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A frosty rime was on his head, and on his eyebrows, and his wiry chin. He carried his own low temperature always about with him; he iced his office in the dog-days; and didn’t thaw it one degree at Christmas. External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him.
A Christmas Carol (Part 1) Lyrics. Stave 1: Marley's GhostMarley was dead: to begin with.There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk ...
Ebenezer Scrooge. Scrooge’s very name has become synonymous with cold-hearted, miserly behavior, and his actions from the first time we meet him in A Christmas Carol do nothing to contradict this idea. He is seemingly immune to both cold weather and warm—“No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him”—because he himself is cold ...
A Christmas Carol: Stave 5. Scrooge wakes to find himself back in bed, in his rooms, his face wet with tears. He is so grateful to see everything, and to know that he has time ahead of him to make things right. He jumps out of bed and puts on his clothes and declares that he is “happy as an angel.”. He laughs like he hasn’t laughed in years.
A “stave,” also known as a “staff,” is a group of five horizontal lines on which musical notes are written. A Christmas Carol is an allegorical story (a story with a moral lesson) and Dickens cleverly calls the five chapters “staves” as a means of creating an extended metaphor for his novel. [1] —Kayla, Owl Eyes Staff.
Analysis. Scrooge wakes up the following night, ready to be greeted by the second spirit. He does not wish to be taken by surprise this time and opens the curtains. He is prepared for the ghost to take any shape. But when the clock strikes one and he is still alone, he becomes nervous. But soon a reddish light appears.
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A frosty rime was on his head, and on his eyebrows, and his wiry chin. He carried his own low temperature always about with him; he iced his office in the dog-days; and didn’t thaw it one degree at Christmas. External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him.
