"A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley" Act I character quotes – Flashcards
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"I"m afraid nothing would astonish old Scrooge now. Not after what he's seen. Not a baby boy, not a rhinoceros, nor anything in between would astonish Ebenezer Scrooge just now. I can think of nothing..."
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Scrooge
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"They owe me money and I will collect. I will have them jailed, if I have to. They owe me money and I will collect what is due me."
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Nephew
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"...though it [generocity] has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that it has done me good, and that it will do me good; and I say, God bless it!"
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Scrooge
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"I'd rather see myself dead than see myself with your family!"
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Nephew
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"You are a better Christian than I am sir."
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Scrooge
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"I wish to be left alone! Since you ask me what I wish, gentlemen, that is my answer."
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Portly Man
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"...a few of us are endeavoring to raise a fund to buy the Poor some meat and drink, and means of warmth. We choose this time, because it is a time, of all others, when Want is keenly felt, and Abundance rejoices."
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Scrooge
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"If they would rather die, they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population."
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Scrooge
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"It's less of time a year for being merry, and more a time of year for being loony...if you ask me."
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Scrooge
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"Bah! Humbug! Christmas! Bah! Humbug!"
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Marley
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"Man of the wordly mind, do you believe in me or not?"
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Marley
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"I wear the chain I forged in life. I made it link by link, and yard by yard."
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Marley
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"BUSINESS!!! Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, benevolence, were, all, my business."
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Marley
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"You will be haunted by three spirits."
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Fan
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"Father is much kinder than he ever used to be, and home's like heaven!"
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Past
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"She [Fan] died a woman, and had, as I think, children."
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Fezziwig
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"Yo ho, my boys. No more work tonight. Christmas Eve, Dick. Christmas, Ebenezer!"
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Young Scrooge
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"He [Fezziwig] is the best, best, the very absolute best! If I ever own a firm of my own, I shall treat my apprentices with the same dignity and the same grace."
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Woman
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"Our contract is an old one. It was made when we were both poor and content to be so. You are changed. When it was made, you were another man."
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Past
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"I have told you these were shadows of the things that have been. They are what they are. Do not blame me, Mr. Scrooge."
