Christmas carol quotes

Scrooge separates himself from everyone around him stave 1

‘to edge his way along the crowded paths of life’.

Scrooge hates Christmas

‘a time for finding yourself a year older, and not an hour richer’

Fred appreciates Christmas as a time

when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely

Marley’s Ghost on responsibility:

Mankind was my business’

The regret of the London ghosts stave 1

‘they sought to interfere, for good, in human matters and had lost the power for ever’.

The Ghost of Christmas Past is angry when Scrooge wants it to go away: stave 2

would you so soon put out, with worldly hands, the light I give?’

The theme of the supernatural: stave 2

The city had entirely vanished.

Scrooge feels emotions that he cannot understand: Stave 2

Why did his cold eye glisten, and his heart leap up as they went past?

The theme of being responsible for others: stave 2

The happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it cost a fortune.’ (Scrooge aboutFezziwig).

Scrooge’s greed: Stave 2

‘the master- passion, Gain, engrosses you’ (Belle).

The Victorian Christmas: Stave 3

‘Holly, mistletoe, red berries, ivy, turkeys, geese, game, poultry

The Cratchits enjoy their Christmas, despite their poverty Stave 3

Bob said he didn’t believe there ever was such a goose cooked.’

The theme of empathy Stave 3

Oh no, kind Spirit! say he will be spared!’ (Scrooge about Tiny Tim).

The feelings of the Cratchit family about Scrooge:

Scrooge was the Ogre of the family.

Ignorance and Want: Stave 3

‘wretched, abject, frightful, hideous, miserable’.

People joke about Scrooge’s death Stave 4

‘It’s likely to be a very cheap funeral.’

The theme of poverty and its link to crime: Stave 4

‘the whole quarter reeked with crime, with filth , with misery’.

Scrooge’s isolation: stave 4

He frightened every one away from him when he alive, to profit us when he was dead

Strong family ties and emotions: Stave 4

My little, little child!” cried Bob. My little child

Change: Stave 4

Assure me that I yet may change these shadows you have shown me, by an altered life!

Brightness on Christmas Day: Stave 5

‘No fog, no mist; clear, bright, jovial, stirring, cold’.

Scrooge’s newfound friendliness: stave 5

he ‘patted children on the head, and questioned beggars’.

Scrooge is welcomed back to the family stave 5

He was at home in five minutes. Nothing could be heartier.’

Scrooge’s love for Tiny Tim: Stave 5

‘to tiny Tim, who did NOT die, he was a second father.’

The significance of Christmas to the reformed Scrooge: stave 5

‘he knew how to keep Christmas well’