A Christmas Carol

• when was the new poor law?


  1834
• what was the new poor act in 1834?


  that if you wer poor you were given an accadation in a workhouse rather than being on the streets.
• why did Dickens deeply critisize the new poor law 1834 ?


  he believed the law was punishing poor people for being poor
• how does dickens speak from a place of experience?

  when dickens is talking about tiny tim, ignorence and want, Dickens is speaking from a place of experience. his farther went to debtors prison and so Dickens had to work at 12 years old in a shoe blacking factory.
• what are the 5 themes within the novella 'a christmas carol' ?


  charity, redemption, christmas, family, class and social injustice
• what does the describing scrooge mean 'solitary as an oyster'


  how isolated and alienated scrooge is from society because of his greed.
• who does scrooge say this too 'no prisons...no workhouses?' and what does this mean.


  said to The charity men, this rhetorical question means scrooge supports the new poor law of 1834.
• what does the quote 'small pudding...for a large family' mean.

  the elipses means large and the oxymoron ('small' and 'large')illustrates poverty but inspite of that they are together as a family and are happy and jovial. incontrast to scrooge who has plently but is miserable.
• who says 'god bless us...' and what does this mean?


  Tiny tim, despite is disability and challenges he faces he is still thankfull
• who says 'chain i forged in life' what does this show?

  Jacob Marleys Ghost, this metaphore used by Dickens to show rich audience that if they dont change their ways and arnt more charitable they will end up like marley in the afterlife.
• who does this quote describe 'like a child...old man', what does this show?

  the ghost of christmas past, this simile describes scrooge as both a young child and a old man
• who says 'another idol has displaced me' and what does this mean?


  Belle, this metaphor shows scrooge and his love of money that isolates him and makes belle break up with him.
• who says 'this boy...ignorance...girl...want' and what does this mean?

  The ghost of christmas past (the jolly giant) these two children represent the consequences of the actions of people like scrooge.
• how is the gost of yet to come described and what does this foreshadow?


  'deep black garmnet', this forshadows scrooge finding out how he dies.
• who says 'Merry Christmas Uncle' and what does this mean?


  Fred, this shows that he keeps forgiving and forgiving scrooge
• who is Thomas Malphus and what does he believe?


  over population is the reason for poverty in Victorian Era
• what did Dickens believe about the industrial revolution?


  the industrial revolusion created an even worse social divide