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• redemption-“i am going to raise ur salary “

  does what he can to help Bob , the raise will be life changing and save tiny tim . Ghost have transformed him . Dicken’s proves everyone can change
• redemption -“mankind was my business”

  juxtaposes , regrets life and not helping , warning Scrooge that he needs to change or he goes to purgatory - If you don’t help there will be consequences. Past tense ”was” - regret
• redemption- “covetous old sinner”

  purgatory , difficult to change , religion , 10 commandments ” for the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil “- actively goes against God
• redemption- “light as a feather “

  similar , religious imagery , broken from change , closer to heaven , Jesus brings light to the world , cast of chains
• g+s -“dismal little cell “

  trapped in a state of poverty , “dismal “- misery, “cell”- imprisoned in poverty , suffering of the poor they can’t break the cycle
• g+s-“a golden idol has displaced me “


  chose money over love and family , worships money as god , devil going against 10 commandments , doesn't understand where true happiness comes from
• g+s-“atom of a bone “

  very little , hyperbole exaggerated , “bone”- no meat , at Christmas people do for dinner , Mrs C doesn’t need it to be happy - it’s not what you have it’s who you have it with
• g+s-“scrooge had a very small fire but his clerks was much smaller-looked like one coal”


  not enough for the poor , semantic field of light shows Bob has hope he will achieve redemption, Malthusian attitudes even if employed , the smaller the fire the more parsimonious the character , differences between classes
• f+l-“ a golden idol has displaced me”


  chose money over family , worships like god , doesn’t know where true happiness comes from , 10 commandments
• f+l-“nobody said it was a small pudding for a large family”

  juxtaposition of small +large shows gratefulness , don’t need much to be happy , family is more important than material items
• f+l-“atom of a bone”

  have very little , hyperbole exaggerates , no meat , Mrs C doesn’t need that to be happy , not about what you have but who u have
• poverty-“ yellow ,meagre , ragged , wolfish, scowling”


  Ig and W, harsh picture of poverty the “poor and destitute “ - animal imagery , diseased from industrial revolution, don’t look like ordinary kids , dehumanised , TM attitudes to kids
• poverty-“brave in ribbons “

  metaphor , cheap material turned into luxury , family is happiness , TM attitudes , poor should die , industrial revolution rich got richer poor got poorer
• poverty-“scrooge had a very small fire but his clerks was much smaller -it looked like one coal”


  not enough got poor , Bob still has hope he achieves redemption , motif of fire , semantic field of light
• Marley “ I wear the chains i forged in life” “mankind was my business“


  chains physically weighing him to purgatory , preventing heavenly life , chains are his sins

  regret not helping , past tense shows regret , warning for Scrooge
• Past- “ a golden idol has displaced me “

  ” he has the power to render us happy or unhappy”


  worships money like god , devil , watches only chance at family slip away

  Fezziwig used to make his life wonderful with extravagant parties , jovial attitude
• present- empathy- “spirit tell me , will Tiny Tim live?”

  forms connection , Scrooge can change the boys life , makes his disease untreatable, shows Scrooge has a choice , neglects the poor
• YTC-reflection- “unwatched,unwept,uncared for “

  ”slowly gravely silently”


  he is alone in death not even his friends attend funeral unless there is “free lunch” Scooge promises to make amends

  Reality of his attitudes , love + family is more important

  Scared of supernatural, aphonic