English: ACC quotes

GREED - Scrooges aggressive hoarding of wealth

QUOTE: Hard and sharp as flint / ANALYSIS: Simile establishes his misanthropic and unyielding nature / Flint suggests he has the potential to spark warmth but chooses to remain cold

GREED - Scrooges aggressive avarice and lack of charity

QUOTE: A tight-fisted hand at the grindstone Scrooge! / ANALYSIS: Metaphor highlights his acquisitive and exploitative business practices / Exclamative emphasizes the narrators disgust at his covetous nature

GREED - Marleys eternal punishment for his avarice

QUOTE: I wear the chain I forged in life / ANALYSIS: Metaphor of the chain represents his heavy sins / Forged implies his punishment is a direct result of his own greedy choices

GREED - Belles realization of Scrooges fatal flaw

QUOTE: Another idol has displaced me… a golden one / ANALYSIS: Noun idol suggests his greed has become sacrilegious replacing human love and religion with materialism

POVERTY - Scrooges view on the poor dying

QUOTE: And decrease the surplus population / ANALYSIS: Dehumanising noun surplus reflects cold capitalist economics / Exposes the cruel Malthusian logic of the Victorian elite

POVERTY - The true horrors of Victorian society

QUOTE: This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. / ANALYSIS: Personification of societal neglect / Short syntax creates a blunt didactic warning to the wealthy elite

POVERTY - The Cratchits making the most of what they have

QUOTE: Eked out by apple-sauce and mashed potatoes / ANALYSIS: Verb eked highlights their desperate poverty / Shows the Cratchits resilience and gratitude despite their marginalisation

POVERTY - The degradation of the poor in Stave 4

QUOTE: Half-naked drunken slipshod ugly / ANALYSIS: Asyndetic listing highlights the squalor and desperation of the underclass / Shows the moral decay caused by systemic inequality

REDEMPTION - Scrooges desperate plea to change his fate

QUOTE: I will honour Christmas in my heart / ANALYSIS: Declarative verb will shows his absolute commitment to transformation / Rejects his previous misanthropic worldview

REDEMPTION - Scrooges rebirth in Stave 5

QUOTE: I am as light as a feather I am as happy as an angel / ANALYSIS: Simile light directly contrasts with Marleys heavy chains / Angelic imagery signifies his spiritual redemption

REDEMPTION - The ultimate proof of his transformation

QUOTE: To Tiny Tim who did not die he was a second father / ANALYSIS: Final definitive statement proves his transformation is permanent / Demonstrates the power of active philanthropy

REDEMPTION - Scrooges desperation to undo his future

QUOTE: Oh tell me I may sponge away the writing on this stone! / ANALYSIS: Metaphor of sponging away shows his desperate need for atonement / Exclamatory tone highlights his complete spiritual awakening

FAMILY - Scrooges initial isolation and coldness

QUOTE: Solitary as an oyster / ANALYSIS: Simile shows his hard misanthropic exterior / Oyster implies there is a pearl of goodness buried deep inside

FAMILY - Freds defense of the Christmas spirit

QUOTE: A good time a kind forgiving charitable pleasant time / ANALYSIS: Asyndetic listing emphasizes the overwhelming positivity of Christmas / Acts as a foil to Scrooges misanthropic greed

FAMILY - The warmth of the Cratchit household

QUOTE: Dressed out but poorly in a twice-turned gown but brave in ribbons / ANALYSIS: Adjective brave highlights Mrs Cratchits dignity / Proves that family unity is more valuable than material wealth

FAMILY - The root cause of Scrooges isolation

QUOTE: A solitary child neglected by his friends is left there still / ANALYSIS: Adjective neglected highlights his childhood trauma / Creates empathy and explains the psychological root of his misanthropic adulthood

SUPERNATURAL - The terrifying description of Marleys ghost

QUOTE: The chilling influence of its death-cold eyes / ANALYSIS: Sensory language establishes a macabre tone / Acts as the supernatural catalyst to break Scrooges ignorance

SUPERNATURAL - The Ghost of Christmas Past

QUOTE: From the crown of its head there sprung a bright clear jet of light / ANALYSIS: Symbolism of light represents truth and memory / Forces Scrooge to illuminate his repressed childhood trauma

SUPERNATURAL - The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come

QUOTE: It was shrouded in a deep black garment / ANALYSIS: Adjective shrouded connects the spirit to death and the Grim Reaper / The silence forces Scrooge to finally reflect on his own actions

SUPERNATURAL - Marleys warning to Scrooge

QUOTE: I am here to-night to warn you that you have yet a chance and hope of escaping my fate / ANALYSIS: Noun chance establishes the didactic purpose of the spirits / Proves that the supernatural forces are actually benevolent and seeking his salvation