A Christmas Carol Key Quotes Stave 2
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- Stave 2
- 'It's Fezziwig alive again.'
- Scrooge is happy to see him alive again- he's sad that Fezziwig died.
- He starts to show some form of emotion, something we haven't seen yet in the novella.
- It suggests that he enjoyed his time as Fezziwig's apprentice.
- He was taught a lot- trade, kindness etc, but didn't keep it all with him.
- Scrooge is happy to see him alive again- he's sad that Fezziwig died.
- 'Comfortable, oily, rich, fat jovial voice'.
- These adjectives create a semantic field of wealth, and in Fezziwig's case, happiness.
- Although Scrooge is wealthy, he isn't happy like Fezziwig.
- Adjective 'jovial' contrasts to 'caustic and cold as ever', a description of Scrooge taken from Stave 1.
- Scrooge is always blunt and never polite.
- These are all things that Scrooge could be if he was happier and kinder.
- These adjectives create a semantic field of wealth, and in Fezziwig's case, happiness.
- 'the passion that had taken root'
- 'Passion' is symbolic of greed, money and wealth.
- As it has 'taken root', the passion isn't natural- it's been made, implanted.
- Scrooge became obsessed with money- he forgot about Belle- it became his only "companion".
- 'Our contract is an old one'.
- 'Contract'- discourse of business- business is his life, he doesn't think about anyone/anything else.
- All he thinks and understands about his and Belle's relationship is that it's about money.
- 'Old one' suggests that they got together when they were both young (and poor)
- 'Another idol has displaced me.'
- 'Idol' suggests money is something Scrooge looks up to and worships like a God.
- Lack of Christian values
- He should treat Belle respectfully, rather than pushing her aside in his quest for money.
- Lack of Christian values
- Verb 'displaced' suggests that he slowly pushed Belle away.
- 'Idol' suggests money is something Scrooge looks up to and worships like a God.
- 'Poor boy!'
- As readers we now feel sorry for Scrooge.
- He shows emotion again, something we don't see very often.
- We now understand that he wasn't always grumpy, mean and rude- makes us wonder what changed him.
- 'It's Fezziwig alive again.'
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