This document was used in my revision and helped me to achieve a Grade 9 in my English Literature GCSE (159/160) - key words and alternative interpretations of quotes are provided.
stave 1A
CHRISTMAS
stave 1B
“ ‘Bah!’ said Scrooge, ‘Humbug’ ”
“ ‘A merry Christmas uncle! God save you!’ cried a
cheerful voice.” “…we should make some slight provision for the
poor and destitute…”
“what Christmas time to you, but a time for paying “We choose this time, because it is a time, of all
bills without money;” others, when Want is keenly felt, and Abundance
rejoices. What shall I put you down for?’ ”
“ A poor excuse for picking a man’s pocket every
twenty-fifth of December! ”
“ ‘ 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. ”
SOCIAL JUSTICE & POV
stave 1A stave 1B
“ ‘ if they would rather die,’ said Scrooge, ‘ they
had better do it, and decrease the surplus
“What reason have you to be merry? You’re poor
population.’ ”
enough”
“They were portly gentlemen, pleasant to behold,
and now stood, with their hats off, and Scrooges
“becoming immediately sensible of the impropriety, he office.”
poked the fire, and extinguished the last frail spark
forever.”
“The Treadmill and the Poor Law are in full
vigour, then”
“I can’t afford to make idle people merry”
stave 1A
REDEMPTION
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