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Christmas Carol 1
The Christmas Carol questions and analysis for stave 1
Question | Answer |
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Who is Jacob Marley and when did he die | Jacob was Scrooge's deceased partner from the counting house. He died 7 years ago on Christmas Eve |
What is the gruel that Scrooge eats | Gruel is a cheap watery porridge |
How does Scrooge show comic relief, why does Dickens include this | Scrooge says Marley is more gravy than grave. Scrooge says this to distract him from his terror |
He does Marley convince Scrooge that he is real | He raised a frightful cry, and shook his chains with a dismal and appalling noise |
What does Marley fell his job should have been | To help the common man |
Why do the ghosts did misery | They regretted not helping others when they were alive |
What is Scrooge's chance of hope top escape Marley's fate | H has a chance to Chang hood waits after the visit of the three spirits |
What is a stave, why are Dickens ' chapters called staves | A section in music and a chapter in the Christmas Carol, to show the changes of the book |
What does Dickens use a reference as an allusion about Marley and his death | It's comparing it to something else to make out believable |
How can people profit from things that lead no monitarey value | Yes, because people are happy and charitable |
For people at WCA | To study for bible to to 'the Beckett family' study stack |