A Christmas Carol: Wide margin annotation edition (Annotation Editions)

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AUTHORS PURPOSE: Dickens uses the scene to allow the reader to feel sorry for the child 'Scrooge' as we start to understand where his hatred for Christmas has come from.

And being, from the emotion he had undergone, or the fatigues of the day, or his glimpse of the Invisible World, or the dull conversation of the Ghost, or the lateness of the hour, much in need of repose; went straight to bed, without undressing, and fell asleep upon the instant. 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. The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek, stiffened his gait; made his eyes red, his thin lips blue; and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice.Scrooge lay in this state until the chime had gone three-quarters more, when he remembered, on a sudden, that the Ghost had warned him of a visitation when the bell tolled one. Now, it is a fact, that there was nothing at all particular about the knocker on the door, except that it was very large. Dickens had written three Christmas stories prior to the novella, and was inspired following a visit to the Field Lane Ragged School, one of several establishments for London's street children. He gave the cap a parting squeeze, in which his hand relaxed; and had barely time to reel to bed, before he sank into a heavy sleep .

Through these spectral encounters, he is forced to confront the consequences of his past choices and the potential outcomes of his current path through life. They walked along the road, Scrooge recognising every gate, and post, and tree; until a little market-town appeared in the distance, with its bridge, its church, and winding river. To say that he was not startled, or that his blood was not conscious of a terrible sensation to which it had been a stranger from infancy , would be untrue. When this result was brought about, old Fezziwig, clapping his hands to stop the dance, cried out,’ Well done. That which promised happiness when we were one in heart, is fraught with misery now that we are two .

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If the good Saint Dunstan had but nipped the Evil Spirit’s nose with a touch of such weather as that, instead of using his familiar weapons, then indeed he would have roared to lusty purpose. It would have been in vain for Scrooge to plead that the weather and the hour were not adapted to pedestrian purposes; that bed was warm, and the thermometer a long way below freezing; that he was clad but lightly in his slippers, dressing-gown, and nightcap; and that he had a cold upon him at that time. Use CGP Online Editions for your own personal use, including things like studying, classroom teaching, lesson planning and in-school training. Even this, though, when Scrooge looked at it with increasing steadiness, was not its strangest quality.The CGP range for English Literature also includes a matching Text Guide, which contains all the notes and practice you need to really master A Christmas Carol, and you can get both in our brilliant money-saving bundle!

When they were within two paces of each other, Marley’s Ghost held up its hand, warning him to come no nearer. He was conscious of a thousand odours floating in the air, each one connected with a thousand thoughts, and hopes, and joys, and cares long, long, forgotten. His colour changed though, when, without a pause, it came on through the heavy door, and passed into the room before his eyes. Scrooge glanced about him on the floor, in the expectation of finding himself surrounded by some fifty or sixty fathoms of iron cable: but he could see nothing.Spring being childhood, summer being a young adult, autumn being middle aged and winter being elderly. Since the firm’s name has always been Scrooge and Marley, Scrooge has taken to answering to both names. At the ominous word `liberality,’ Scrooge frowned, and shook his head, and handed the credentials back .