test 2

• "he was all in a glow … his eyes sparkled"


  plot - Description of Fred as he enters Scrooge's counting house trying to invite him for Christmas dinner - Stave 1

  techniques / effect-

  "Sparkled" - connotation of Angel like character

  Juxtaposition - Fred(caring / generous / jovial) is opposite of Scrooge( immoral / misanthropic ) Fred is shining with light, but Scrooge is surrounded with fog and darkness

  context -

  Dickens uses biblical imagery to highlight Fred as good, it endears readers to his character
• "I wear the chain I forged in life"


  plot - Marley's Ghost warning Scrooge of the consequences of his future actions - Stave 1

  Techniques/ effect -

  symbolism of "chain " - entrapment and pain that Marley suffers due to his immorality in life

  context -

  Purgatory image shocks Victorian readers, Dickens attempts to warn them of their ignorant actions.
• "Mankind was my business"

  plot - Marley's Ghost warning Scrooge of the consequences of his future actions - Stave 1

  Techniques/ effect-

  Juxtaposition between "mankind" and "business" - warns Scrooge that there is more to life than profit + reveals Marley's regret/shame

  context - purgatory image shocks Victorian readers, Dickens attempts to warn them of their ignorant actions
• "Fuel heaped upon the fire"


  plot - When Scrooge goes into the past, sees Fezziwig's large fire to keep employees warm - Stave 2

  techniques/effect -

  adjectives ("heaped") - implies Fezziwig is kind/generous

  juxtaposes "one coal" that Scrooge gives Bob

  context -

  Dickens gives an idea to Scrooge and Victorians what good businessmen should be like
• "Our contract is an old one"..."A golden idol"


  plot - Belle breaking up with Scrooge - Stave 2

  Technique/effect -

  language of business "contract" - shows Belle understands Scrooge's love of money/ profit over human relationships

  connotations of "contract" are cold, and a lack of love between them

  context -

  biblical illusion - Dickens reminds reader that its a sin to worship money over God

  Belle - at this time it was a bold action to leave a secure man