Christmas Carol and Conflict Poetry

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"Another idol has displaced me, a golden one, I release you"

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Belle; breaking engagement with Young Scrooge.

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"God bless us, everyone!" - Who said this?

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Tiny Tim; optimism and kindness.

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"Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?" - Who said this?

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Scrooge; refusal to donate to charity.

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Scrooge's Christmas Spirit

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Learned from ghosts; be generous all year.

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Jacob Marley; forged chain, punishment for greed

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"I forged this chain, link by link."

Front

Quote about Christmas and generosity

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Fred; 'less fortunate people' = people in need.

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Scrooge; greedy

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"He was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone...a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner!"

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"I have always thought of Christmas-time...as a good time"

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Fred; persuades Scrooge to celebrate Christmas.

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"Scrooge was better than his word..."

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Narrator's reflection on Scrooge's growth.

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"I have seen your nobler aspirations fall off... until the master passion, Gain, engrosses you"

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Said by Belle; she believes Scrooge is becoming greedy.