A Christmas Carol (Quotes)

• Scrooge

  Dismissive + Arrogant

  "Bah! Humbug!"
• Scrooge

  Pitiable + Emotionally starved

  "A solitary child, neglected by his friends is left there still"
• Scrooge

  Unaware

  "What idol has displaced you?"
• Scrooge

  Ignorant

  "Why to a poor one most"
• Scrooge

  Monstrous

  "Scrooge was the Ogre of the family"
• Scrooge

  "Scrooge listened to this dialogue in horror"
• Scrooge

  Caring

  "Now, I'll tell you what, my friend"
• Scrooge

  Transformed

  "To Tiny Tim he was a second father"
• Scrooge

  No sympathy

  "If they would rather die they had better do it and decrease the surplus population"
• Scrooge

  Intense joy

  "I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future!"
• Scrooge

  Overjoyed

  "Heaven, and the Christmas Time be praised for this"
• Scrooge

  Overwhelmed

  "Scrooge feared the silent shape so much that his legs trembled"
• Scrooge

  £

  "A tremendous family to provide for !"
• Scrooge

  Regret + Distressed

  "Scrooge muttered, with an unusual catching in his voice"
• Scrooge

  Misanthrope

  Metaphor

  "Solitary as an oyster"
• Marley

  Alone

  "Scrooge was his sole friend and sole mourner"
• Marley

  Unloved

  "Even Scrooge was not so dreadfully cut up"
• Marley

  No compassion

  Religious context

  "Scrooge had often heard that Marley had no bowels"
• Marley

  Avarice

  "long... made of cashboxes, keys, padlocks, ledgers, deeds and heavy purses wrought in steel"
• Marley

  Single-minded

  "I wear the chain I forged in life"
• Marley

  inner turmoil

  "Mankind was my business"
• Ghost Of Christmas Past

  Potential?

  "It was a strange figure- like a child: yet not so like a child as like an old man"
• Ghost of Past

  Appearance fluctuates

  "It's hair was white as if with age... and the tenderest bloom was on the skin"
• Ghost of Past

  Strength + Feebleness

  "The arms were very long and muscular... it's legs and feet most delicately formed"
• Ghost of Past

  Death + Life

  "It held a branch of fresh green holy... had it's dress trimmed with summer flowers"
• Ghost of Past

  Omniscient

  "Ghost stopped at a certain warehouse door"
• Ghost of Past

  Didactic

  "A small matter, to make these silly folks so full of gratitude"
• Ghost of Christmas Present

  Amicable

  "Come in! and know me better man!"
• Ghost of Present

  Semantic field of freedom + merriness

  "Free as it genial face, it's cherry voice, it's unconstrained demeanor, and it's joyful air"
• Ghost of Past

  Peaceful

  "the ancient sheaf was eaten up with rust"
• Ghost of Present

  Generous

  "Sprinkled incense on their dinners from his torch"
• Ghost of Present

  Scrooge's harsh words

  "If he be like to die, he had better do it and decrease the surplus population"
• Cratchit Family

  Disbelief

  Social mobility

  "momentary ideas of knocking Scrooge down... holding him; and calling people for held"
• Cratchit Family

  Meek + Subservient

  "the clerk put on his white comforter, and tried to warm himself at the candle"
• Cratchit Family

  Unfortunate

  Juxtaposition + Symbol of poverty

  "Alas for Tiny Tim, he bore a little crutch, and had his limbs supported by an iron frame!"
• Cratchit Family

  Impoverished

  "dressed out but poorly in a twice-turned gown"
• Cratchit Family

  Resourceful

  "Eked out by the apple-sauce..., it was a sufficient dinner for the whole family"
• Cratchit Family

  Tightknit + Loving

  "Master Peter mashed the potatoes...; Miss Belinda sweetened the apple-sauce"
• Cratchit Family

  Overwhelmed

  "My little, little child! My little child!"
• Ignorance + Want

  Bestial

  "I see something strange... protruding from your skirts. Is it a foot or a claw!"