Christmas Carol

• ”Squeezing, wrenching, grasping,scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner” - Scrooge Stave 1

  • Selfishness, social injustice, religion
  • 7 negative adjectives alike to the 7 deadly sins - rich are the real sinners not the helpless poor.
  • At this time the rich would have scruntized the poor for being lazy and not contributing to economy.
  • Dickens political Diatribe, he is very subtle with his criticisms of the poor because he was poor when he was young.
  • ”squeezing“, “grasping” - could be physical Actions connection the struggle he has to assimilate with society.
• he seized the extinguisher -cap, and by sudden action pressed it down upon its head: 'Scrooked Stave 2'
• Themes


  • Redemption
  • Supernatural
  • Selfishness
• Scrooge resists the chance of redemption


  'cap' could connote restriction, symbolic of how Scrooge desperately wants to restrict and repress the memories of his past
• Scrooge doesn't want to recognise his past

  So would rather hide because its painful
• Aggressive verb 'pressed' paired with the rapid adverb of 'sudden'


  Explores how Scrooge is engulfed with deeply repressed emotions, he acts out irrationally
• As he is unsuccessful in restriction the ghosts light


  This mirrors how Scrooge will be unsuccessful in obstructing his redemption