Christmas Carol

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Christmas Carol (Quotes and analysis)

"If he be like to die, he had better do it and decrease the surplus population" (Scrooge and the ghost of Christmas present, stave 1 and stave 3)

At the beginning of the novel scrooge says this when the Portly gentlemen came to get money, however the ghost of Christmas present repeats it later on to show scrooge his own bitterness first hand.

"If these shadows remain unaltered by the future" (Ghost of Christmas resent, stave 3)

The ghost of Christmas present repeats this twice t get across the point to scrooge that if he doesn`t change then there is no going back.

"tight- fisted hand at the grindstone" (Dickens description of scrooge)

Scrooge is very precious and doesn`t like spending or giving away money. He doesn`t care about his employees and their lives are effected.

"Solitary as an oyster" (Dickens description of scrooge)

Scrooge keeps himself to himself and cuts himself off from everyone like a metaphorical shell blocking everyone out.