Spirit repeating scrooges words

• are there no prisons?: 'Said the Spirit, turning on him for the last time with his own words.'
• Scrooge

  Appalled by the sight of Ignorance and Want, wants them to be helped
• Ghost's actions

  1. Repeats Scrooge's own words back to him

  2. Highlights the way Scrooge has treated the poor in the past
• Anaphoric reference


  When a part of the text links back to other ideas for its meaning
• Anaphoric reference to Scrooge's previous words


  • The readers understand this as a signal back to Scrooge's past attitude towards the poor
• Want

  Used to reflect the booming population in Victorian times with many people 'wanting for' (go without) the basic necessities such as food and shelter
• This extreme poverty, combined with the ignorance of the rich, manifests to create enormous social problems that produces children like this
• The Ghost reminds Scrooge

  There are significant consequences of the rich's attitudes towards the poor in society