stave 3 a christmas carol annotations

When Scrooge asks, the Ghost informs him that, unless the future is altered, Tiny Tim will die. To-night, if you have aught to teach me, let me profit by it.. Nobody knows it better than you do, poor fellow!, My dear, was Bob's mild answer, Christmas Day., Ill drink his health for your sake and the Day's, said Mrs. Cratchit, not for his. Brawn originated in Europe and the term head cheese comes from the fact that the brawn is often made from the head of the pig. Here again were shadows on the window-blind of guests assembling; and there a group of handsome girls, all hooded and fur-booted, and all chattering at once, tripped lightly off to some near neighbour's house; where, woe upon the single man who saw them enterartful witches: well they knew itin a glow! Glad to be awake, he hopes to confront the second spirit just as it arrives. a christmas carol by charles dickens first edition abebooks. Scrooge then turns on the clerk and grudgingly gives him Christmas Day off with half payor as he calls it, the one day a year when the clerk is allowed to rob him. He comes in with his small, crippled son, Tiny Tim. As they travel, the Ghost ages and says his life is shorthe will die at midnight. Its dark brown curls were long and free; free as its genial face, its sparkling eye, its open hand, its cheery voice, its unconstrained demeanour, and its joyful air. As moorlands are typically wet and humid, the adjective desert does not refer to a dry and sandy region, but rather land that is deserted or empty.. Zip. He sat very close to his father's side, upon his little stool. Fred is more aware of how and to what extent Scrooge suffers from his avarice more than Scrooge himself is. Here's a new game, said Scrooge. And now, without a word of warning from the Ghost, they stood upon a bleak and desert moor, where monstrous masses of rude stone were cast about, as though it were the burial-place of giants; and water spread itself wheresoever it listedor would have done so, but for the frost that held it prisoner; and nothing grew but moss and furze, and coarse rank grass. There is no doubt whatever about that. but the customers were all so hurried and so eager in the hopeful promise of the day, that they tumbled up against each other at the door, crashing their wicker baskets wildly. Scrooge's niece was not one of the blind-man's buff party, but was made comfortable with a large chair and a footstool, in a snug corner, where the Ghost and Scrooge were close behind her. Alas for Tiny Tim, he bore a little crutch, and had his limbs supported by an iron frame! 4.7. And I no more believe Topper was really blind than I believe he had eyes in his boots. The mention of his name cast a dark shadow on the party, which was not dispelled for full five minutes. pg. These 20+ slides will help introduce your students to Charles Dickens' novel, A Christmas Carol. Blessings on it, how the Ghost exulted! Dickens subtly informs the reader of the extent of the Cratchits poverty by emphasizing the fact that the family display of glass consists of only two tumblers and a custard-cup without a handle. Note that in the next line though, Dickens makes it clear that this family is grateful and happy despite their poverty. Oh, a wonderful pudding! The Ghost of Christmas Present shows Scrooge that Tiny Tim has a very large heart, and Scrooges pained reaction to Tiny Tims predicted death illustrates how much Scrooge has developed in character. Eked out by the apple-sauce and mashed potatoes, it was a sufficient dinner for the whole family; indeed, as Mrs. Cratchit said with great delight (surveying one small atom of a bone upon the dish), they hadn't ate it all at last! It was clothed in one simple deep green robe, or mantle, bordered with white fur. Id give him a piece of my mind to feast upon. This detail emphasizes the Cratchit family's poverty. And at the same time there emerged from scores of bye streets, lanes, and nameless turnings, innumerable people, carrying their dinners to the bakers' shops. At last the dishes were set on, and grace was said. To any kindly given. Somehow he gets thoughtful, sitting by himself so much, and thinks the strangest things you ever heard. These penalties that the winner declared often varied depending on gender and required things like blindfolded kisses or embarrassing dances. At last, however, he began to thinkas you or I would have thought at first; for it is always the person not in the predicament who knows what ought to have been done in it, and would unquestionably have done it tooat last, I say, he began to think that the source and secret of this ghostly light might be in the adjoining room: from whence, on further tracing it, it seemed to shine. He is prepared for the ghost to take any shape. In time the bells ceased, and the bakers were shut up; and yet there was a genial shadowing forth of all these dinners and the progress of their cooking, in the thawed blotch of wet above each baker's oven; where the pavement smoked as if its stones were cooking too. For they were a musical family, and knew what they were about when they sung a Glee or Catch, I can assure you: especially Topper, who could growl away in the bass like a good one, and never swell the large veins in his forehead, or get red in the face over it. The fact that Scrooge enter[s] timidly shows that he has been humbled by his meetings with the ghosts and the threat of what will come if he does not change his ways. See!. Stave Three: The Second of the Three Spirits Ghost of Christmas Present visits Scrooge and shows him the happy holiday scenes in his town, including in the home of his clerk, Bob Cratchit. It was his own room. A boy and girl, looking ragged, unhealthy, and impoverished, crawl out from his robes. Bob had but fifteen bob a-week himself. He dont do any good with it. The annotations are not always as dense as you see in the cover image but I've aimed for a higher level of detail. Scrooge's niece played well upon the harp; and played among other tunes a simple little air (a mere nothing: you might learn to whistle it in two minutes) which had been familiar to the child who fetched Scrooge from the boarding-school, as he had been reminded by the Ghost of Christmas Past. But even here, two men who watched the light had made a fire, that through the loophole in the thick stone wall shed out a ray of brightness on the awful sea. But it had undergone a surprising transformation. The poulterers' shops were still half open, and the fruiterers' were radiant in their glory. Holly, mistletoe, red berries, ivy, turkeys, geese, game, poultry, brawn, meat, pigs, sausages, oysters, pies, puddings, fruit, and punch, all vanished instantly. It may be that in the sight of Heaven, you are more worthless and less fit to live than millions like this poor man's child. They are Man's, said the Spirit, looking down upon them. When Written: September to December, 1843. The Ghost transports Scrooge to the modest house of Bob Cratchit. "Every idiot who goes about with "Merry Christmas" on his lips should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through their heart." This quote shows us the readers, that Scrooge is a mean man, also it shows us how much Another Victorian parlor game, How, When, and Where is a game in which one player is sent out of the room while the rest of the players think of a certain object or thing. Holly, mistletoe, red berries, ivy, turkeys, geese, game, poultry, brawn, meat, pigs, sausages, oysters, pies, puddings, fruit, and punch, all vanished instantly, The house fronts looked black enough, and the windows blacker, The sky was gloomy, and the shortest streets were choked up with a dingy mist, half thawed, half frozen, whose heavier particles descended in shower of sooty atoms, as if all the chimneys in Great Britain had, by one consent, caught fire, and were blazing away to their dear hearts content. A Christmas Carol, also called Scrooge, British dramatic film, released in 1951, that is widely considered the best adaptation of Charles Dickens 's classic tale of the same name. Suppose somebody should have got over the wall of the back-yard, and stolen it, while they were merry with the goose -- a supposition at which the two young Cratchits became livid. The Ghost of Christmas Present greets Scrooge from on top of a pile of luxurious Christmas fare. ". Scrooge awakes when the bell strikes one, and is immediately prepared for the second Ghost's arrival. Despite how badly Scrooge treats his nephew, Fred does not hold it against himhe feels sorry for him. But soon the steeples called good people all to church and chapel, and away they came, flocking through the streets in their best clothes, and with their gayest faces. Topper had clearly got his eye upon one of Scrooge's niece's sisters, for he answered that a bachelor was a wretched outcast, who had no right to express an opinion on the subject. It is really in this Stave that Dickens brings to life the Christmas that we all know and love today . When Scrooge awoke, it was so dark, that looking out of bed, he could scarcely distinguish the transparent window from . All sorts of horrors were supposed. And how did little Tim behave? asked Mrs. Cratchit, when she had rallied Bob on his credulity and Bob had hugged his daughter to his heart's content. The Spirit stood beside sick beds, and they were cheerful; on foreign lands, and they were close at home; by struggling men, and they were patient in their greater hope; by poverty, and it was rich. "There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor." 2. Such a bustle ensued that you might have thought a goose the rarest of all birds; a feathered phenomenon, to which a black swan was a matter of course: and in truth it was something very like it in that house. The Cratchits may not have the money (thanks to Mr. Scrooge) for an elaborate feast in beautiful glassware, but they are celebrating together nonetheless. He's a comical old fellow, said Scrooge's nephew, that's the truth; and not so pleasant as he might be. Not to sea? Annotated A Christmas Carol Stave 3.pdf. Suppose it should not be done enough! If it only puts him in the vein to leave his poor clerk fifty pounds, that's something; and I think I shook him, yesterday.. Create your own flash cards! Note that the second ghost carries a torch that resembles Plentys horn, or the cornucopia, therefore symbolizing abundance. and know me better, man!. Page 3 of 10. Why, where's our Martha? cried Bob Cratchit, looking round. She often cried out that it wasn't fair; and it really was not. But finding that he turned uncomfortably cold when he began to wonder which of his curtains this new spectre would draw back, he put them every one aside with his own hands; and lying down again, established a sharp look-out all round the bed. By this time it was getting dark, and snowing pretty heavily; and as Scrooge and the Spirit went along the streets, the brightness of the roaring fires in kitchens. It was the first of their proceedings which had no heartiness in it. How is Scrooge different as he waits for the second Spirit to appear? Scrooge did as he was told, and held it fast. Are Spirits' lives so short? asked Scrooge. The children drank the toast after her. After a while, he sees a light come from the adjacent room. Suppose it should break in turning out! Knocking down the fire-irons, tumbling over the chairs, bumping against the piano, smothering himself among the curtains, wherever she went, there went he. A tremendous family to provide for! muttered Scrooge. It was succeeded by a breathless pause, as Mrs. Cratchit, looking slowly all along the carving-knife, prepared to plunge it in the breast; but when she did, and when the long expected gush of stuffing issued forth, one murmur of delight arose all round the board, and even Tiny Tim, excited by the two young Cratchits, beat on the table with the handle of his knife, and feebly cried Hurrah!. You would deprive them of their means of dining every seventh day, often the only day on which they can be said to dine at all, `You seek to close these places on the Seventh Day., `There are some upon this earth of yours, returned the Spirit, who lay claim to know us, and who do their deeds of passion, pride, ill-will, hatred, envy, bigotry, and selfishness in our name, who are as strange to us and all our kith and kin, as if they had never lived.

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