Day One: A Christmas Carol
Class of
2018
English
Literature Paper 1: Shakespeare and the 19th
Century Text
A
Christmas Carol: Capturing our study of the text
AO1 – Informed ideas and relevant quote
A02 – Analysing language and structure (using
subject terminology)
A03 – (Historical context)
A Christmas Carol Introduction – 090916
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A 19th Century England (AO3)
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Dickens author - presents Victorian
England as dark and depressing.
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Dickens was angry at the treatment of
children and the poor.
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The first sentence of the text
references death as we are told that “Marley was dead”. The placing of this
information at the very beginning of the book highlights the gothic element of
the text and also creates a sinister atmosphere form the very beginning of
Dicken’s text.
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In the text a
simile is used to refer to Marley as “dead as a
doornail”. This implies that Marley is lifeless. Just as a doornail is
stationary, stiff, lifeless, keep things together, not noticed by people
So Marley is…
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Just as (comparison) is… so (subject) is….
Just as a doornail is stationary, stiff,
lifeless, keep things together, not noticed by people
So Marley is…
Analysing
Similes and Metaphors
She was a bubble amongst her peers.
Just as a bubble is
translucent, self contained and
easily popped, so she was rarely
noticed, kept herself to
herself and fragile.
“Scrooge never painted out old Marley’s name”
Scrooge does not want to waste his money
painting out Marley’s name. We can also infer he is heartless as he is clearly
unaffected and not bothered by seeing Marley’s name every workday.
Scrooge does not care about himself or others,
he is devoid of humanity as we are told he “answered to both names”. Names are
hugely personal and important to most people, Scrooge’s lack of care about
being named correctly shows he has lost any care he might have had for himself
and does not care about making human connections. He is anti-social.
TASK –
“Solitary as an oyster”
Just as an oyster is
