ACC Key Quotations 1

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Flashcards in this deck (31)
  • Scrooge is described as solitary as an oyster.
    character scrooge quotation
  • Scrooge is said to be hard and sharp as flint.
    character scrooge quotation
  • Scrooge is referred to as a covetous old sinner who is squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping.
    character scrooge quotation
  • Scrooge has a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone.
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  • Scrooge asks, “Are there no prisons? And the union workhouses?”, indicating his attitude towards the poor.
    character scrooge quotation
  • Scrooge questions, “What reason have you to be merry? You’re poor enough.”
    character scrooge quotation
  • Marley’s ghost states, “Mankind was my business!
    character quotation marley
  • Marley’s ghost claims, “I wear the chain I forged in life.”
    character quotation marley
  • Marley’s ghost mentions cashboxes, padlocks, purses, ledgers, deeds... as his burdens.
    character quotation marley
  • The Ghost of Christmas Past is described as a strange figure – like a child, yet not so like a child as like an old man.
    character quotation christmas_past
  • The Ghost of Christmas Past has a bright clear jet of light.
    character quotation christmas_past
  • The Ghost of Christmas Past observes, “Your lip is trembling.”
    character quotation christmas_past
  • Scrooge recalls being a solitary child, neglected by his friends.
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  • Scrooge remembers that he sobbed.
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  • Fan says, “Father is much kinder now.”
    character quotation fan
  • Belle tells Scrooge, “Another idol has displaced me.”
    character quotation belle
  • The Ghost of Christmas Present is described as a jolly Giant sitting in an easy state upon a couch.
    character quotation christmas_present
  • The Ghost of Christmas Present says, “Come in! and know me better, man!”
    character quotation christmas_present
  • The Ghost of Christmas Present warns, “If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, the child will die.”
    character quotation christmas_present
  • The Ghost of Christmas Present states, “What then? If he be like to die, he had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.”
    character quotation christmas_present
  • Ignorance and Want are described as a boy and girl, yellow, meagre, ragged, scowling, wolfish: but prostrate, too, in their humility.
    character quotation ignorance_and_want
  • The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come is described as shrouded in a deep black garment, concealing its head, face, and form.
    character quotation yet_to_come
  • Scrooge, shuddering, calls out, “Spirit!
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  • Scrooge laments, “Ah, poor Tiny Tim!”.
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  • Scrooge fell to his knees.
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  • Scrooge declares, “I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.”
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  • Scrooge vows, “I will live in the Past, Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me.”
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  • Scrooge expresses his desire to “sponge away the writing on this stone”.
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  • Scrooge proclaims, “I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a school-boy.”
    character scrooge quotation
  • Scrooge describes the weather as “No fog, not mist; clear, bright, jovial, stirring, cold.”
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  • Scrooge tells Bob, “I’ll raise your salary, and endeavour to assist your struggling family, and we will discuss your affairs this very afternoon.”
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