christmas carol

• squeezing wrenching grasping scarping clutching covetous old sinner (act 1 scrooge)

  this highlights his selfish and avaricious character it portrays scrooges immoral characteristics as on going casting him as an unrepentant old sinner
• he seized the extinguisher cap and by a sudden action pressed it down upon its head (stave 2)


  this delves into scrooges immersion in deeply suppressed emotions. he reacts irrationally out sheer panic, anticipating the prospect of confronting these stifled memories from his past
• yellow wolfish scowling (stave 3)

  ignorance and want are allegorical characters aim to highlight the unjustified abuse of children due to a result of callous attitude of upper class
• i will live in the past the present and the future. The spirits of all three shall strive within me (stave 4)


  God within the holy trinity:the father the son and the holy spirit this could emphasise three ghost almost acted as incarnation of God himself relaying a moral and religious message that penetrated deeply with scrooge
• "quite a baby""merry as a schoolboy"(stave 5)


  as both "baby" and "schoolboy" connote innocence and youth. scrooge is showcasing how through him repenting for his sins and sees the world in a untainted light he now vies it through compassion , kindness and benevolence
• "clerk" stave 1 bob cratchit

  dehumanisation and marginalisation. The deliberate omission of his name shows the societal attitude that stripped the poor of their individuality
• i'll give you mr scrooge the founder of the feast - bob cratchit (stave 2)

  Bob epitomises the power of true wealth. Despite their meagre materialistic possessions their fervent gratitude
• my little little child! cried bob my little child

  unjust suffering. image of fragility and innocence emphasising children like tiny tim often vicitim of relentless poverty
• i wear the chains i forged in life .. i made it link by link marley stave 1


  marley is warning scrooge that his coveoutness and abandoment of compassion for others are interconnected to his anguish
• mankind was my business (marley stave 1)

  Marleys spiritual and eternal punishment serves as a catalyst not only for the sole purpose of change but also for the realisation that compassion should always take precedence over materialism
• it was a strange like a child : yet not so like a child as like an old man (stave 2) 


  ghost of christmas past is an amalgamation of youthfulness and old age. The ghost illustrates the timelessness of the message of moral growth and redemption
• "bright clear jet of light " "purest white" stave 2


  this quotes creates a celestial image of heaven and purify from sin. Ghost wears "tunic" it suggest that he aims to resurface scrooges repressed memories and purify him
• glowing torch in shape not unlike plentys horn (stave 3)


  the ghost supernatural ommipotence intended to reveal and illumaite the detrimental impact of social neglect and avarice
• if he be like to die he had better do it and decrease the surplus population (stave 3)


  the ghost repeats scrooges earlier quote from stave 1 emphasising his callous neglect and ignorance towards the plight of the lower classes
• shrouded in a deep black garment (stave 4)


  this is reminiscent of the grim reaper a symbol of death tasked with collecting souls the ghost creates an ambience of foreboding and finality
• it was a worthy place overrun by grass and weeds (stave 4)


  the vitality and life of the surrounding plants highlight his own insignficance. This serves as a critisim of his materialism existence suggesting that he has become even more insignficant than decaying plants surrounding his grave.
• fred (stave 1)"all in a glow ; his face was ruddy and handsome; his eyes sparkled"


  dicken employs a motif of light , light is often signifies hope and enlightenment in the novella and hope of scrooges redemption
• recognise scrooges immoraliste are not for his to judge. Fred sense of divine order, further solidifying his portrayal as a paragon of virtue and the epitome of a moral pious