A Christmas Carol Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards for review.

Ebenezer Scrooge

The protagonist of A Christmas Carol.

Bah! Humbug!

Scrooge’s exclamation expressing his negative feelings towards Christmas.

Marley’s chain

Symbolises the consequences of greed and selfishness in life.

Ghost of Christmas Past

Represents memory, regret, and the influence of the past on the present.

Mr. Fezziwig

Scrooge’s cheerful employer in the past.

Belle

Scrooge’s former fiancée who leaves him due to his greed.

Ghost of Christmas Present

Symbolises generosity, celebration, and the joy of sharing.

Ignorance and Want

Represent society’s neglect of the poor and uneducated.

Tiny Tim

Bob Cratchit’s ill son who embodies innocence and hope.

Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come

A vision of Scrooge’s lonely death and consequences if he doesn’t change.

“Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?”

Shows Scrooge’s lack of compassion and criticism of Victorian society.

Cold weather

Symbolises Scrooge’s cold-hearted nature.

“God bless us, every one!”

Tiny Tim’s famous quote.

Why Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol

To highlight poverty, promote generosity, and criticise social injustice.

“Decrease the surplus population”

His lack of empathy and utilitarian view of the poor.

Simile

A literary technique used in “solitary as an oyster” to describe Scrooge's isolation.

Bells

Represent a call to awareness, change, and spiritual awakening.

Personification

Emphasising the bleakness of the setting.

Fezziwig’s values

Joy, generosity, and care for others.

Scrooge’s nephew

Represents the Christmas spirit and unconditional family love.

‘Did not thaw one degree at Christmas’

Refusal to show warmth or compassion.

Cold, foggy London Setting

Mirrors his isolation and lack of warmth.

Why Dickens uses ghosts

To explore morality in a dramatic and reflective way.

Sarcastic and critical

Dickens' tone towards Scrooge in the beginning.

Genre of A Christmas Carol

A moral allegory with elements of Gothic and ghost story.