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Dickens immediately establishes Scrooge as a deeply ________ character who despises human connection. (Definition: Showing a dislike of other people and unsociable)

Misanthropic

The novella serves a ________ purpose aiming to teach the wealthy Victorian upper class a moral lesson. (Definition: Intended to teach a moral lesson)

Didactic

Scrooges fatal flaw is his extreme ________ prioritizing financial gain over human life. (Definition: Extreme greed for wealth or material gain)

Avarice

Scrooge echoes cruel ________ economic theories when he suggests the poor should die. (Definition: The theory that population outgrows food supply needing death to balance it)

Malthusian

A Christmas Carol is a political ________ using ghosts to represent wider societal issues. (Definition: A story with a hidden political or moral meaning)

Allegory

Fezziwig represents the ideal of corporate ________ using his wealth to bring joy to his workers. (Definition: Generous donation of money to good causes)

Philanthropy

The Cratchit family dinner represents an ________ ideal where love and unity matter more than wealth. (Definition: The belief that all people are equal)

Egalitarian

The overarching narrative arc of the novella is Scrooges spiritual ________. (Definition: The action of being saved from sin or evil)

Redemption

The Cratchit family serves as a ________ representing the suffering of the entire Victorian working class. (Definition: A small group that represents a much larger system)

Microcosm

The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come introduces a dark and ________ tone to terrify Scrooge. (Definition: Disturbing and horrifying because it involves death)

Macabre

Marleys Ghost is trapped in a state of eternal ________ forced to wander the earth. (Definition: A state of suffering where sinners make amends)

Purgatory

The terrifying boy hidden under the spirits robe personifies the deliberate ________ of the wealthy elite. (Definition: A lack of knowledge or awareness)

Ignorance

By Stave 5 Scrooge has undergone a complete psychological ________ becoming a second father to Tiny Tim. (Definition: A dramatic change in form or character)

Transformation

Dickens gives a voice to the ________ poor who were completely ignored by the workhouse system. (Definition: Pushed to the edges of society and treated as insignificant)

Marginalised

The visitation of Marleys ghost acts as the supernatural ________ that begins Scrooges journey. (Definition: An event that drastically accelerates change)

Catalyst

Scrooge is described as a ________ sinner highlighting his obsessive desire to hoard money. (Definition: Having or showing a great desire to possess something belonging to someone else)

Covetous

The Victorian workhouses were places of extreme ________ where the poor were treated like criminals. (Definition: Poverty so extreme that one lacks the means to provide for oneself)

Destitution

Dickens exposes the ________ of the poor by wealthy factory owners. (Definition: The action of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work)

Exploitation

The extreme ________ of Victorian London meant the rich lived in luxury while the poor starved. (Definition: The unfair situation where some people have more rights or better opportunities)

Inequality

The poverty in London was ________ meaning it was built into the very laws of the country. (Definition: Relating to a system especially as opposed to a particular part)

Systemic

The poor in Joe the marine merchants shop live in absolute ________ and filth. (Definition: The state of being extremely dirty and unpleasant)

Squalor

Scrooges view of the poor is entirely ________ measuring their worth only by their financial output. (Definition: Designed to be useful or practical rather than attractive)

Utilitarian

The wealthy businessmen in Stave 4 show complete ________ towards Scrooges death. (Definition: Lack of interest enthusiasm or concern)

Apathy

The crushing poverty causes the moral ________ of characters like the thieves in Stave 4. (Definition: The condition or process of degrading or being degraded)

Degradation

Dickens forces the Victorian elite to face the terrible ________ they have forced upon the lower classes. (Definition: The damaging lack of material benefits considered to be basic necessities)

Deprivation

Scrooge places absolute value on money displaying a destructive level of ________. (Definition: A tendency to consider material possessions as more important than spiritual values)

Materialism

Fezziwig acts with pure ________ caring for the emotional wellbeing of his apprentices. (Definition: The quality of being well meaning and kindly)

Benevolence

Scrooges ________ behavior isolates him from the joy of the festive season. (Definition: Hoarding wealth and spending as little money as possible)

Miserly

Scrooge lives an entirely ________ existence pushing away both his nephew and his clerk. (Definition: Done or existing alone)

Solitary

Before his redemption Scrooge is entirely ________ caring only for his own financial security. (Definition: Thinking only of oneself without regard for the feelings of others)

Egocentric

Tiny Tims blessing demonstrates pure ________ wishing well upon everyone regardless of class. (Definition: The belief in or practice of selfless concern for the well-being of others)

Altruism

Fred is ________ in his forgiveness continuing to invite Scrooge to dinner every single year. (Definition: Very generous or forgiving especially toward a rival or someone less powerful)

Magnanimous

Belles observation that another idol has displaced her proves Scrooges ________ nature. (Definition: Excessively interested in acquiring money or material things)

Acquisitive

Scrooges refusal to donate to the portly gentlemen proves he is entirely ________. (Definition: Unkind and lacking in charity)

Uncharitable

Scrooge must face the pain of ________ to realize the damage his actions have caused. (Definition: Sincere regret or remorse for ones actions)

Repentance

The Ghost of Christmas Past triggers an emotional ________ causing Scrooge to sob at his own childhood. (Definition: A moment of sudden and great revelation or realization)

Epiphany

Scrooges journey is not just moral but ________ saving his soul from damnation. (Definition: Relating to or affecting the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things)

Spiritual

The end of the novella represents a complete ________ for Scrooge as he awakens on Christmas Day. (Definition: The process of being reincarnated or born again)

Rebirth

Scrooge seeks ________ desperately asking if he can sponge away the writing on his gravestone. (Definition: Preservation or deliverance from harm ruin or loss)

Salvation

Scrooge attempts to make ________ for his past sins by buying the prize turkey for the Cratchits. (Definition: Reparation for a wrong or injury)

Atonement

The physical removal of Marleys chains would symbolize a ________ from his earthly greed. (Definition: Freed from imprisonment slavery or enemy occupation)

Liberated

Scrooges ________ from his nephew Fred is a deliberate choice to avoid emotional vulnerability. (Definition: The state of being alienated or separated in feeling or affection)

Estrangement

The Cratchit family demonstrates incredible ________ relying on each other to survive their poverty. (Definition: The state of being joined as a whole)

Unity

Dickens urges his readers to show ________ to those less fortunate than themselves. (Definition: Sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others)

Compassion

Despite their poverty the Cratchits share a deep ________ that Scrooge completely lacks. (Definition: Blood relationship or a sharing of characteristics or origins)

Kinship

Fred shows remarkable ________ refusing to let Scrooges cruel words anger him. (Definition: The ability to understand and share the feelings of another)

Empathy

The Cratchits are a highly ________ family nurturing and protecting Tiny Tim despite the odds. (Definition: Caring for and protecting someone or something while they are growing)

Nurturing

The supernatural spirits act as an ________ force seeing everything Scrooge has ever done. (Definition: Knowing everything)

Omniscient

The ghosts exist in a ________ space between life and death. (Definition: Occupying a position at or on both sides of a boundary or threshold)

Liminal

The Ghost of Christmas Past has an ________ quality looking like both a child and an old man. (Definition: Extremely delicate and light in a way that seems not to be of this world)

Ethereal

The children Ignorance and Want are described in a horrifying and ________ manner. (Definition: Comically or repulsively ugly or distorted)

Grotesque

The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come serves a ________ function showing a future that can still be changed. (Definition: Accurately describing or predicting what will happen in the future)

Prophetic

Marleys face appearing in the doorknocker is a surreal and terrifying ________. (Definition: A ghost or ghostlike image of a person)

Apparition

The silent pointing finger of the final spirit creates a terrifying sense of ________. (Definition: The quality of being certain to happen)

Inevitability

The spirits control the ________ laws of the universe manipulating time to teach Scrooge his lesson. (Definition: Relating to time)

Temporal