Christmas Carol

• "A solitary child, neglected by his friends."
• "I wear the chain I forged in life"
• "The cold within him froze his old features..."
• "The chains I made in life are here upon this tree."
• "Ignorance and want"
• "He was very slow in coming to the conclusion that he knew how to repent."
• "His body shrunk, or rather melting away..."
• "No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him through"
• "It is required of every man," the Ghost returned to say, "that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellowmen, and travel far and wide; and if that spirit goes not forth in life, it is condemned to do so after death."
• "Tiny Tim lay as if asleep; but when Scrooge looked closer, he had closed his eyes forever."
• "A solitary child, neglected by his friends"
• "The boy is Ignorance. The girl is Want."
• Time is something that's quite precious to you at the moment
• This video will offer everything you need to know when it comes to context, theme and key quotes for the main characters within the Novella 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens
• Mind map


  An elaborate mind map outlining the main context points, themes and key quotes for the main characters
• The mind map is available to download as a free PDF
• Main context points for A Christmas Carol


  • Dickens' own father went to a debtors' prison when Dickens was 12 years old
  • The 1834 New Poor Law
  • Thomas Malthus' theory on overpopulation
  • The Industrial Revolution
• Main themes in A Christmas Carol


  • Christmas
  • Redemption
  • Charity
  • Social injustice
  • Family
• Key quotes for the character of Scrooge


  • "solitary as an oyster"
  • "Bah! Humbug!"
  • "Are there no prisons? And the Union workhouses?"
  • "I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future"
• Key quotes for the character of Bob Cratchit


  • "The clerk's fire was so very much smaller"
  • "a small pudding for a large family"
  • "My little, little child"
• Key quotes for the Ghost of Christmas Past


  • "like a child, and yet an old man"
  • "a small matter... to make these silly folks so full of gratitude"
  • "its light was burning bright"
• Key quotes for the Ghost of Christmas Present


  • "a jolly Giant"
  • Describing the children as "yellow, meagre, ragged, scowling, wolfish"
  • "This boy's ignorance is this girl's want"
• s ghost is almost a little bit like Santa Claus
• When he presents the two children to Scrooge


  These children symbolize the impact of poverty on young children
• It robs them of their innocence
• This listing is emphasizing how people like Scrooge and Rich readers actually cause the young children to suffer
• The children of the people they employed to suffer their innocence was robbed
• They looked really unnatural
• It was all down to people like Scrooge
• Ignorance


  Used to represent children who never go and get an education, they remain ignorant, they don't get an education because they don't get an education they can't get jobs and they tend to turn to crime in order to fund their Lifestyles
• Wants


  Lack of, wanting basic necessities like clothing and not wearing Rags
• A lot of these children were ragged children that's why they even went to ragged schools because they're literally wore Rags
• The girl symbolizes just children who lack just the bare minimum The Bare Basics and the best Necessities
• Black


  Emphasizes the Sinister appearance of the Ghost of Christmas Future, it also foreshadows the death of Scrooge
• Phantom pointed


  Illustrates that the Ghost's appearance is unyielding, it's pointing and almost showing Scrooge that your fate is set
• The spirit decides to forgive him

  Gives Scrooge another chance
• The kind hand trembled
• The ghost believes Scrooge can be redeemed, he can be forgiven
• "Scrooge's heart grew lighter"
• "The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled up his cheek, stiffened up his gait; made his eyes red, his thin lips blue; and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice."