a christmas carol // stave one - key quotes

Theme

Quote[s]

Past/present/future/threat of time

·         ‘I wear the chain I forged in life," replied the Ghost. "I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on of my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it. Is its pattern strange to you?’

·         ‘The air was filled with phantoms, wandering hither and thither in restless haste, and moaning as they went’

Family/isolation

·         ‘solitary as an oyster’

·         ‘to edge his way along the crowded paths of life, warning all human sympathy to keep its distance’

·         ‘Scrooge was his sole executor, his sole administrator, his sole assign, his sole residuary legislate, his sole friend and sole mourner.’

·         ‘A merry Christmas, uncle! God save you!’

Greed/generosity

·         ‘tight fisted hand…