A Christmas Carol Key Quotes

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  • Created on: 02-05-13 21:59
"Scrooge was his sole friend and sole mourner."... "Scrooge was not so dreadfully cut up by the sad event... and solemnized it with an undoubted bargain."
About Marley and his relationship with Scrooge, and how Scrooge reacted to his funeral. Stave One.
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"Hard ans sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire."... "Solitary as an oyster."... "The cold within him made his eyes red, his thin lips blue."... "No warmth could warm, nor wintry weather chill him."
Description of Scrooge. Stave One.
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"Nobody ever stopped him in the street to say... 'My dear Scrooge, how are you?'... But what did Scrooge care? It was the very thing he liked."
Description of Scrooge relating to his happy solitude. Stave One.
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"Scrooge had a very small fire, but the clerk's fire was so very much smaller that it looked like one coal."..."You don't think me ill used, when I pay a day's wages for no work."
Description to Scrooge and his attitude to Bob. Stave One.
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"Bah humbug!"... "What's Christmas time to you but a time for paying bills without money; a time for finding yourself a year older, and not an hour richer."
Scrooge's attitude Christmas. Stave One.
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"He was all in a glow; his face was ruddy and handsome; his eyes sparkled."
Initial description of Fred. Stave One.
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"'What reason have you to be merry? You're poor enough.'... 'What reason have you to be morose? You're rich enough'"
Contrast between Scrooge and Fred's views of money and happiness. Fred's visit at the start.
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"Every idiot who goes about with 'Merry Christmas' on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart."
Scrooge's attitude towards those who celebrate Christmas. Fred's visit at the start.
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"Though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that it has done me good and will do me good."
Fred's attitude to Christmas. Fred's visit at the start.
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"'Are there no prisons?'... 'Are there no workhouses?'"
Scrooges attitude to charity and the poor which is later repeated back to him by the Ghost of Christmas Present but in relation to Want and Ignorance. Initially from Scrooge to the charity workers at the beginning, then at the end of Stave 3.
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"If they would rather die they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population."
Scrooges harsh attitude to poverty and the poor which is repeated back to him by the Ghost of Christmas Present but in relation to Tiny Tim,"Scrooge hung his head to hear his own words quoted by the Spirit, and was overcome with penitence and grief."
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"Scrooge took his melancholy dinner in his usual melancholy tavern."
Scrooges typical life. Stave 1.
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"One could scarcely help fancying it must have run there when it was a young house playing hide-and-seek with other houses, and have forgotten the way out again. It was old enough now, and dreary enough."
Scrooges house, however it could relate to his childhood and abandonment then. Stave 1.
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"Nobody under the table, nobody under the sofa'... 'Double-locked himself in, which was not his custom."
Scrooges insecurities after seeing Marley's face. Stave 1 - Arrival of Marley's Ghost.
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"There's more of gravy than of grave about you."
Scrooges denial of Marley's Ghost. Stave 1 - Arrival of Marley's Ghost.
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"I wear the chain I forged in life, I made it link by ink, 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?"..."No rest, no peace. Incessant torture of remorse."
Marley's description and warning to Scrooge. Stave 1 - Arrival of Marley's Ghost.
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"It was a strange figure - like a child; yet not so like a child as like an old man."... "It held a branch of frsh green holly in its hand... its dress was trimmed with summer flowers."
Description of th Ghost of Christmas Past. Stave 2 - Arrival of the Ghost of Christmas Past.
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"From the crown of its head there sprung a bright clear jet of light... a great extinguisher for a cap, which it now held under its arm."
Description about "the strangest thing about" the ghost of Christmas past. Stave 2 - Arrival of the Ghost of Christmas Past.
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"A thousand odours floating in the air, each one connected with a thousand thoughts, and hopes, and joys, and cares long, long, forgotten."..."A solitary child, neglected by his friends, is left there still."... "Wept to see his poor forgotten self."
Scrooge's time at school before the Christmas holidays. Stave 2 - Scrooge's old school.
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"It was a large house, but one of broken fortunes... too much getting up by candle light, and not too much to eat."
Description of Scrooges school. Stave 2 - Scrooge's old school.
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"There was a boy singing a Christmas Carol at my door last night. I should like to have given him something: that's all."
Scrooge's first sign of change. Stave 2 - Scrooge's old school.
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"Often kissing him, addressed him as her 'Dear, dear brother."..."Home, for good and all.. Father is so much kinder than he used to be... We're to be together all the Christmas long, and have the merriest time in the world.".."She had a large heart!"
Fanny's coming to collect Scrooge from school for Christmas, and the ghost's description of her. Stave 2 - Scrooge's old school.
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"Affectionate grouping... enjoyed everything"... "He has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service a pleasure or a toil... The happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it cost a fortune"
Description of the scene at the Fezziwig ball, and Mr Fezziwig. Stave 2 - Fezziwig's ball.
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"I should like to be able to say a word or two to my clerk just now! That's all."
Scrooge's second sign of change, directed to his clerk. Stave 2 - Fezziwig's ball.
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"There was an eager, greedy, restless, motion in the eye, which showed the passion that had taken root.".."There is nothing on which it is so hard as poverty; and there is nothing it proffesses to condemn with such severity as the pursuit of wealth!"
Description of the change we see in Scrooge from being an apprentice to the scene with Belle, and his reasons for it. Stave 2 - Belle leaving Scrooge.
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"Another idol has displaced me, a golden one (idol)".."The master-passion, Gain, engrosses you..our contract is an old one. It was made when we were both poor and content to be so"."I release you. With a full heart, for the love of him you once were"
Belle's reasons to leave Scrooge. Stave 2 - Belle leaving Scrooge.
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"When he thought that such another creature, quite as graceful and as full of promise, might have called him father, and been a spring-time in the haggard winter of his life, his sight grew very dim indeed."
Scrooge's thoughts towards the life with Belle he might have had. Stave 2 - Belle's House.
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"He seized the extinguisher cap, and by a sudden action presses it down upon its head.".."He wished to challenge the Spirit on the moment of its appearance."..."Tonight, if you aught to teach me, let me profit by it."
Scrooge's reaction to the first spirit at the end of their meeting and the arrival of the second spirit. Stave 3 - Arrival of the Ghost of Christmas Present.
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"A jolly Giant, glorious to see; who bore a glowing torch."."One simple deep green robe, or mantle, bordered with white fur..A holly wreath set here and there with shining icicles."."Its sparkling eye, its open hand, its cheery voice, its joyful air"
Description of the Ghost of Christmas Present. Stave 3 - Arrival of the Ghost of Christmas Present.
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"There was nothing very cheerful in the climate or the town, and yet was there an air of cheerfulness abroad... jovial and full of glee... laughing heartily."
Description of the poor part of London at Christmas. Stave 3 - Walking street's of London at Christmas.
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"To any kindly given. To a poor one most.' 'Why to a poor one most?' asked Scrooge. 'Because it needs it most.'"..."Bob had but fifteen 'Bob' a-week himself... and yet the Ghost of Christmas Present blessed his four-roomed house."
Scrooge and the Ghost of Christmas Present about the torch it holds and the light he gives to people. Stave 3 - Walking street's of London at Christmas.
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"Dressed out but poorly in a twice-turned gown, but brave in ribbons, which are cheap and make a goodly show for sixpence."
Description of Mrs Cratchit's clothes. Stave 3 - The Cratchit's at Christmas.
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"Basking in luxurious thoughts... Kissing her a dozen times... Such a bustle ensued that you might have thought a goose the rarest of all birds; a feathered phenomenon... Breathless pause... Hurrah!"
Christmas with the Cratchit's. Stave 3 - The Cratchit's at Christmas.
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"He hoped the people saw him in the church,because he was a cripple, and it might be pleasant to them to remember upon Christmas Day, who made lame beggars walk and blind men see."
Tiny Tim's religious side on Christmas Day which he wants to share. Stave 3 - The Cratchit's at Christmas.
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"Mrs Cratchit made the gravy, Master Peter mashed the potatoes, Miss Belinda sweetened the apple-sauce, Martha dusted the hot plates, Bob took Tiny Tim beside him in a tiny corner, the two young Cratchits set chairs for everybody."
Christmas at the Cratchits where everybody helps out. Stave 3 - The Cratchit's at Christmas.
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"Nobody said or thought it was at all a small pudding for a large family. It would have been flat heresy to do so."
Cratchits being poor with just enough to go round but not comfortably, but anything is better than nothing. Stave 3 - The Cratchit's at Christmas.
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"'Spirit,' said Scrooge, withan interest he had never felt before, 'tell me if Tiny Tim will live.'... 'If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, the child will die."..."Will you decide what men shall live, what men shall die?"
Scrooge's Reaction to Tiny Tim,and the Ghosts question for him. Stave 3 - The Cratchit's at Christmas.
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"Drinks to the health of such an odious, stingy, hard, unfeeling man as Mr Scrooge... It was the first of their proceedings which had no heartiness in it... Scrooge was the Ogre of the family. The mention of his name cast a dark shadow on the party."
The Cratchits toast to Scrooge. Stave 3 - The Cratchit's at Christmas.
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"They were not a hand some family; they were not well dressed; their shoes were far from being water-proof; their clothes were scanty... But they were happy, grateful, pleased with one another, and contented with the time."
Description of the Cratchits. Stave 3 - The Cratchit's at Christmas.
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"Bleak and desert moor... Cheerful company assembled round a glowing fire. The old man, in a voice that seldom rose above the howling of the wind upon the barren waste, was singing them a Christmas song."
Description of the miners celebrating Christmas. Stave 3 - Dismal places at Christmas.
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"Built upon a dismal reef of sunken rocks... Stood a solitary lighthouse... They wished each other Merry Christmas."
Description of lighthouse keepers celebrating Christmas. Stave 3 - Dismal places at Christmas.
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"Every man on board, waking or sleeping, good or bad, had had a kinder word for another on that day than on any day in the year."
Description of the men on the ship celebrating Christmas. Stave 3 - Dismal places at Christmas.
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"She was very pretty: exceedingly pretty... Sunniest pair of eyes... Oh perfectly satisfactory!"
Description of Fred's wife. Stave 3 - Fred's house at Christmas.
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"His offences carry their own punishment, and I have nothing to say against him, I am sorry for him; I couldn't be angry with him if I tried... Who suffers by his ill whims! Himself, always"
Fred talking about how only Scrooge pays for his behaviour. Stave 3 - Fred's house at Christmas.
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"An animal, a live animal, rather a disagreeable animal, a savage animal, an animal that growled and grunted sometimes, and talked sometimes, and lived in London, and walked about the streets."
Fred's mocking of Scrooge and describing him as unhuman. Stave 3 - Fred's house at Christmas.
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"From the foldings of its robe, it brought two children; wretched, abject, frightful, hideous, miserable... A boy and girl. Yellow, meagre, ragged, scowling, wolfish... Where angels might have sat enthroned, devils lurked, and glared out menacing."
Description of Want (the girl) and Ignorance (the boy), the children of men. Stave 3 - The end, arrival of Want and Ignorance.
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"Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing can be erased... 'Have they no refuge or resource?'... 'Are there no prisons?'"
The Ghost of Christmas Past's warning about Want and Ignorance, and how Scrooge has been ignoring his warning. Stave 3 - The end, arrival of Want and Ignorance.
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"A solemn Phantom, draped and hooded, coming, like a mist along the ground... The Phantom slowly, gravely, silently, approached... The very air through which this Spirit moved seemed to scatter gloom and mystery... Shrouded in a deep black garment."
Description of the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come. Stave 3/4 - The arrival of the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come.
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"I fear you more than any Spectre I have seen. But as I know your purpose is to do me good, and as I hope to live to be another man from what I was, I am prepared to bear you company, and do it with a thankful heart."
Scrooge's reaction to the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come. Stave 4 - The arrival of the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come.
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"I thought he'd never die'... 'It's likely to be a very cheap funeral'... 'I don't mind going if lunch is provided."
Men discussing the death of a man. Stave 4 - At the Exchange
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"Old Scratch has got his own at last, hey?'... 'So I am told... Cold, isn't it?"
Two men Scrooge had 'made a point of always standing well in thier esteem... strictly in a business point of view' talking briefly about the death of a man. Stave 4 - In the street's of London.
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"Bad repute... The people half-naked, drunken, slipshod, ugly... The whole quarter reeked with crime, with filth and misery."
Description of 'an obsure part of the town' which is one of the poorest area's. Stave 4 - In the street's of London.
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"Heaps of rusty keys, nails, chains, hinges, files, scales, weights, and refuse iron of all kinds. Secrets that few would like to scrutinize were bred and hidden in mountains of unseemly rags, masses of corrupted fat, and sepulchres of bones."
Description of the items in the Beetling Shop. Stave 4 - In the Beetling Shop.
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"Every person has a right to take care of themselves. He always did!'... 'No man more so.'".."'A wicked old screw'... 'Why wasn't he natural in his lifetime? If he had been, he'd have had somebody to look after him when he was struck with Death"
Laundress, Charwoman, Old Joe and the Undertaker's man talking about a man who 'looked after himself'. Stave 4 - In the Beetling Shop.
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"I an't so fond of his company that I'd loiter about him for such things, if he did."..."He frightened every one away from him when he was alive, to profit us when he was dead! Ha, ha, ha!"
Charwoman talking about the dead man sge served. Stave 4 - In the Beetling Shop.
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"The case of this unhappy man might be my own."
Scrooge's change but denial at the death of the man. Stave 4 - In the Beetling Shop.
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"Bare, uncurtained bed... The cover was so carelessy adjusted... What would be his foremost thoughts? Avarice, hard dealing, griping cares? They have brought him to a rich end, truly!... With not a man, a women, or a child, to say that he was kind."
Scrooge's reaction and thoughts towards the man and him on his deathbed. Stave 4 - In the dead man's room.
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"A kind of serious delight of which he felt ashamed, and which he struggled to repress... 'We are quite ruined?' 'No. There is hope yet... He is dead'... She was thankful in her soul to hear it.".."We may sleep tonight with light hearts."
Husband and wife talking about the death of a man. Stave 4 - The house of someone 'who feels emotion caused by the man's death'.
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"His father loved him so, that it was no trouble - no trouble'... 'To see how green a place it is'... 'There were signs of some one having been there, lately"
"Some tenderness connected with a death." Description of Tiny Tim's death, juxtaposition to the death of the man. Stave 4 - The death of Tiny Tim.
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"My little, little child!'... 'He broke down all at once. He couldn't help it'... 'He had thought a little and composed himself, he kissed the little face'... 'I am sure we shall none of us forget poor Tiny Tim."
Description of Bob Cratchit's reaction to Tiny Tim's death. Stave 4 - The death of Tiny Tim.
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"For he is the pleasantest-spoken gentleman you ever heard'... 'I'm sure he's a good soul."
Cratchit's thoughts on Fred after he offers 'any service to [them] in any way' and tells them to 'Pray come to me'. Stave 4 - The death of Tiny Tim.
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"Tell me what man that was whom we saw lying dead?'... 'The wretched man'... 'Overrun by grass and weeds, the growth of vegetation's death, not life'... 'A worthy place!"
Scrooge's reaction to the graveyard of the the dead man. Stave 4 - In the graveyard.
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"Are these the shadows of the things that Will be, or are they shadows of things that May be, only?"
Scrooge's want to change beginning to show. Stave 4 - In the graveyard.
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"Am I that man who lay upon the bed?' he cried, upon his knees."
Scrooge's reaction to seeing his name on the gravestone of the dead man. Stave 4 - In the graveyard.
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"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach"
Scrooge's determination to change. Stave 4 - In the graveyard.
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"I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a school-boy. I am as giddy as a drunken man. A merry Christmas to everybody'.. 'Hallo here! Whoop! Hallo!'.. 'I'm quite a baby. Never mind. I don't care. I'd rather be a baby."
Scrooge's thought's and attitude to his change. Stave 5 - In Scrooge's room.
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"Oh, glorious, glorious!'... 'Golden sunlight; Heavenly sky; sweet fresh air; merry bells."
Pathetic fallacy of Scrooge's mood. Stave 5 - In Scrooge's room.
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"Chuckled till he cried'... 'Irresistibly pleasant'... 'regarded every one with a delighted smile"
Scrooge's changed behaviour. Stave 5 - In the streets.
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"Where is he my love?'... 'Nothing could be heartier'...'Wonderful party, wonderful games, wonderful unanimity, won-der-ful happiness!"
Scrooge's attitude to Fred's party. Stave 5 - Fred's house at Christmas.
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"A merrier Christmas, Bob, my good fellow, than I have given you, for many a year! I'll raise your salary, and endeavour to assist your struggling family, and we will discuss your affairs this very afternoon, over a Christmas bowl of smoking bishop!"
Scrooge's change to Bob. Stave 5 - Boxing Day in the office.
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"Scrooge was better than his word'... 'He became as good a friend, as good a master, and as good a man, as the good old city knew'... 'His own heart laughed: and that was quite enough for him'... 'He knew how to keep Christmas well."
Description of Scrooge's long term change. Stave 5 - The end of it.
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"God bless Us, Every One!"
The last line in the novel, from Tiny Tim.
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Description of Scrooge. Stave One.

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"Hard ans sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire."... "Solitary as an oyster."... "The cold within him made his eyes red, his thin lips blue."... "No warmth could warm, nor wintry weather chill him."

Card 3

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Description of Scrooge relating to his happy solitude. Stave One.

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Preview of the back of card 3

Card 4

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Description to Scrooge and his attitude to Bob. Stave One.

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Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

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Scrooge's attitude Christmas. Stave One.

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Beth461

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great cards really helpful for my gcse exams :)

Bushra Patel

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This is perfect!! Thanks loads!

raji555

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Beth did this help you get the grade that u want because I am struggling with this book and need help

raji555

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How can I print this out

Bushra Patel

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raji555

Did you find out how to print it out? In case you haven't, a little below the cards on your PC screen, to the left, their should be a link stating 'printable PDF'. Below that, it says, A6 or A7 cards, either four or eight per page. Select which one you want and make sure your printer setting are right, press print. 

That, and did you get the help you needed?

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This is amazing, thankyou sooo much 

DaisyChilds

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Amazing help for my cram revision!!

Laura06

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Been looking for key quotes this is a life saver :D

ChiedzaMoyo

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this is beautiful wow

Nitro500500

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Is it possible for you to add more in depth analysis? For example 'hard and sharp as flint' represents how harsh scrooge is, whilst it also presents the idea that flint can create fire which can bring warmth. (Which indicates scrooge has the possibility to be pleasant but doesn't realise it).

Most quotes here are only explained to a surface level of depth. However, most have multiple meanings that can be explored in high detail (the requirement if you want to gain the high grades i.e. A* / 9). 

This is not mainly for me but I don't believe you've put enough detail for revision notes/ flashcards. You have only said who the quotes refer to and gave a smallish summary of the quote and the stave that it is located.

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lol...I see alot of plashet students here

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Thanks but the printing is a bit off. Good quotes though! Thanks. You saved me, quotes in just two days!

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Thanks! 

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very useful thanks

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actually life saver

NiNA

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Probably should've started revising a little sooner than 2 days before the exam... oh well, I'm still hoping to get at least an 8 in my Lit. This will  be really helpful, thank you.

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This was very helpful for my revision in lesson and at home

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