'Scrooge hung his head to hear
his own words spoken by the Spirit and was overcome with
penitence and grief'
Noun 'grief' contrasts when Scrooge was
described as 'solitary as an oyster' and 'hard as
sharp as flint'- he once showed no emotions but
now he is overcome by grief
First turning points, he shows some
remorse towards what he's done
Stave 3, problem in Freytag's
pyramid, seems as if it is resolved,
we find out later it hasn't through
representation of Want and
Ignorance
'overcome' may suggest that the longer
someone acts as Scrooge, the harder the
emotions will hit back
Consonance of 'h' sound may remind reader of constant
sighing. Relief that Scrooge is on the journey to
redemption
'His own heart laughed
and that was quite
enough for him'
Christmas spirit has saved the day
'Nothing could be heartier...so did
Topper when he came...so did the plump sister when
she came...so did everyone when they came
Reminder of Fezziwig in the previous stave when all the people came
Italics of the pronouns may suggest that Scrooge has changed so much
that the reader, since A Christms Carol was written as a bed time story,
needs to change the tone of the words or that Scrooge has changed so
much that he now conveys emotion through the book but that could be a
reach
'He went to church and walked about te streets,
and watched...and patted..and questioned'
verbs gradually get more socially integrating
Polysyndeton conveys increase in Scrooge's excitement, almost 'like a child'
Long compound sentence suggests he's on some type of
journey, journey to redemption, OR a childlike make
believe journey. Contrasts the whole rest of the book
Key Examples
Whole novella is an allegory for humans having a
chance to be kinder, better, more generous
humans
At the start Scrooge rejects all Christmas
cheer from everyonehe meets and greets them
with 'Bah!' 'Humbug'
Scrooge rejects all compassions that
Christmas offers showing how Scrooge
isolated himself from all people, and how
his compassion only resides towards
money
Context
More religious then than now, and Bibile talks about
being forgiven for sins, and being good, generous
human beings
Dickens believed people should be more like he 'who made lame
beggars walk, and blind men see' all year long, as Jesus was
Common Victorian saying of 'spare the rod and spoil the child'
was not very religious, Dickens thought people claimed to be
Christian but didn't actually put the values into practice