Key vocab

• misanthropic/misanthropist

  • to dislike humanity and try to keep your distance from society
  • Scrooge is misanthropic in stave 1 as he intentionally isolates/ostracizes himself from society, therefore, he can maintain this cold and miserly existence, where he doesn't interact with anyone
• parsimonious

  • to be stingy and unwilling to spend any money
  • In Stave 1, Scrooge is an extremely parsimonious individual who is reluctant to give, especially to charity
• beseeches

  • to beg
  • Scrooge beseeches the ghost to teach him about himself and allow him to repent the sins that he forged in life
• repentant

  • feels guilty
  • Scrooge is presented as repentant and remorseful which has translated into willingness to transform his life and has made him aim to become a socially responsible person
• magnanimous

  • to be generous
  • In Stave 5, Scrooge becomes more generous. Illustrating the progressive change within Scrooge throughout the novella as his socially responsible and magnanimous nature juxtaposes the misanthropic and parsimonious behaviour of Scrooge at the exposition of the novella