Scrooge

• " hard and sharp as flint "
• " hard and sharp as flint "

  • similie
  • emphasises his coldness
  • pushed others away
  • cruel
• " what reason have you to be merry ? you're poor enough "
• " what reason have you to be merry ? you're poor enough "

  • doesn't accept the values of Christmas
  • he is consumed by greed and can only associate happiness with money
  • mocking fred's Christmas spirit
• " i can't afford to make idle people merry "
• " i can't afford to make idle people merry "

  • sees the poor as lazy
  • feels like they need to help themselves
  • he is miserly / parsimonious - doesn't want to spend his money
  • he has so much but still isn't willing to help others
• " are there no prisons ? are there no workhouses ? "
• " are there no prisons ? are there no workhouses ? "

  • wants the poor out of society
  • sees them as an annoyance
  • does not want to help them
• " a golden idol has displaced me "
• " a golden idol has displaced me "

  • excessive greed
  • said by Belle - his ex fiance
  • he prioritises money and work above everything else including his relationships he worships money
• " they had better do it and decrease the surplus population "
• " they had better do it and decrease the surplus population "

  • referring to the poor
  • wants them out of society
  • sees himself as superior
  • disregard for human life
• " to tiny tim , who did not die , he became a second father "
• " to tiny tim , who did not die , he became a second father "

  • scrooge has changed
  • he wants to help the poor
  • acknowledges their struggles
  • become a better person with better morals
• " i will not shut out the lessons that they teach "
• " i will not shut out the lessons that they teach "

  • wants to become a better man
  • his commitment to change
  • contrast to beginning of novella
• " i am as light as a feather, i am as merry as a schoolboy "
• " i will raise your salary "
• " i have come to dinner , will you let me in fred "
• " he was a tight fisted hand at the grindstone "