greed S2

• 'What idol has displaced you?' he re-joined.

  'A golden one.'

  • Belle is breaking off their engagement contract - He's idolising his money instead of Belle.
  • Metaphor- money - 'do not worship false idols' (part of the ten commandments) as the only God for Scrooge is Belle.
  • Scrooge is worshipping the wrong idol and is corrupt by money.
• "I have seen your nobler aspirations fall off one by one until the master-passion, Gain engrosses you."

  • "master" - adjective - Suggests that money is ruling over Scrooge and is controlling him. Like a master, Scrooge is almost a slave to money.
  • "Gain" - capitalised - personifying Gain - becoming the person Scrooge is interested in and almost dehumanising him. He's more interested in money more than he is in Belle.