A glee is a song performed by a group of three or more and usually a capella. Martha didn't like to see him disappointed, if it were only in joke; so she came out prematurely from behind the closet door, and ran into his arms, while the two young Cratchits hustled Tiny Tim, and bore him off into the wash-house, that he might hear the pudding singing in the copper. The Spirit stood beside sick beds, and they were cheerful; on foreign lands, and they were close at home; by struggling men, and they were patient in their greater hope; by poverty, and it was rich. Having them shown to him in this way, he tried to say they were fine children, but the words choked themselves, rather than be parties to a lie of such enormous magnitude. Will you decide what men shall live, what men shall die? a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner! These children personify Scrooge's attitude. Additional English Flashcards Cards Supporting users have an ad free experience! The Cratchits may not have the money (thanks to Mr. Scrooge) for an elaborate feast in beautiful glassware, but they are celebrating together nonetheless. It was a long night if it were only a night; but Scrooge had his doubts of this, because the Christmas Holidays appeared to be condensed into the space of time they passed together. Are there no workhouses?'" Bob had but fifteen Bob a week himself; he pocketed on Saturdays but fifteen copies of his Christian name; and yet the Ghost of Christmas Present blessed his four-roomed house! By this time it was getting dark, and snowing pretty heavily; and as Scrooge and the Spirit went along the streets, the brightness of the roaring fires in kitchens, parlours, and all sorts of rooms was wonderful. Also how she had seen a countess and a lord some days before, and how the lord was much about as tall as Peter; at which Peter pulled up his collars so high that you couldn't have seen his head if you had been there. "The boy is ignorance. Here, he takes it into his head to dislike us, and he wont come and dine with us. Not affiliated with Harvard College. Oh God! He felt that he was restored to consciousness in the right nick of time, for the especial purpose of holding a conference with the second messenger despatched to him through Jacob Marley's intervention. Alas for Tiny Tim, he bore a little crutch, and had his limbs supported by an iron frame! Sign In. A catch, also known as a round, is a musical technique in which singers perpetually repeat the same melody but begin at different times. I know what it is!. God bless us every one! said Tiny Tim, the last of all. As the author describes Christmas morning in several paragraphs that follow, what are the people of London not doing? Why does Scrooge's heart soften as he listens to the music? He doesn't believe in all of the good cheer and charity that the season promotes, and he makes sure everyone knows it. When Scrooge asks if the children have no refuge, the Ghost answers with Scrooge's previous words"'Are there no prisons? More than eighteen hundred, said the Ghost. For they said, it was a shame to quarrel upon Christmas Day. A Christmas Carol Summary and Analysis of Stave Three Scrooge awakes when the bell strikes one, and is immediately prepared for the second Ghost's arrival. dressed out but poorly in a twice-turned gown, but brave in ribbons, which are cheap and make a goodly show for sixpence; (Bobs private property, conferred upon his son and heir in honour of the day), they had smelt the goose, and known it for their own; and basking in luxurious thoughts of sage and onion, `Wed a deal of work to finish up last night, replied the girl, and had to clear away this morning, mother., `Well. There might have been twenty people there, young and old, but they all played, and so did Scrooge; for, wholly forgetting, in the interest he had in what was going on, that his voice made no sound in their ears, he sometimes came out with his guess quite loud, and very often guessed right, too; for the sharpest needle, best Whitechapel, warranted not to cut in the eye, was not sharper than Scrooge: blunt as he took it in his head to be. To any kindly given. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Girded round its middle was an antique scabbard; but no sword was in it, and the ancient sheath was eaten up with rust. How is Scrooge different as he waits for the second Spirit to appear? Why, bless your heart alive, my dear, how late you are! said Mrs. Cratchit, kissing her a dozen times, and taking off her shawl and bonnet for her with officious zeal. Slander those who tell it ye! But this the Spirit said could not be done. They were not a handsome family; they were not well dressed; their shoes were far from being waterproof; their clothes were scanty; and Peter might have known, and very likely did, the inside of a pawnbroker's. A Christmas Carol Stave 1: Marley's Ghost. This is designe. Bob's voice was tremulous when he told them this, and trembled more when he said that Tiny Tim was growing strong and hearty. He pays for the boy's time, the turkey, and even cab fare for him to haul the thing out to their house. He's a comical old fellow, said Scrooge's nephew, that's the truth; and not so pleasant as he might be. ch. It was their turn to laugh now, at the notion of his shaking Scrooge. A Christmas Carol study guide contains a biography of Charles Dickens, literature essays, a complete e-text, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. Now, being prepared for almost anything, he was not by any means prepared for nothing. As Scrooge's room is described in this paragraph, what does it seem to symbolize? His active little crutch was heard upon the floor, and back came Tiny Tim before another word was spoken, escorted by his brother and sister to his stool before the fire; and while Bob, turning up his cuffsas if, poor fellow, they were capable of being made more shabbycompounded some hot mixture in a jug with gin and lemons, and stirred it round and round and put it on the hob to simmer; Master Peter and the two ubiquitous young Cratchits went to fetch the goose, with which they soon returned in high procession. The crisp leaves of holly, mistletoe, and ivy reflected back the light, as if so many little mirrors had been scattered there; and such a mighty blaze went roaring up the chimney, as that dull petrification of a hearth had never known in Scrooges time, or Marleys, or for many and many a winter season gone, Heaped up on the floor, to form a kind of throne, were turkeys, geese, game, poultry, brawn, great joints of meat, sucking-pigs, long wreaths of sausages, mince-pies, plum-puddings, barrels of oysters, red-hot chestnuts, cherry-cheeked apples, juicy oranges, luscious pears, immense twelfth-cakes, and seething bowls of punch, that made the chamber dim with their delicious steam. Any Cratchit would have blushed to hint at such a thing. Create your own flash cards! The very gold and silver fish, set forth among these choice fruits in a bowl, though members of a dull and stagnant-blooded race, appeared to know that there was something going on; and, to a fish, went gasping round and round their little world in slow and passionless excitement. The scabbard, then, serves as a symbol for peace, making the second ghost symbolize both abundance and peace. carrying their dinners to the baker shops. Eked out by the apple-sauce and mashed potatoes, it was a sufficient dinner for the whole family; indeed, as Mrs. Cratchit said with great delight (surveying one small atom of a bone upon the dish), they hadn't ate it all at last! Despite how badly Scrooge treats his nephew, Fred does not hold it against himhe feels sorry for him. With a dimpled, surprised-looking, capital face; a ripe little mouth, that seemed made to be kissedas no doubt it was; all kinds of good little dots about her chin, that melted into one another when she laughed; and the sunniest pair of eyes you ever saw in any little creature's head. Marley's Ghost. pdf, 454.5 KB. When Scrooge's nephew laughed in this way: holding his sides, rolling his head, and twisting his face into the most extravagant contortions: Scrooge's niece, by marriage, laughed as heartily as he. Here again were shadows on the window-blind of guests assembling; and there a group of handsome girls, all hooded and fur-booted, and all chattering at once, tripped lightly off to some near neighbour's house; where, woe upon the single man who saw them enterartful witches: well they knew itin a glow! Plentys horn refers to the cornucopia, which is a hollowed horn that is filled with various foods. When the player is called back into the room, the player must guess what the object or thing is by asking questions that start with how, when, or where. Note that there are different variations of the game and that it was played differently depending on things like age, gender, location, etc. He is prepared for the ghost to take any shape. But soon the steeples called good people all to church and chapel, and away they came, flocking through the streets in their best clothes, and with their gayest faces. A boy and girl, looking ragged, unhealthy, and impoverished, crawl out from his robes. Everybody had something to say about it, but nobody said or thought it was at all a small pudding for a large family. nearly closed, with perhaps two shutters down, or one; but through those gaps such glimpses! Another Victorian parlor game, How, When, and Where is a game in which one player is sent out of the room while the rest of the players think of a certain object or thing. The Ghost of Christmas Present shows Scrooge that Tiny Tim has a very large heart, and Scrooges pained reaction to Tiny Tims predicted death illustrates how much Scrooge has developed in character. A Christmas Carol Stave 4. 4.7. Toppers behavior during the game of Blind Mans Buff is execrable because he continually chases the plump sister even though there were other players, which she states is unfair. These penalties that the winner declared often varied depending on gender and required things like blindfolded kisses or embarrassing dances. So strong were the images in his mind that Dickens said he felt them "tugging at [my] coat sleeve, as if impatient for [me] to get back to his desk and continue the story of their lives. Displaying Annotated A Christmas Carol Stave 1.pdf. Would it apply to any kind of dinner on this day? asked Scrooge. I wish I had him here. ". You would deprive them of their means of dining every seventh day, often the only day on which they can be said to dine at all, `You seek to close these places on the Seventh Day., `There are some upon this earth of yours, returned the Spirit, who lay claim to know us, and who do their deeds of passion, pride, ill-will, hatred, envy, bigotry, and selfishness in our name, who are as strange to us and all our kith and kin, as if they had never lived. A light shone from the window of a hut, and swiftly they advanced towards it. That was the pudding! GradeSaver, 26 July 2002 Web. God bless us.. Despite being poor and having a crippled son (Tiny Tim), Cratchit and his family rejoice in the holiday spirit. In half a minute Mrs. Cratchit entered: flushed, but smiling proudly: with the pudding, like a speckled cannon-ball, so hard and firm, blazing in half of half a quartern of ignited brandy, and bedight with Christmas holly stuck into the top. Scrooges niece played well upon the harp; When this strain of music sounded, all the things that Ghost had shown him, came upon his mind; he softened more and more; and thought that if he could have listened to it often, years ago, he might have cultivated the kindnesses of life for his own happiness. He simply needs to appreciate those around him and treat others with kindness. There's such a goose, Martha!. If you had fallen up against him (as some of them did), on purpose, he would have made a feint of endeavouring to seize you, which would have been an affront to your understanding, and would instantly have sidled off in the direction of the plump sister. sprinkled incense on their dinners from his torch. Stave 1- Greed The main theme in stave 1 of A Christmas Carol is greed. Christmas Carol - Stave V Poverty in A Christmas Carol The Ghosts in A Christmas Carol Grade 9 6. The mention of his name cast a dark shadow on the party, which was not dispelled for full five minutes. God love it, so it was! Which of these does notemphasize that they are poor? They are always in earnest. He wouldn't catch anybody else. He does not wish to be taken by surprise this time and opens the curtains. Joining their horny hands over the rough table at which they sat, they wished each other Merry Christmas in their can of grog; and one of them: the elder, too, with his face all damaged and scarred with hard weather, as the figure-head of an old ship might be: struck up a sturdy song that was like a Gale in itself. At last, however, he began to thinkas you or I would have thought at first; for it is always the person not in the predicament who knows what ought to have been done in it, and would unquestionably have done it tooat last, I say, he began to think that the source and secret of this ghostly light might be in the adjoining room: from whence, on further tracing it, it seemed to shine. Sometimes his comments express social criticism, sometimes they are satirical, and sometimes they are just funny. Hurrah! Scrooge bent before the Ghost's rebuke, and trembling cast his eyes upon the ground. Uncle Scrooge had imperceptibly become so gay and light of heart, that he would have pledged the unconscious company in return, and thanked them in an inaudible speech, if the Ghost had given him time. `It ends to-night, `It might be a claw, for the flesh there is upon it,. I am sure he loses pleasanter companions than he can find in his own thoughts, either in his mouldy old office or his dusty chambers. Full Title: A Christmas Carol. Scrooge reverently did so. Textbook Questions. Here, he takes it into his head to dislike us, and he won't come and dine with us. Uncle Scrooge!. When he does, they are transported to the streets on Christmas morning where, despite the gloomy weather, people frolic joyously in the snow as shopkeepers pass out delicious food. Page 3 of 10. At least you always tell me so., What of that, my dear! said Scrooge's nephew. Then all the Cratchit family drew round the hearth, in what Bob Cratchit called a circle, meaning half a one; and at Bob Cratchit's elbow stood the family display of glass; two tumblers and a custard-cup without a handle. His wealth is of no use to him. "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 their heart." This quote shows us the readers, that Scrooge is a mean man, also it shows us how much Scrooge spends a lot of the time try to convince his nephew that he doesn't care about Christmas and wants to spend it by himself. A giant ghost introduces himself as the Ghost of Christmas Present and tells Scrooge to touch his robe. Scrooge encounters the second of the three Spirits: the enormous, jolly, yet sternly blunt Ghost of Christmas Present. The Ghost of Christmas Pasts visit frightened Scrooge. She often cried out that it wasn't fair; and it really was not. Why does Fred, Scrooge's nephew, feel sorry for him? It would have been flat heresy to do so. Altogether she was what you would have called provoking, you know; but satisfactory, too. he could accommodate himself to any place with ease; his own kind, generous, hearty nature, and his sympathy, Think of that. `He believed it too.. The crisp leaves of holly, mistletoe, and ivy reflected back the light, as if so many little mirrors had been scattered there; and such a mighty blaze went roaring up the chimney, as that dull petrification of a hearth had never known in Scrooge's time, or Marley's, or for many and many a winter season gone. For the people who were shovelling away on the house-tops were jovial and full of glee; calling out to one another from the parapets, and now and then exchanging a facetious snowballbetter-natured missile far than many a wordy jestlaughing heartily if it went right, and not less heartily if it went wrong. Scrooge had observed this change, but never spoke of it, until they left a children's Twelfth Night party, when, looking at the Spirit as they stood together in an open place, he noticed that its hair was gray. He said that Christmas was a humbug, as I live! cried Scrooge's nephew. According to the text Scrooge states very angrily to his nephew that he wants to keep his Christmas to himself. The time is drawing near.. Here's Martha, mother! said a girl, appearing as she spoke. These are newborn or very young pigs that are prepared by roasting them whole, which is why a former name for them is "roasting pig.". This is the full text of Stave Three, annotated as a PDF file. Oh! When this strain of music sounded, all the things that Ghost had shown him came upon his mind; he softened more and more; and thought that if he could have listened to it often, years ago, he might have cultivated the kindnesses of life for his own happiness with his own hands, without resorting to the sexton's spade that buried Jacob Marley. 50 terms. Arguably, this is the most famous quote from A Christmas Carol. Scrooge is able to see a tangible and visual representation of his own sour demeanor. Where Written: Manchester and London. Dickens wants to show that giving does not deplete the giver, but rather enriches him. Never mind so long as you are come,. The compound in the jug being tasted and considered perfect, apples and oranges were put upon the table, and a shovelful of chestnuts on the fire. Apprehensive - hesitant or fearful Bob held his withered little hand in his, as if he loved the child, and wished to keep him by his side, and dreaded that he might be taken from him. But it had undergone a surprising transformation. Then Bob proposed: A Merry Christmas to us all, my dears. These held the hot stuff from the jug, however, as well as golden goblets would have done; and Bob served it out with beaming looks, while the chestnuts on the fire sputtered and crackled noisily. He wouldn't take it from me, but may he have it, nevertheless. "it is more than usually desirable that we should make some slight provision for the Poor and Destitute, who suffer greatly at the present time. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. Id give him a piece of my mind to feast upon, and I hope hed have a good appetite for it., My dear, said Bob, the children; Christmas Day., It should be Christmas Day, I am sure, said she, on which one drinks the health of such an odious, stingy, hard, unfeeling man as Mr. Scrooge. 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 be erased. 503 Words. Another meaning of the term cant is to sing. The terms double meaning not only influences the tone of the ghosts rebuke, but it also aligns with the continued metaphor of music. My dear, was Bobs mild answer, `Christmas Day. Sign In. Are there no prisons? said the Spirit, turning on him for the last time with his own words. "A Christmas Carol Stave Three Summary and Analysis". Down in the west the setting sun had left a streak of fiery red, which glared upon the desolation for an instant, like a sullen eye, and frowning lower, lower, lower yet, was lost in the thick gloom of darkest night. It was strange, too, that while Scrooge remained unaltered in his outward form, the Ghost grew older, clearly older. Scrooge is then taken to his nephew Fred's house, where Fred tells his pretty wife and his sisters he feels sorry for Scrooge, since his miserly, hateful nature deprives him of pleasure in life. Consider also, that the ghost carries an old, rusty scabbard with no sword in it, suggesting a lack of use for a long time. The house fronts looked black enough, and the windows blacker, contrasting with the smooth white sheet of snow upon the roofs, and with the dirtier snow upon the ground; which last deposit had been ploughed up in deep furrows by the heavy wheels of carts and waggons; furrows that crossed and re-crossed each other hundreds of times where the great streets branched off, and made intricate channels, hard to trace, in the thick yellow mud and icy water. - contrast to Stave 3 when he is ashamed and showing repentance 'I wear the chains i forged in life . And your brother, Tiny Tim; and Martha warn't as late last Christmas Day by half an hour?. Scrooge metaphorically sings and literally speaks a wicked cant that attempts to decide what men shall live and contrasts with the idea of a carol, which should advocate peace and joy. This is reminiscent of his childhood, when he was always escaping into fictional worlds. Now, being prepared for almost anything, he was not by any means prepared for nothing; and, consequently, when the Bell struck One, and no shape appeared, he was taken with a violent fit of trembling. It is usually frosted, ornamented, and contains a voting bean or coin that is used to decide the king or queen of the feast. `Spirit, said Scrooge, with an interest he had never felt before, `tell me if Tiny Tim will live., If he be like to die, he had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.. Explain Ignorance and Want, who appear in stave 3 of A Christmas Carol. And they cling to me, appealing from their fathers. After it had passed away they were ten times merrier than before, from the mere relief of Scrooge the Baleful being done with. Never mind so long as you are come, said Mrs. Cratchit. In both cases, the Ghost suggests that Scrooge has a stake in changing the future. However, his offences carry their own punishment, and I have nothing to say against him., Im sure he is very rich, Fred, hinted Scrooge's niece. `I wish I had him here. We have seen little attention paid to the religious ceremony of Christmas. A Christmas Carol (Part 3) Lyrics Stave 3: The Second of the Three Spirits Awaking in the middle of a prodigiously tough snore, and sitting up in bed to get his thoughts together, Scrooge had. Annotated A Christmas Carol Stave 1.pdf. These 20+ slides will help introduce your students to Charles Dickens' novel, A Christmas Carol. In time the bells ceased, and the bakers were shut up; and yet there was a genial shadowing forth of all these dinners and the progress of their cooking, in the thawed blotch of wet above each baker's oven; where the pavement smoked as if its stones were cooking too. You know he is, Robert! Reading of the text: 0:00 - 5:40Analysis of key quotations: 5:40 - 17:19Apologies that the beginning of this is slightly cropped - I began speaking too soon!. Who suffers by his ill whims. The narrator often interrupts the story to speak directly to the reader, as he does here. I know what it is, Fred! As good as gold, said Bob, and better. A Christmas Carol E-Text contains the full text of A Christmas Carol Preface Stave I: Marley's Ghost Stave II: The First Of The Three Spirits Stave III: The Second Of The Three Spirits Stave IV: The Last Of The Spirits Read the E-Text for A Christmas Carol Wikipedia Entries for A Christmas Carol Introduction Plot Background Characters Themes
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