A Christmas Carol - Stave Four | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

Which key characters appear immediately before Stave Four, preparing Scrooge for the final message about Victorian poverty?

Ignorance and Want

And which adjective does the narrator use to describe Scrooge in the scene with his debtors? It would be "bad fortune indeed to find so ___________ a creditor in his successor"

MERCILESS

I will honour ___________ ______ ______ ___________, try to keep it all the year.

CHRISTMAS IN MY HEART

Why are Scrooge's debtors ashamed?

Because they are relieved Scrooge is dead.

Give a method and explanation: "he viewed them with a detestation and disgust, which could hardly have been greater, though they had been obscene demons marketing the corpse itself"

Comparative. Scrooge is disturbed at the callousness shown to the dead man. Emphasises the irony that callous greed and profit are Scrooge's vices.

"And on it, plundered and bereft un-________, un-__________, un-___________ ______ , was the body of this man"

"And on it, plundered and bereft UNWATCHED, UNWEPT, UNCARED FOR, was the body of this man"

Which places does Scrooge visit with the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come?

The London Stock Exchange; Old Joe's Rag-and-Bone Shop; The home of one of Scrooge's debtors; The Cratchit household; A graveyard

Name 3 main ideas about the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.

Drastic contrast with other ghosts. Allusion to the Grim Reaper. Foreshadows death. Pointing hand represents didactic role.

What is the following quote symbolic of? "The kind hand trembled."

This is symbolic of God's mercy and redemption - the idea that it is never too late to change.

"For the first time the hand _______ _______ _________."

"For the first time the hand APPEARED TO SHAKE."

"Oh tell me I may ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________!"

Oh tell me I may sponge away the writing on this stone!

Which structural method is used in this quote? 'The noisy little Cratchits were still as statues in one corner.'

Juxtaposition with the Cratchits in stave 3 - e.g. 'these young Cratchits danced around the table'

Which narrative device is used throughout the stave to build tension?

Dramatic irony

"Scrooge feared the silent shape so much that his ________ ________ ________ ________ and he found that he could hardly ________"

"Scrooge feared the silent shape so much that his LEGS TREMBLED BENEATH HIM and he found that he could hardly STAND

Name a semantic field present in the description of the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come

Darkness

Name the method and an effect: "The phantom slowly, gravely, silently approached."

Triplet of adverbs. Builds tension, creating a sense of mystery, uneasiness, and dread.