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A Christmas Carol — Quotes

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1
STAGNATE

“Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge!”

METONYMY / DEHUMANISATIONDIRECT ADDRESS / ORAL STORYTELLING VOICE

Narrator · Stave 1

2
STAGNATE

“Are there no prisons? ... Are there no workhouses?”

RHETORICAL QUESTIONS / IRONIC ECHODICKENSIAN VENTRILOQUISM

Scrooge · Stave 1

3
REGRESS

“I wear the chain I forged in life... I made it link by link, and yard by yard”

EXTENDED METAPHOR / ALLEGORYINCREMENTAL REPETITION

Marley's Ghost · Stave 1

4
STAGNATE

“This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both... but most of all be…”

PERSONIFICATION / ALLEGORYDIRECT AUTHORIAL POLEMIC

Ghost of Christmas Present · Stave 3

5
PROGRESS

“I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year”

MODAL VERB / DECLARATIVE PLEDGECHRISTMAS AS SYNECDOCHE

Scrooge · Stave 4

6
PROGRESS

“He became as good a friend, as good a master, and as good a man, as the good old…”

TRICOLON / ANAPHORIC REPETITIONCIRCULAR NARRATIVE STRUCTURE

Narrator · Stave 5

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