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Cards (20)

  • he iced his office in the dog days
  • Shun the path I tread
  • I will honour Christmas with all my heart and try to keep it every year, I will live in the Present, Past and future.
  • Though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe it has done me good
  • Mankind was my business, the common welfare was my business
  • His wealth is of no use to him
  • But most of all beware of the boy, for on his brow i see that written which is Doom
  • If these shadows remain unaltered by the future, the child will die.
  • Hes a comical old fellow
  • If they would rather die, they had better do it and reduce the durplus population.#
  • hard and sharp as flint
  • he was a tight fisted hand at the grindstone
  • God bless everyone - tiny tim
  • "Dismal little cell" - Bob cannot escape his metaphorical cell because poorer people in Victorian England had limited options
  • Ill raise your salary to assist your struggling family- encapsulates Scrooge's redemption
  • "Ill give you Mr Scrooge, the founder of this feast" - shows Bob's humility and appreciation for the miniscule things
  • "He was all in a glow, his face was ruddy and handsome" - directly contrasts Scrooge's cold and miser attitude
  • "Let him in, it is a mercy he didn't shake his arm off" - Shows the importance of forgiveness and redemption
  • "Come in! and know me better man!" - The ghost of Christmas present is metaphorically encouraging scrooge to allow him lead him to redemption
  • From the crown of its head there sprung a bright clear jet of light - The ghost is about to shed metaphorical light on scrooges past and flaws