acc - stave 1+2 quotes

describing scrooge

‘as solitary as an oyster’

‘external heat and cold had little influence on scrooge’

‘darkness was cheap and scrooge liked it’

• shows how scrooge is very parsimonious and doesn’t like to spend money, even if it’s one light

scrooge

‘they had better do it and decrease the surplus population’

• scrooge reflecting thomas malthus’ theory and reflects the rude, selfish upper class

marleys ghost

‘mankind was my business’

‘you have yet a chance and a hope of escaping my fate’

‘I wear the chains I forged in life’

• he’s weighed down by his life’s mistakes and sins

scrooge - stave 2

‘I should like to have given him something:that’s all’

• shows scrooge is starting to change and feels remorseful for the carolling boy

‘the happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it cost a fortune’

belle to/about scrooge

‘another idol has displaced me’

• links to the quote below, shows belle knows that money has replaced her in her relationship with scrooge

‘a golden one’

• shows money has a more important role in scrooges life rather than belle