Stave 5

• " I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a schoolboy. I am as giddy as a drunken man"


  * Multiple similes emphasise Scrooge's joy and elation at his second chance

  * Repetitive structure and short exclamations create the sense that he cannot put into words how happy he is

  * It could also show that as it has been so long since he was happy, he finds it difficult to describe

  * Innocence of the 'angel' and the 'schoolboy' contrast with the hellish image of Marley's ghost showing the reader that he will be saved

  * 'Drunken' has connotations of having no worries
• ' No fog, no mist; clear, bright, jovial, stirring, cold; cold, piping for the blood to dance to; Golden sunlight; Heavenly sky; sweet fresh air; merry bells'


  * Pathetic fallacy

  * The fog has lifted and Scrooge can 'see' the truth. He has learned his lesson and been transformed from darkness into light - which is reflected in the world around him

  * 'Clear' suggests that scrooge is free of sins
• 'Scrooge was better than his word ... He became as good a friend, as good a master, and as good a man, as the good old city knew, or any other good old city, town, or borough, in the good old world'


  * Desc of Scrooge's redemption* The relative clause describing Tiny Tim reinforces the idea that it is Scrooge's actions that caused him to live

  * Thus Dickens is ending with the message that we can all change our selfish ways and be a positive influence

  * Repetition of the adjective 'good' heightens upon this idea
• Mention 3 quotes from stave 5

  * 'Scrooge was better than his word ... He became as good a friend, as good a master, and as good a man, as the good old city knew, or any other good old city, town, or borough, in the good old world'

  * ' No fog, no mist; clear, bright, jovial, stirring, cold; cold, piping for the blood to dance to; Golden sunlight; Heavenly sky; sweet fresh air; merry bells'


  * " I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a schoolboy. I am as giddy as a drunken man"