A Christmas Carol – Flashcards
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Ebeneezer Scrooge
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- main character - miser - old man who loves money more than people - hates Christmas - "Bah humbug" - turns away family - lonely
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Jacob Marley
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- Scrooge's business partner - died 7 years ago on Christmas Eve - came back as a ghost to warn Scrooge of his afterlife
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Bob Cratchit
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- Scrooge's clerk - father of Tiny Tim, a cripple dying boy - endured many years of Scrooge's negatice and harsh attitude - remains a humble and dedicated employee
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Tiny Tim
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- son of Bob Cratchit - unable to walk (he has to use a cane) and will eventually die because of polio (crippled from birth) - he is the most upbeat little kid and brings life and light to the Cratchit family - When he dies during Mr. Scrooge's visit to the future (courtesy of the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come), it is the final straw for Scrooge who, when he realizes his mistakes, gives the Cratchits the money needed to keep alive and acts like an uncle towards him. - Dickens uses to highlight the tribulations of England's poor and to elicit sympathy from his middle and upper class readership
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Ghost of Christmas Past
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- described Scrooge in the past - childlike, no wrinkles, long arms & hands - shows Scrooge a lonely time in his life - a spirit of contradictions: old & young; strong & weak; summer & winter flowers - light - can't change past
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Ghost of Christmas Present
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- had over 1800 brothers before him - jovial fellow, large, surrounded by a feast - shows Scrooge the reality of people's lives - horn of plenty - torch - represents the spirit of christmas - dressed in a green robe
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Ghost of Christmas Future/Yet to Come
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- phantom, doesn't speak - shows Scrooge his own death - dark & gloomy look - shows scrooge's future if he doesn't change
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Fan
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- Scrooge's younger sister - Fred's mother - she died - rescued Scrooge
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Belle
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- Scrooge's ex fiance - broke off their engagement after Scrooge became consumed with greed and the lust for wealth
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Old Joe
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pawner
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Fezziwig
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- employed Scrooge as a young apprentice - Scrooge's old boss/mentor - reminds Scrooge of what is was like have a happy work environment
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Fred
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- Scrooge's nephew - a genial man who loves Christmas - invites Scrooge to his Christmas party each and every year, only to be refused by his grumpy uncle
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Ignorance
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a symbol of the lack of education in England at the time, and also of Scrooge's willful denial of reality
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setting
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christmas eve 3:00 in afternoon foggy, dark already London
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Dead as a doornail
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Phrase used to describe how dead Jacob Marley was at the beginning of Stave 1
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Scrooges house
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- marleys old house - dark, depressing -not richly furnished - "darkness was cheap, and scrooge liked it"
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Marley's face
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Scrooge sees this in place of his door knocker on Christmas Eve
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Marley's chains
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Things Marley was attached to in life (cashboxes, ledgers, keys, etc.) and wore in death, symbolized his selfishness and greed
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"If they rather die, they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population"
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Ghost of Christmas Present uses Scrooge's words against him when he asks if Tiny Tim will die
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desert moor/miners camp
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sees four generations of people gathered around a tree
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lighthouse
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sees two men celebrating Christmas
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ship at sea
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sees sailors celebrating Christmas
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"are there no prisons or workhouses"
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Ghost of Christmas Present uses Scrooge's words against him when he shows him Ignorance and Want
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gravestone
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Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come takes him to a graveyard and shows him the name EBENEEZER SCROOGE written on the gravestone
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"I will lie in the past, the present, and the future"
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Scrooge says this after he sees his name on the gravestone, he is going to live by the 3 spirits
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prize turkey
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Scrooge sends this to the Cratchit's home on Christmas day
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Want
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a symbol of the poverty in England at the time
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"Mankind was my business."
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Jacob Marley says this to refer to how he should have spent his days on earth caring for others around him.
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"God bless us, every one!"
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Tiny Tim says this on Christmas Day at the Cratchit's home.
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"Bah humbug"
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Scrooge says this to show his displeasure with the Christmas season.
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Cap held by the Ghost of Christmas Past
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Symbolizes greed, selfishness, and other actions that extinguish the spirit of Christmas
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Light coming from the Ghost of Christmas Past
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The memories and spirit of Christmases past
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Darkness of the Ghost of Christmas Future/Yet to Come
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Symbolizes death and darkness that comes when love and care isn't given to those around the world in need
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Joyfulness of the Ghost of Christmas Present
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Symbolizes the happiness and joy that can be found in togetherness.
