A Christmas Carol: Key Quotations (Edexcel GCSE English Literature): Revision Notes
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A Christmas Carol: Key Quotations
Below is a list of all of the quotations we have covered organised by character and theme:
Social Responsibility and Compassion
Ebenezer Scrooge:
- "If they would rather die, they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population."
- "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year."
Bob Cratchit: 3. "I'll give you Mr Scrooge, the Founder of the Feast!" 4. "My little, little child! cried Bob. "My little child!"
Tiny Tim: 5. "God bless us, every one!" 6. "I see a vacant seat... and a crutch without an owner, carefully preserved."
Jacob Marley: 7. "I wear the chain I forged in life." 8. "Mankind was my business."
Redemption and Transformation
Ebenezer Scrooge:
- "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year."
The Ghost of Christmas Past: 2. "These are but shadows of the things that have been. They have no consciousness of us." 3. "Would you so soon put out, with worldly hands, the light I give?"
The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come: 4. "The Spirit was immovable as ever." 5. "Are these the shadows of the things that Will be, or are they shadows of things that May be, only?"