Scrooge-Family

Quote

'‘ To tiny tim,who did not die,he was a second father.’’(stave 5)

S

The syntax places ‘father’ at the end ,emphases transmorgrifiction

inro paternal figure

deliberate word order higlights didactic message

importance of family roles in promoting magnamity

A

Soft alliteration in ‘tiny tim’ emphasises scrooge and his fragility.

Phonetic device shows scrooge’s care reflecting dickens critique of the upper classes apethy towards the vulnerable

IR

RAD

Scrooge regresses into a childhood manner reinforcing how he perhaps came out of his former unscrupulous shell.

Context

Victorian morality: his change shows redemption through remorse and spiritual awakening

WOW

Dickens utilises scrooge’s shift to altruism

through his allignment with kants categorical imperative

lends insights into the ethical behaviour that which dickens believes society should mirror