A Christmas Carol: Essay Plans and Quotes

Supernatural: Marley

“incessant torture of remorse” “chains I forged in life” “mankind was my business”

Supernatural: The Ghosts of Xmas past, present and future

“Solitary boy” “I’d like to say something to my clerk” “a golden one” “he sobbed”

Supernatural: Ignorance and Want

“Man’s” “the boy is ignorance” “the girl is want” written on the ignorance’s brow is “doom” “beware of them both”

Scrooge + Change/ Redemption: At the start

“solitary as an oyster” “can’t afford to make idle people merry” “surplus population”

Scrooge + Change/ Redemption: In the middle

“solitary boy” “should like to say a word or two to my clerk” “he had better do it and decrease the surplus population” “unwatched, unwept, uncared for” “shall none of us forget poor tiny tim”

Scrooge + Change/ Redemption: At the end

“as light as a feather” asks Fred if he “will let [him] in” gives Bob a “salary raise”

The Cratchits: Bob’s cheerful nature

“founder of the feast” “one coal” “run home”

The Cratchits: The poor aren’t “idle”

“deal of work” “monstrous” shirt collar “situation”

The Cratchits: Tiny Tim

“Tiny Tim upon his (Bob’s) shoulders” “God bless us, every one” “tell me is Tiny Tim will live”

The Ghosts: Xmas Past

“should like to be able to say a word or two to my clerk” “I should like to have given him something that’s all” “his spirit grew very dim indeed”- at thought of having a daughter

The Ghosts: Xmas Present

“deal of work” “he had better do it’ and decrease the surplus population” -spirt to scrooge when he asks if Tiny Tim will live

The Ghosts: Xmas Future

“unwatched, unwept, uncared for” in a “dark” room “shall none of us forget poor Tiny Tim” if "the hand was open” then they will have “immortal life”

Poverty: Scrooge

“idle poor” “surplus population”

Poverty: Cratchits

“deal of work”

Poverty: Ignorance and Want

“boy and girl” “man’s”

Greed and Generosity: Scrooge

“a golden one” “can’t afford to make idle people merry”

Greed and Generosity: The Cratchits

“as good as gold” “founder of the feast”

Greed and Generosity: Ignorance and want

“man’s” “girl and boy” “doom”