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when he was 12, his father was imprisoned for debt and Dickens had to work in a factory and give up his education
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why did Dickens emphasise with the poor?
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from 1 million to 6 million
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how much did London's population grow between 1800 and 1900?
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"reeked with crime, with filth, and misery"
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in Chapter 4, when Scrooge visits part of London, how is it described?
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"half-naked, drunken, slipshod, ugly" slipshod- lack of care
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in Chapter 4, when Scrooge visits part of London, how are the people described?
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the suffering of children who lived in poverty
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what context does the death of Tiny Tim and the Children of ignorance and want relate to?
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that population grew exponentially, while food supply grew artihmetically
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what did Malthus believe?
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he thought that he was wrong and that there was plenty of food
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what did Dickens think about Malthus?
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in chapter 3, the the GOCP takes Scrooge to the bustling shops and he sees the huge amount of food on display
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where is Dickens's view on Malthus' theory highlighted in the text?
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how cruel Malthus' theory was
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what is Dickens criticising when Scrooge says that the poor should die and "decrease the surplus population"?
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introduced in 1834 to reduce financial help available to the poor and ruled that all the unemployed should enter workhouses to receive food and shelter
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what was the poor law?
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it wasn't good handing out money to the poor as it made them lazy, so they should die.
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"if they would rather die.. they had better do it and decrease the surplus population"
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when Scrooge gives Bob Cratchit a pay rise and pays the little boy to fetch him a turkey
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where does Dickens show that, if people would be paid fairly, there would be no need for charity
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to show that people are doomed to a life of want by a lack of education
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what does the child of ignorance represent?
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that a Sunday should be a day or rest and religion Dickens was anti-sanitarian, because it meant that the poor couldn't get any enjoyment of their day off
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what is sabbatarianism and what was Dickens's view on it?
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in chapter 3, Scrooge complains to the GOCP that it denies the poor of "opportunities of innocent enjoyment"
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where is the idea of anti-sabbatarianism shown in the text?
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it was becoming more secular
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what was happening to Christmas by the end of the 19th century?
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when Scrooge says "i will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year"
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where does Dickens underline his belief that people should show the good values of Christmas all year round?
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"a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time"
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how is Christmas described by Dickens
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"shrivelled"
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in the first chapter, what are Scrooge's looks described as?
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he was an excellent man of business on the day of the funeral
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scrooge was dealing business even on the day of Marley's funeral
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he was a tight-fisted hand at the grind stone
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metaphor to describe scrooge as tight
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hard and sharp as a flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire
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hard and sharp.....
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no warmth could warm, nor wintry weather chill him
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pathetic fallacy to describe scrooge
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it was cold, bleak, biting weather: foggy withal
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description of the weather around the counting house
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meanwhile, the fog and darkness thickened
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pathetic fallacy
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there's more of gravy than of grave about you
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Scrooge is doubtful about Marley's ghost
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cash-boxes, keys, padlocks, ledgers, and heavy purses wrought in steel
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description of Marley's ghosts chain
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i wear the chain i forged in life
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Marley's ghost explaining why he has a chain
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it is a ponderous chain!
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Marley describes Scrooge's chain
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but you were always a good man of business, Jacob
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Scrooge exclaims how Marley was a good business man
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he was conscious of a thousand odours floating in the air
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Scrooge excited about being in his home town
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a clear, cold, winter day, with snow upon the ground
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description of the weather in Scrooge's home town
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father is so much kinder than he used to be, that home's like heaven
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little fanny tells scrooge to come home
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there was a boy signing a Christmas carol at my door last night. i should like to have given him something:that's all
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scrooge wishes to have treated a carol singer better
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the happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it costs a fortune
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scrooge realises that happiness inst about money
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i should like to be able to say a word or two to my clerk just now! that's all
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scrooge regrets not treating Bob Cratchit better
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until the master passion, gain, engrosses you
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Belle breaks up with scrooge
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an antique scabbard; but no sword was in it
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a motif shows the goodness if the ghost of Christmas present
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conduct me where you will if have aught to teach me, let me profit by it
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scrooge wants to be changed
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cramp these people's opportunities of innocent enjoyment
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scrooge is anti-sabbatarian
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he could accommodate himself to any place with ease
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the GOCpresent is adaptive
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poorly in a twice turned gown, but brave in ribbons
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poverty in Mrs Cratchit
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tell me if tiny Tim will live
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scrooge asks the GOCpresent if tiny Tim will live
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overcome with pertinence and greif
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after the ghost repeats what scrooge said in chapter 1, scrooge is ...
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i hope to live to be another man from what i was
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scrooge says to the GOCF thathe wants to become a different man
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i am as light as a feather, i am as happy as an angel, i am as merry as a school boy
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scrooge wakes uo and feels like his troubles are gone
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golden sunlight; heavenly sky; sweet fresh air; merry bells
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how the weather is described at the end of the novel
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i'll raise your salary, and endeavour to assist your struggling family
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scrooge tells Bob he is going to raise his salary
