A CHRISTMAS CAROL QUOTES AND ANALYSIS

• What 5 quotes can be used to presents the theme of supernatural in a Christmas carol?


  - " he seized the extinguisher-cap and by a sudden action pressed it down upon its head "

  - " Scrooge entered timidly, and hung his head before the spirit "

  - " Scrooge fell upon his knees and clasped his hands before his head "

  - " Scrooge feared the ghost so much his legs trembled beneath him "

  - " solemn dread "

  - " jolly giant" who wears a " green robe" which was bordered with fur "

  - " glowing torch in a shape not unlike Plenty's thorn "
• what 5 quotes can be used to present the theme of religion in a Christmas carol?


  - " squeezing , wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner "

  - " I will live in the past, the present and the future. The spirts of all three shall strive within me "

  - " wore a tunic of the purest white "

  -" dragging a heavy chain "

  - " forgive me, I am not justified in what I ask "

  - " ivy "
• Quotes representing the theme of social injustice and poverty in "A Christmas Carol":

  • "Are there no prisons and the union workhouses?"
  • "This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased."
  • They are "yellow", "scowling" and "wolfish"
  • "My little, little child," cried Bob, "my little child"
  • "I will give you Mr. Scrooge the founder of the feast"
  • "If he be like to die, he had better do it, and decrease the surplus population"
  • "If quite convenient, sir"
  • "Clerk"
• "Are there no prisons and the union workhouses?"
• "This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased."
• Description of social injustice and poverty: They are "yellow", "scowling" and "wolfish"
• "My little, little child," cried Bob, "my little child"
• "I will give you Mr. Scrooge the founder of the feast"
• "If he be like to die, he had better do it, and decrease the surplus population"
• "If quite convenient, sir"
• "Clerk"
• what 5 quotes can be used for the theme of selfishness and materialism in a Christmas carol?


  - "dressed out poorly in a twice turned gown, but brave in ribbons" (description of mrs Cratchit)

  - "overrun by grass and weeds" " its was a worthy place" (about his grave)

  - "the chain he drew was clasped about his middle"

  - a "golden" idol has "displaced" belle, "ivy, turkey, geese, game, poultry, brown, meat, pigs, sausages, oysters.

  -" what has he done with his money" "cheap funeral" "marketing the corpse"
• Quotes representing the theme of redemption and regret in "A Christmas Carol":

  1. "Mankind was my business."

  2. "I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a schoolboy."

  3. "If he be like to die, then he better do it and decrease the surplus population" - resulting in Scrooge being "overcome with penitence and grief" and saying "Hear me, I am not the man I was."

  4. "God bless us, every one!"
• In the text, there is a contrast between Scrooge being described as "quite a baby" juxtaposed with "as hard and sharp as a flint" and "old sinner."
• Scrooge's transformation is evident when he says, "I am not the man I was."