A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (OCR GCSE English Literature): Flashcards
📚Flashcards
Practise the cards
12 cards from this deck
ShowHide
Practise the cards
12 cards from this deck
Literary device using characters as moral symbols
Literary device using characters as moral symbols
Allegory
What Scrooge represents symbolically
What Scrooge represents symbolically
Dangers of greed & selfishness
What the three spirits illustrate
What the three spirits illustrate
Potential for redemption, compassion & generosity
Symbolism of Marley's chains
Symbolism of Marley's chains
Consequences of greed & selfishness
What Cratchit family symbolises
What Cratchit family symbolises
Love, warmth, & familial togetherness despite poverty
Type of arc Scrooge's transformation represents
Type of arc Scrooge's transformation represents
Redemption arc
Novel's message about ability to change
Novel's message about ability to change
Never too late to change
Technique building suspense via warnings
Technique building suspense via warnings
Foreshadowing
Gothic elements in the novel
Gothic elements in the novel
Ghostly visits & dark wintry London
What Gothic elements create
What Gothic elements create
Supernatural atmosphere
Dickens' critique of Victorian society
Dickens' critique of Victorian society
Treatment of poor & obsession with wealth
What Dickens advocates for
What Dickens advocates for
Social responsibility & duty to care for others