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Introduction of Scrooge
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- chapter begins lightheartedly as the omniscient narrator humorously discuses Marley is dead
- then we meet Scrooge, ‘as solitary as an oyster’, he’s also greedy
- cheerful beginning contrasts with scrooges intro, makes Scrooge seem less appealing
2
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Writers technique in beginning
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-uses ‘once upon a time’ to introduce main story, so use of fairy tail convention suggests story has a magic element to it and it’s likely to have a happy ending
3
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Fred and Scrooge’s personality
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- Fred is opposite, he says Christmas is a ‘kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time’
- Scrooge states poor are ‘idle’, he represents the selfish members of the upper classes of a Victorian society- ‘Decrease the surplus population’
4
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Weather
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- in this chapter, weather is ‘bleak’ and ominous, ‘was brewing on a large scale’, suggests something big is about to happen
- weather is cold, foggy (symbolises his inability to see how ignorant he is being and weather gets worse when more of his personality is revealed
5
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Scrooge’s house
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- ‘darkness is cheap’, reflects his personality
- Scrooge’s door knocker transforms into Marley, first supernatural occurrence
- dramatic tension rises
6
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Marley’s ghost
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- wears heavy chain of ‘cash boxes, keys, padlocks, deeds and heavy purses’, items symbolise how Marley was obsessed with money, like S
- M’s obsession with money led to a lack of compassion and care for others, as a result of this, Marley is ‘doomed to wander through the world’
7
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‘Humbug’ (transformation wise)
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