A Christmas Carol

stave 1

Scrooge

'as sharp and hard as flint

'decrease the surplus population

'no warmth could warm, nor wintery weather chill'

Fred

'I want nothing from you'

'why cant we be friends

Bob Cratchit

'dismal little cell'

'The clerk'

Stave 2

Scrooge

'And he sobbed'

'a solitary child, neglected by his friends, is left there still'

'why do you delight to torture me?'

Belle

'The joy, and gratitude, and ectasy!'

'Not very large or handsome, but full of comfort'

'An unprofitable dream'

Fan

'She had a large heart'

'Brimful of glee'

'Always a delicate creature' (Ghost)

Fezziwig

'A positive light appeared to issue from Fezziwig's calves'

'He has the power to render us happy or unhappy'

'The happiness he gives is quite as great as if it cost a fortune'

Ghost of Christmas past

'Being diminished to child's proportions'

'A bright clear jet of light'

'Touched him on the arm'

personality

Scrooge

Miserable

Hates charity

Rejects warmth on a physical and emotional level

solitary

unsympathetic

'As solitary as an oyster'

tightfisted

coldhearted

Fred

believes I Christmas spirit

compassionate

charitable

uplifting

wholesome

juxtaposing to scrooge

Stave 3

Ghost of Christmas present

'Jolly Giant'

'Plenty's horn'

'sympathy with all poor men'

Ignorance and Want

'The boy is ignorance, the girl is want'

'Most of all beware this boy'

'They are man's'

Scrooge

'Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses' - Ghost of Christmas past

'Tell me if Tiny Tim will live'

Fred

'A merry Christmas and a happy new year to the old man, whatever he is'

'Overcome with penitence and grief'

Cratchits

Tiny Tim

'Who made the lame beggars walk and blind men see.'

'God bless us everyone!'

Bob Cratchit

'God bless us everyone!'

Mrs. Cratchit

'Stingy, hard, unfeeling man as Mr. Scrooge'

Stave 4

Scrooge

'Solemn dread' - seeing Christmas to come

'Legs trembled beneath him'

'I hope to live to be another man from what I once was'

Ghost of Christmas to come

'Shrouded in a deep black garment'

'Kind hand trembled'

'Left nothing of itself visible save one outstretched hand'

Bob Cratchit

'Extraordinary kindness from Mr. Scrooge's nephew'

Fred

'I am heartily sorry'- Tiny Tim's death

'Spirit, hear me! I am not the man I was'

'I will honor Christmas in my heart'

'The spirits of all three will strive within me'

Stave 5

Scrooge

'I'll give you a shilling'

'A merry Christmas to everybody!'

'for a man who had been out of practice for so many years, it was a splendid laugh, a most illustrious laugh'

'I'll give you a shilling'

'I have come for dinner. Will you let me in, Fred?'

'I am about to raise your salary'

'He was a second father'

'God bless us, everyone!'