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STAVE 3 (Cratchitts (we'd a great deal of work (challenges '…
STAVE 3
Cratchitts
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will you decide what men shall live, what men shall die?
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dressed poorly in a twice turned gown, but brave in ribbons
Ignorance and Want
where angels might have sat enthroned, devils lurked
Most of all, beware this boy
the boy is ignorance, the girl is want
Ignorance and Want are deprived children and Dickens suggests that a lack of education is the worst culprit in poverty. Dickens set up ragged schools.
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Description of London
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choked up
suffocation, literally from pollution and metaphorically from overpopulation
the house fronts looked black enough, and the windows blacker
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Fred
bright, dry, gleaming room
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Description of Food
very animated description to emphasise the excess of food and thus to further challenge Malthus' views. Dickens is trying to convey that there is enough for everyone - if only it was shared
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