfortable verbs
“hard and sharp as int” - no mercy (sharp), no warmth, compassion and empathy
(hard)
“solitary as an oyster” - has walls around him, a cage. foreshadows change
“the cold within him froze his features” - no warmth or compassion to the extent of
physically e ecting him
“tight- sted” - set in his ways, lacks generosity, his fear of losing money controlling
his life
Stave 3;
“Scrooge entered timidly” - remorse?
“half-thawed” and “half-frozen” - imagery for Scrooge in the middle of his
redemption
“softening in uence” - juxtaposes above
Big ideas
1. Human connection > materialism
2. Christmas is a time for charity and generosity
3. Everyone is capable of redemption
Scrooge (construct to represent upper and middle classes in 19th century)
Stave 1;
“surplus population” - excess, unneeded, capitalistic views of the upper class
fi fffl fl
, “edge his way along the crowded paths of life” - avoid crowds and other people,
outcast, no sympathy
“wrenching, grasping scraping” - repetition of uncanny, uncomfortable verbs
“hard and sharp as int” - no mercy (sharp), no warmth, compassion and empathy
(hard)
“solitary as an oyster” - has walls around him, a cage. foreshadows change
“the cold within him froze his features” - no warmth or compassion to the extent of
physically e ecting him
“tight- sted” - set in his ways, lacks generosity, his fear of losing money controlling
his life
Stave 3;
“Scrooge entered timidly” - remorse?
“half-thawed” and “half-frozen” - imagery for Scrooge in the middle of his
redemption
“softening in uence” - juxtaposes above
Stave 5;
“merry as a schoolboy, happy as an angel, light as a feather, giddy as a drunken
man” - repetition of similes,
Symbolism of the turkey - generosity
“Merry Christmas Bob, I’ll raise your salary” - giving away his money, change
“he did it all and more” - extent of his change
“wonderful party, wonderful games, wonderful unanimity” - anaphora, things he
previously hated
“to Tiny Tim he became a second father” - family + human connection, also
metaphorically forging the gap between the rich and the poor
Crachits
“screaming…dancing…cried” - repetition of happy, gallant verbs
“su cient” - they live o of just enough, extent of their impoverishment
“gallantly attired” - excited, full of energy and joy
“twice turned gown but brave in ribbons” - takes pride in what they have
“they were not a handsome family…their shoes were far from waterproof….but
they were happy, grateful, pleased with each other” - triple, still thankful even given
their circumstances
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1. Human connection > materialism
2. Christmas is a time for charity and generosity
3. Everyone is capable of redemption
Scrooge (construct to represent upper and middle classes in 19th century)
Stave 1;
“surplus population” - excess, unneeded, capitalistic views of the upper class
“edge his way along the crowded paths of life” - avoid crowds and other people,
outcast, no sympathy
“wrenching, grasping scraping” - repetition of uncanny, uncomfortable verbs
“hard and sharp as int” - no mercy (sharp), no warmth, compassion and empathy
(hard)
“solitary as an oyster” - has walls around him, a cage. foreshadows change
“the cold within him froze his features” - no warmth or compassion to the extent of
physically e ecting him
“tight- sted” - set in his ways, lacks generosity, his fear of losing money controlling
his life
Stave 3;
“Scrooge entered timidly” - remorse?
“half-thawed” and “half-frozen” - imagery for Scrooge in the middle of his
redemption
“softening in uence” - juxtaposes above
Big ideas
1. Human connection > materialism
2. Christmas is a time for charity and generosity
3. Everyone is capable of redemption
Scrooge (construct to represent upper and middle classes in 19th century)
Stave 1;
“surplus population” - excess, unneeded, capitalistic views of the upper class
fi fffl fl
, “edge his way along the crowded paths of life” - avoid crowds and other people,
outcast, no sympathy
“wrenching, grasping scraping” - repetition of uncanny, uncomfortable verbs
“hard and sharp as int” - no mercy (sharp), no warmth, compassion and empathy
(hard)
“solitary as an oyster” - has walls around him, a cage. foreshadows change
“the cold within him froze his features” - no warmth or compassion to the extent of
physically e ecting him
“tight- sted” - set in his ways, lacks generosity, his fear of losing money controlling
his life
Stave 3;
“Scrooge entered timidly” - remorse?
“half-thawed” and “half-frozen” - imagery for Scrooge in the middle of his
redemption
“softening in uence” - juxtaposes above
Stave 5;
“merry as a schoolboy, happy as an angel, light as a feather, giddy as a drunken
man” - repetition of similes,
Symbolism of the turkey - generosity
“Merry Christmas Bob, I’ll raise your salary” - giving away his money, change
“he did it all and more” - extent of his change
“wonderful party, wonderful games, wonderful unanimity” - anaphora, things he
previously hated
“to Tiny Tim he became a second father” - family + human connection, also
metaphorically forging the gap between the rich and the poor
Crachits
“screaming…dancing…cried” - repetition of happy, gallant verbs
“su cient” - they live o of just enough, extent of their impoverishment
“gallantly attired” - excited, full of energy and joy
“twice turned gown but brave in ribbons” - takes pride in what they have
“they were not a handsome family…their shoes were far from waterproof….but
they were happy, grateful, pleased with each other” - triple, still thankful even given
their circumstances
ffi fi fffl fl ff
