PDF-Scene 1 Sound: The church clock strikes three times. Place: Scrooge

Cratchit Uh pardon me Mr Scrooge Scrooge Well what do you want Cratchit A gentleman has come to see you Scrooge About what Cratchit He didnt say Gentleman Hello Sir With whom. Study Guide. Dickens’ philosophy on life. . "Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do it well; whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself completely; in great aims and in small I have always thoroughly been in earnest." . Literary Devices: allusion, puns. Reading skills: assessing predictions. Allusions. A reference to a movie or book. Ex. “Inconceivable!” “I do not think you know what that word means.”. “To be or not to be. . .”. Anita Chan. University of Technology, Sydney. Kaxton. . Siu. Australian National University . 1. The Vietnam Strike Wave. 2. Some New Observations about the Strikes in Vietnam. Comparative . perspective: Vietnam and China.. Who are they????. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS…. What do they . want. for?. Is one of them ignorant? Who is?. Are Ignorance and Want . symbols. ?. Why does Ghost of Christmas Present care for them?. What does Scrooge learn from them and their appearance?. . Although . A Christmas Carol . uses a chronological structure Dickens also uses . flashback. . techniques.. . The first ‘. flashback. ’ comes in the form of the Ghost of Christmas Past. The Ghost of Christmas Past takes Scrooge back through time to when Ebenezer was a boy. . . In . Stave Four, Dickens creates a sense of dread towards death with a simple plot device—the ghost of Christmas Future showing Scrooge the effects of his own death and its meaninglessness in gradual, foreboding revelations. Scrooge visits a cold and rainy London of the future, where he hears old business colleagues joking about the death of somebody they knew but did not personally care about. EVIDENCE - While Scrooge begins to sense that the subject of their discussion led a meaningless life, he does not realize that the he, himself is that subject is himself. Dickens builds this sense of dread in another scene—the dead man’s belongings have been plundered by the grimy, destitute, selfish scavengers of London. Scrooge visits these bottom-feeders as they are hawking his very own belongings in a depressing pawn shop. EVIDENCE However, Scrooge is still unaware that he is the dead miser who kept ‘everything to himself’ in life, unintentionally preserving his belongings for plunderers.. Birth Place Married Place Death Place Birth Place Death Place Birth Death Birth Place Married Place Death Place Birth Place Married Place Death Place Birth Place Death Place Birth Birth Birth Place De English. English @ Kings. Overview of the course. Paper 1. Macbeth. Jekyll and Hyde. A Christmas Carol. Paper 2. Short stories. Power and Conflict poetry. Unseen poetry. Tips for parents. Useful links and revision tips. in QUOTES. LEARN KEY QUOTES. KNOW:. Structure, Language, Ideas, Context, Effects on Reader. Scrooge was his sole executor, his sole administrator, his sole assign, his sole residuary legatee, his sole friend, and sole mourner. Recall one simile used to describe Scrooge.. What do animals do when they see Scrooge?. What is the defining feature of Bob . Cratchit’s. cell?. Why does Scrooge sneer at his nephew?. What does ‘humbug’ mean?. Scrooge meets the Ghost of Christmas Present. He symbolises __________________________. He sits on a throne of food and wear a __________ with no sword (which symbolises peace). The ghost shows Scrooge the Christmas of other people: he waves his torch to spread the Christmas Spirit, focusing on poor people as they “______________”.. . Marley's ghost warns Scrooge that .... Marley's ghost informs Scrooge that he will be visited by .... Marley's ghost shows Scrooge a terrible vision of .... Objective: . To read and understand Stave 2. Chapter 1. Marley’s Ghost. Marley, was dead. There was no doubt. He was Scrooge’s business partner and his only friend.. Scrooge was a greedy man, cold inside and out. No one ever stopped him to stay hello. He wasn’t even happy on Christmas.. “. Dickens manipulates the readers through religious sensibilities, real life examples of Victorian attitudes to poverty and using a Christian time of celebration to create a long-standing and relevant message about humanity.