quotes + analysis

• 'the smooth white sheet of snow upon the roof... dirtier snow upon the ground'

  questions: class, change -for change to take place the disparity between the classes must be ↓ + weather

  'snow' - symbol of the disparity between class

  pathetic fallacy - snow used to reflect the mood + events

  adjective - 'smooth' snow - symbol of the rich- untouched, perfect at the top on the roof looks down upon the 'poor' snow. they see all the WC struggles but don't care.

  adjective - 'dirtier' - symbol of the WC looked down upon by the rich,

  juxtaposition + contrast of these 2 snows

  context - capitalism
• 'I will not shut out the lessons that they teach'

  question: redemption


  first person pronoun - 'I' - S takes full accountability. imperative command - as if S is talking to himself as the ghosts once did. He has changed

  'shut' - links back to 'oyster' - no longer is S a prisoner to capatilism, says w/ conviction that he wont go back to his old ways

  foreshadows how there is hope for all to change
• 'If the course be departed from, the ends will change'

  question: impact of supernatural, character of S - shows their is more to him then beyond the surface 


  foreshadowing - change is always available for all of us

  'course'-metaphor for life - life is a journey with our density being reaching a particular outcome - but it's not a straight course

  verb - 'departed' -leave certain things behind - S left all his selfish beliefs behind by the spirits showing him his disastrous end he will suffer
• “The cold within him froze his old features”


  questions: Scrooge, redemption, society 


  symbolism - 'cold' = negativity which reflected in his look. 'froze'- before S changed he was like a dead man walking, no life within him, he was frozen.

  capitalism - 'old'- S looks opitimises the capitalist society's effect on him

  personification

  victim of capitalism +patriarchy - normally the richer u were the more masculine u were, but S is a product of society + his ugly looks aren't smth ppl would desire, Dickens repels his audience from wanting to be like S

  Freud + id - danger of following ur desire
• 'Good friend, as good a master, and as good a man'

  question: S change, supernatural 


  rule of 3

  juxtaposes w/ who he was before - S is good which is emphasised by the repetition

  S is now a product of change - 3 roles of society - 'friend' - Ghost of past - taught him how to maintain relationships. 'master' - ghost of present - bob crachets fam. 'man' - be good in every aspect of ur life, that is ur masculinity.

  shows the steps of S change that changed him inside out
• 'Another idol has displaced me, a golden one '

  question: gender roles

  'another '+'displaced' - implies a change has taken place

  'idol'- symbol of worship - S love interest wants absolute submission from S. she wants him to worship her + not anything else

  golden idol - symbol of money, jobs

  S - slave to his desires - driven by his money, this point is the start of his downfall
• 'Mrs cratchit made the gravy hissing hot, master Peter mashed the potatoes with incredible vigour Miss Brenda sweetened up the apple sauce'

  q: change, fam, S change,

  rule of 3

  juxtaposition -the fam work w/ unity + love, contrasts w/ the narrative of the capitalist society, u dont need money to be happy
• the happiness he gives is quite as great as if it costs a fortune

  D emphasizes the main message - make the UC audience who bought the book who were prolly bosses think about how they can treat there staff better + bring them happiness + joy. D deliberately publishes the book at Christmas so that after reading it they would implement the act of kindness to their employees. D is encouraging his readers to go away and treat their workers better not spend loads of money for charity as S is. but create such happiness to his workers that it's worth fortunes
• (squeezing wrenching, grasping, scarping, clutching, covetous old sinner) as hard and sharp as a flint

  • asyndetic listing - 7 deadly sins - seen in scrooge + CU
  • 'squeezing + wrenching' - connotes struggle - S struggles to see the consequences of his stinginess