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• Freud : id = Human beings are slaves to their id - in Scrooge's case - money
• 'Solitary as an oyster'

  T - Similie

  E - Emphasises how trapped Scrooge is, suggesting he was forced to be the way he is

  Z - 'solitary'

  E - Implies solitary confinement - locked away. Suggests Scrooge is trapped by his oyster. (reinforced in Stave 2 'solitary as a child') The oyster is a symbol of what traps and controls him - capitalism.

  L -

  • Scrooge - presented as a victim. Blinded by capitalism
  • Supernatural - Breaks the oyster, emphasises their power as they are able to reveal Scrooge's true colours
  • Cratchits - Scrooge's foil. They aren't trapped, therefore they are happy
• 'Another idol has displaced me'

  T - Juxtaposition

  E - Suggests that Belle wanted to be Scrooge's only idol, however she has been displaced, suggesting Scrooge has more important things to worship - but what can be more important than love?

  Z - Verb 'displaced'

  E - In order for Scrooge to be accepted by this new idol, he must sacrifice himself, and all the good and happiness he has. Therefore we can infer that the thing that has displaced love and happiness is Scrooge's id - 'gain'. This could be due to Scrooge feeling that 'one of the hardest things of life is being poor', which Scrooge has experienced before - which were the worst times of his life. Perhaps we are finding out why Scrooge is the way he is?

  L -

  • Scrooge - a slave of his freud : id
  • Supernatural - make Scrooge aware of his mistakes
• 'Smooth white sheet of snow upon the roof, dirtier snow upon the floor'

  T - Pathetic fallacy

  E - White snow = upper class, life is easy for them, they are untouched and looking down on the poor.

  Dirtier snow = lower class, constantly kicked about, trampled on and looked down upon by upper class

  Z - 'Foreshadowing'

  E - Eventually all snow melts and has the same ending. Suggests that it doesn't matter whether we are white snow or dirty snow, we all end the same. Perhaps this is Dickens message? We should all help eachother whilst we are different, before we all end the same

  L -

  • Cratchit family - Presents the struggles their class is facing
  • Scrooge - Criticizing his way of life. He must change, else his end is near
  • Supernatural - they are the ones that show scrooge that the divide is pointless
• Written during the Industrial Evolution in Victorian London - when poverty and inequality were growing very fast. Dickens wants to highlight the hardships of the poor, especially children.
• 'I wear the chains I forged in life'

  T - Foreshadowing

  E - If Scrooge doesn't change, he too will wear the chains he has forged

  Z - Supernatural - Gothic genre

  E - The ghosts are catalysts to drive Scrooge into change

  L -

  • Religion - The punishment the capitalist men will face
  • Fear - The power of fear. Fear causes change
  • Scrooge - How powerless he is, yet he still has the ability to change
• 'There is nothing on which it is so hard as poverty'

  T - Hyperbole

  E - Emphasises our sorrow for Scrooge and allows us to understand why Scrooge left Belle so abruptly. Implies Scrooge's life has been so hard - shows Scrooge's softer side.

  Z - Adjective 'hard'

  E - Reinforces our idea of why Scrooge is following his id : gain

  L -

  • Impact of family - Scrooge had a family, but never felt the love of a true family
  • Scrooge - Shows us that Scrooge was forced to be the way he is
• 'They were not well dressed, but they were happy, grateful, pleased with one another'

  T - Juxtaposition

  E - Juxtaposes the capitalist idea that money brings happiness

  Z - Triplet 'happy, grateful, pleased'

  E - Suggests that one doesn't need money to find these privileges. Introduces the idea that we must change

  L -

  • Family
  • Happiness
  • Change
  • Cratchits