“Solitary as an oyster”
“To tiny Tim he was a second father”
Presents theme of Christmas
“Though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that it has done me
good...God bless it”
“The family display of glass: two tumblers and a custard cup without a handle”
Presents a theme of punishment
“I wear the chains I forged in life…is its pattern strange to you?”
“Unwatched, unwept, uncared for”
“He frightened everyone away from him when he was alive to profit us when he was dead! Ha! Ha!
Ha!”
Presents a change in scrooge
“Hard and sharp as flint” “I am as light as a feather”
“Solitary as an oyster” “a solitary child”
“Scrooge kept the coal box in his own room” “make up the fires and buy another coal scuttle”
Presents the impact of poverty
“The family display of glass Two tumblers and a custard cut without a handle”
“To any kindly given. To a poor one most...because it needs it most”
“If they had rather die then they had better do it and decrease the surplus population”
Presents the Cratchit family
“The family display of glass Two tumblers and a custard cup without a handle”
“The room above which was lighted cheerfully…there was a chair set close beside the child”
“It would have done you good to see how green a place it was”
“I’ll raise your salary and endeavour to assist your struggling family”