A Christmas Carol

• "Marley was as dead as a doornail." - stave 1
• • "To say that he was not startled, or that his blood was not conscious of a terrible sensation to which it had been a stranger from infancy, would be untrue." (Scrooge after seeing Marley’s face)
• • "A lonely boy was reading near a feeble fire."
• "Was it a dream or not?" - stave 2
• • "He could not hide the light: which streamed from under it, in an unbroken flood upon the ground."
• "A strange voice called him by his name, and bade him enter." - stave 3
• • "He hoped the people saw him in the church, because he was a cripple, and it might be pleasant to them to remember upon Christmas Day, who made lame beggars walk and blind men see."
• In "A Christmas Carol," attachment is depicted as a strong reciprocal emotional bond between an infant and a primary caregiver
• Schaffer and Emerson's 1964 study aimed to identify stages of attachment and find a pattern in the development of attachment between infants and parents
• Participants in Schaffer and Emerson's study on attachment were 60 babies from Glasgow
• Freud's superego represents the moral component of the psyche, embodying internalized societal values and standards
• The Spirit in "A Christmas Carol" warns about the dangers of Ignorance and Want, symbolized by a boy and a girl
• In "A Christmas Carol," the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come is described as tall, stately, shrouded in a deep black garment that conceals its head, face, and form
• Scrooge fears the silent shape of the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come so much that his legs tremble beneath him
• Scrooge expresses his willingness to change and live differently after his encounters with the spirits in "A Christmas Carol"
• Scrooge promises to honor Christmas in his heart, keep it all year, and live by the lessons taught by the Spirits of the Past, Present, and Future
• Scrooge's transformation in "A Christmas Carol" is evident as he becomes as light as a feather, happy as an angel, and merry as a school-boy
• Scrooge's heart laughs and he learns how to keep Christmas well in "A Christmas Carol"
• • "It was a sufficient dinner for the whole family."
• • "If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, the child will die."
• • "What then? If he be like to die, he had better do it, and decrease the surplus population."
• • "Mr Scrooge!" said Bob; "I’ll give you Mr Scrooge, the Founder of the Fezziwig Feast!"
• • "Scrooge… wept to see his poor forgotten self as he used to be."
• • "There was a boy singing a Christmas carol at my door last night. I should like to have given him something: that’s all."
• • "A little girl, much younger than the boy, came darting in, and putting her arms about his neck, and often kissing him, addressed him as her ‘dear, dear brother.’"
• • "Father is so much kinder than he used to be, that home’s like Heaven!"
• • "He called out in a comfortable, oily, rich, fat, jovial voice." (Fezziwig)
• • "He has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome; a pleasure or a toil." (Scrooge talking about Fezziwig)
• • "Another idol has displaced me." (Belle)
• • "You fear the world too much."
• • "Our contract is an old one."
• • "He seized the extinguisher-cap, and by sudden action pressed it down upon its head."
• • "Marley was as dead as a doornail." - stave 1
• • "He was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge!" - stave 1
• • "Solitary as an oyster." - stave 1
• • "Hard and sharp as flint." - stave 1
• • "External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge." - stave 1
• • "It was cold, bleak, biting weather." - stave 1
• • "The fog came pouring in at every chink and keyhole." - stave 1
• • "His clerk, who in a dismal little cell beyond…was copying letters..." - stave 1