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WorksheetsUllathorne A Christmas Carol Quotations
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
“Oh! Scrooge was a selfish old sinner!”
Which analysis is better?
The reader is drawn to this statement by the exclamation “Oh!”
The noun “sinner” shows that Scrooge’s behaviour is the opposite to Christ’s teaching.
An audience would enjoy the narrator's negative description of the evil scrooge, as shown by the adjective "old"
“He carried his own low temperature … around with him.”
This metaphor is used to show how Scrooge wants to change
This simile conveys a feeling of desperation and injustice
This Metaphor emphasises how unemotional and
unfeeling Scrooge is.
“Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge.”
Why is sentence structure important here?
The metaphor conveys how mean Scrooge is
Dickens creates emphasis by putting Scrooge's name at the end of the sentence
The structure is a very long sentence to show the reader that Dickens disliked Scrooge
“Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge.”
The Metaphor shows that Scrooge was hard and unfeeling. He ground people down, especially Bob Cratchit
The simile shows that Scrooge was hard and unfeeling. He ground people down, especially Bob Cratchit
The personification shows that Scrooge was hard and unfeeling. He ground people down, especially Bob Cratchit
“Hard and sharp as flint”
The metaphor suggests that he is intelligent but unrelenting and harsh
The simile suggests that he uses physical violence to get his own way
The simile is used to suggest that he is intelligent but unrelenting and harsh
"“Fifteen shillings a week, and a wife and a family at Christmas…
Humbug!”
Dickens is telling people not to get married and have children if they can't afford them
Dickens is criticising the employers who did not pay their workers enough to survive
Dickens is telling his readers not to spend money at Christmas
“A lonely child, neglected by his friends, is still there.”
Dickens is showing that Scrooge should have been a better person when he was younger as this affects our future
Dickens is showing that Scrooge deserves everything he gets
Dickens is showing that our past affects our present. Scrooge associates Christmas with sadness and loneliness
“foggier yet, and colder! Piercing, searching, biting cold.”
Pathetic Fallacy
This could also
apply to Scrooge’s
character
Pathetic Fallacy. This emphasises Scrooge keeping down energy bills
This symbolises Scrooge's search for more wealth
What might the FOG symbolise?
It symbolises how Scrooge always hiding his anger from people
The fog symbolises that Scrooge cannot see the right way to live his life.
The white fog symbolises Scrooge's white hair
Historical Context.In the 19th Century winters were especially hard. Much more severe than now! Fog and smoke mixed to cause smog which was very thick.
True
False
No one knows
“They had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.”
Dickens is showing his belief that the best way to solve the problem of poverty was to kill off the poor
Dickens is showing how many wealthy people thought. They did not care about the poor. Malthus believed a growing population meant starvation was inevitable.
“The chain… was made of cash boxes, keys, padlocks… and heavy purses.”
Which is NOT correct
This symbolises the fact that he was trapped by his greed. His money did
not give him any freedom.
There are connotations of slavery. Marley was a slave to money – and so
is Scrooge.
Marley feels he has been trapped like a slave by Scrooge's greed
“I wear the chain I forged in life.”
The chains are symbols to show there are consequences to how we live our lives.
The chains are symbols to show we should take care of our money
The chains are symbols to show how much Scrooge loved Marley
“Oh no kind spirit! Say he will be spared.”
The adverb "spared" reveals Scrooge's indifference
Dickens uses Tiny Tim to
Symbolise Scrooge’s desire
to change and redeem
himself.
Scrooge is not yet ready for redemption
“ I learnt a lesson which is working now.”
Scrooge wants to show the reader that he is better than most people who never change
Learning a lesson is one of the purposes of the novella. Dickens is showing that if Scrooge can change, then so can the wealthy.
“Scrooge hung his head, ashamed to hear his own words.”
This is when... ?
His own comment about decreasing "the surplus population" are said by the Ghost of Christmas Present
Scrooge tells the Ghost of Christmas Past to "decrease the surplus population."
His own comment about decreasing the surplus population are said by the Ghost of Christmas Future
"They were not well dressed; their shoes were far from being water-proof; their clothes were scanty."
Who is Dickens describing?
The Adams Family
The Scratchit Family
The Cratchit family
Fred's Family
“Nobody said or thought it was at all a small pudding for a large family.”
The juxtaposition emphasises their poverty but also their gratitude and love for each other.
The repetition shows that they were happy to have a lovely meal on Christmas Day
The oxymoron small/large shows thier extreme poverty and shame.
“This boy is ignorance.
This girl is want.
Beware them both… ”
Dickens was very concerned about the behaviour of children. He felt that most of the problems of Victorian society was caused by orphans
Ignorance and Want are symbols of the problems caused by poverty in Victorian society. The ghost warns Scrooge that failing to address these problems will lead to society’s “doom”.
Dickens places Old Joe’s shop in a part of the city which “reeked with crime, filth and Misery”.
Dickens uses this scene to show that many poor were worthless
This shows how
desperation leads
to crime and was a warning to society.
Dickens used this to show that poor people always turned to crime
“I am quite a baby”
This personification symbolises a
new start for Scrooge.
He has been given
the chance of a
New life.
This reveals that Scrooge understands that he needs looking after. If his nappy needs changing, so be it.
This metaphor symbolises a
new start for Scrooge.
He has been given
the chance of a
New life.
“He has the power to make us happy or unhappy.”
Which is NOT correct?
Dickens uses Fezziwig to show what a difference a good employer can make.
Dickens is showing that Scrooge learnt to be a mean employer from Fezziwig.
Dickens believed that the rich had a duty to make work less horrible if they could. Remember, working conditions were often terrible and people worked very long hours.
“ I am as merry as a schoolboy.”
This simile conveys the joy of being
able to learn and change, even if
you are Scrooge’s age.
This metaphor suggests
the theme of being
able to learn and change, even if
you are Scrooge’s age
This simile shows that Scrooge is happy that he is no longer naughty "like a schoolboy."
“It was always said of him that he knew how to keep Christmas well.”
Dickens felt that people were spending too much time and effort on Christmas
This links to one of the reasons he wrote the book. He wanted the tradition of Christmas kept alive. Scrooge personifies this aim.
One of the themes is that redemption is almost impossible, especially at Christmas time
“I will live in the Past, the Present and the Future."
Which is NOT true?
This is one of the themes of the book. Dickens is reminding us that these are all linked and all affected by each other.
At the end, Dickens reminds us of the three ghosts and the effect they have had on him.
Dickens believed strongly that all three were linked and could not be changed
