Scrooge in Stave One: Key Quotations and Analysis

[@DystopiaJunkie]

If you found my analysis of Scrooge’s presentation in this part of the story useful, why not check out my analysis of him in the other staves? Scrooge in Stave Two: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2ixZWuQed5khbs Scrooge in Stave Three: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4Szg6xmgdB_a80 Scrooge in Stave Four: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHipk4t3dqpsg7M Scrooge in Stave Five: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZabYnZ4aKx0erc

[@cam8257]

Thanks I'm in year 10 and have started reading Christmas carol in class, we have just finished the first stave but I wanted to collect quotations and meanings for my assessments, thanks so much! I personally thought " Secret and self-contained and solitary as an oyster", described Scrooge the best, the use of textual features allows for extra marks to be seized, whilst there's a deeper meaning held like Scrooge's deeper self being within this hard, depressing creature.

[@miahlou6407]

same but y8

[@DystopiaJunkie]

I'm thrilled to hear that the video is helping you all out, and that it's assisted you in collecting all of those wonderful quotations! The oyster quotation is one of my all time favourites too! 😁

[@Ferocious0nee]

Bro I'm in year 10 now and I have no clue how u was that smart

[@Exilary_TKL]

I HAVEN'T EVEN REALISED THESE QUOTES. THANK YOU SO Much SIR! BEST 25 MINUTES.

[@DystopiaJunkie]

You're very welcome - thanks for such a kind comment!

[@paulharrington9680]

Dear DystopiaJunkie, excellent work. I am a teacher myself and this analysis is better and more in-depth than most of the published study guides, etc.. Excellent delivery and pace also. Keep up the good work and God bless us, everyone.

[@DystopiaJunkie]

Hi Paul - or Mr H! - thanks so much for the kind words, it means an awful lot coming from a teacher, and it really made my day to read your comment. The TT quotation made me laugh also 😂 Keep on fighting the good fight, my friend - I'm in awe of what the profession have been doing this last year, and for little to no thanks! Cheers 😊

[@grimmmmmmme]

A note about the "darkness is cheap" one - our English teacher offered us the idea that light, throughout the novella, is used as an emblem of the Christmas Spirit! For example, the room flooded with light when the Ghost of Christmas Present manifested, and the Ghost of Christmas Past is a pillar of light. Therefore, him being submerged in darkness and "lik(ing) it" shows that he's without the Christmas Spirit many Victorians adored. Just a thought!

[@DystopiaJunkie]

Ooh that's a lush interpretation!

[@Scarzxzz]

I have a year 10 assessment tomorrow and have to remember these quotes for my assessment. I was absolutely clueless on what I was going to write and expected myself to barely pass with a 4. Until I found your video and the quotes I was told to remember are in this video and will help me go more in depth into giving me a higher grade. Thank you so much!

[@niscuits]

Thank you for going over these quotes and analyses. Despite having revised for the past week, I'm still quite nervous for my test on liturture before the term ends. Really good work !

[@DystopiaJunkie]

I wish you luck! The fact that you've been revising hard shows me that you care, and so I believe you will do well!! 😊

[@Greenpenn]

YOU ARE SAVING ME WITH MY BOOK REPORT AAAA THANK YOU SO MUCH. I am struggling so much with this book since I'm not used to English as a language. This not only helps me understand the story, but it also makes me like the story so much. akdsjfkldjfk thank you so much 🥺

[@DystopiaJunkie]

Ahhhh this is such a lovely comment 😊 you're very welcome - glad to be able to help 😊

[@adibahnaf4966]

After watching this video I have finally realized how an author can be so artistic like a painter. This video has genuinely helped me a lot, thank you very much

[@cerysmeyrick5628]

This is so helpful. I am in year 11 and I have always struggled with a Christmas Carol and you explained it better then my teachers have over the last 2 years!

[@kodieorsborn5735]

This was extremely helpful thank you so much

[@DystopiaJunkie]

Well thank you for taking the time to write such a kind comment! 😁

[@a.nn_ie9536]

Thank you so much omg😭 I love your videos,they’re so helpful and they’re all very clearly structured.

[@DystopiaJunkie]

Thank you for such a lovely comment! I hope my videos make things a little bit easier for you 😊

[@dee5361]

I personally find the " secret, self contained and solitary as an oyster" the best way to describe Scrooge. There are three different levels of depth and perception you can go into with this quote and still make sure you are not repeating yourself through the analysis. I also think this quote is easier to link with other staves. E.g in later staves we discover why he was self contained as it was due to his school experience. We can also compare his solitary as an oyster to the end of stave 5 where he befriends both the Cratchits family and the young boy he sent on an errand.

[@zahra4000]

Omgg!!! Been searching for a video like this for long. Thanksss

[@DystopiaJunkie]

Glad you're welcome, and happy you've found this video eventually! 😁

[@alixa5163]

THANK YOU SOO MUCH I NOW HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING ON STAVE ONE AND HAVE A GREAT RANGE OF QUOTES TO USE THANK YOU AGAIN!!!

[@e.1544]

This is the best analysis I have seen on a Christmas Carol ever, after my GCSE's I'm going to promote you to everyone I promise. Also it would be very good if you made this many videos for Macbeth

[@Merab0509]

Mocks on Monday, your an absolute lifesaver!🙏

[@katjajones3844]

literal lifesaver thank you sooo much i feel so more confident for my exam now :)

[@DystopiaJunkie]

You're very welcome! Good luck with the exam 😁

[@Movie_Magic_100]

Thank you so much this has helped me so much. I’ve also liked and subscribed

[@DystopiaJunkie]

Cheers Max - nice to have you on board 😁

[@arshiyarani9639]

Thank you so much this helped me with my practise assessment 😁

[@DystopiaJunkie]

Glad it helped!

[@QueenCityFilmsComm]

Greatly insightful video! Keep up the great work!

[@airbusloverorboeinglover2295]

this is honestly so so hopeful. thankyou very much

[@sarahqb1168]

My english teacher has decided to let us write our own notes, and none of us have anything written at all. We've got an essay assessment in a week on scrooge and i was so sure that I was going to fail, so that you so much for this, its incredible. I hope i get and 8 or 9 now :)

[@rayyanbabar30]

Thanks for the Useful Information! Here's my Answer - "If they would rather die" & "As solitary as an oyster"

[@DystopiaJunkie]

Good choices! Why those ones in particular?

[@rayyanbabar30]

@@DystopiaJunkie Evil and a Spark of Warmth :)

[@zaraharding148]

this helped me so much i subbed n liked!

[@DystopiaJunkie]

Brilliant! Thank you 😊

[@LordSandwichII]

My interpretation of "Darkness is cheap" is that it alludes to darkness within the heart. Scrooge has got himself, through the years, into a situation where his heart has become cold, hard and dark to the point where it is now easy (cheap) for him to be this way. It has become his natural way of being. I think this is important, as his transformation happens almost instantly during the journey of the Ghost of Christmas Past, but perhaps it was essential for the other two spirits to continue anyway, as without them, he might have reverted to his old ways.

[@ziadshah8395]

you are rather a good analyser and really intelligent, thank you for this and im sure to come back for more help.

[@sashaphillips7636]

i literally got u's at the beginning of yr 11 and i just sent in an essay using these notes and got a 7 THANKYOU

[@DystopiaJunkie]

That's amazing work, well done to you!! 😊

[@AhmedAhmed-gb8iz]

This was really helpful. THANK YOU SO MUCH 💓

[@ernslvrr]

the freesciencelessons of english

[@AHstudytime]

Will just your video's be enough to pass? I only joined the uk at the very very end of yr 10 and missed all the Christmas carol learning will this be enough to catch up or do you suggest any other resources? (I don't like study books i prefer your videos) I love your videos sm!

[@AHstudytime]

I dod Educas btw

[@abdulrizaqmoh1456]

hi can you show us how marley is important in the transformation of scrooge

[@DystopiaJunkie]

Hello! I've got a video on Marley and a video on the Supernatural - hopefully between those two videos, your question should be answered 😊

[@rehamhayel227]

This helped me to much thank u

[@dee5361]

Thank you for this analysis!

[@Rico-002]

This video was very good indeed. Dystopia what would you say is the key to getting the top marks in ab exam. The 6/7/8/9. Because I would really like to know this and how should I structure my paragraphs?

[@sarahrahman5292]

thanks for ur service sir.

[@chadibahja4689]

Life-saver

[@sarahrahman5292]

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[@ellemc7257]

Please can u help me,im in year 11 and i have to analyse loads of quotes and im stuck on this one “The door of Scrooge's counting-house was open that he might keep his eye upon his clerk, who in a dismal little cell beyond, a sort of tank, was copying letters. Scrooge had a very small fire, but the clerk's fire was so very much smaller that it looked like one coal. But he couldn't replenish it, for Scrooge kept the coal-box in his own room; and so surely as the clerk came in with the shovel, the master predicted that it would be necessary for them to part.” I have to answer these questions: 1. Who says this or who’s being described? What is this quote about? 2.How does this quote present Scrooge as an employer? 3.Can you identify any language features that particularly help to present Scrooge’s attitude? How do they help? 4.What might be Dickens’ intention in presenting Scrooge this way? Think about: - Things Dickens liked and disliked in Victorian society - The values, attitudes and behaviours Dickens wanted people to have Its due for Thursday (i have done all the other questions and analysis myself im just really struggling with this one) :))

[@DystopiaJunkie]

Hi Elle - I am so, so sorry for not replying earlier. For some reason, your comment got caught up in my spam filter (no idea why), and so I've only see it now, for which I'm really sorry about! Did you manage an attempt alright in the end?

[@darcy230]

Is this what I have to look forward to I'm doing work on a Christmas Carol at the moment in year 10!

[@glitch_abbossii1889]

13:04 and 16:43 are good for an essay

[@aaqilullah772]

can you do the quot "every idiot who goes about mry xmas ...

[@DystopiaJunkie]

I imagine I'll cover it in my 'Christmas' video that I'll be making in the next month or two, if that's okay?

[@cam8257]

That English though. Joking!

[@spextrm-3836]

very good video helped me a lot

[@Rico-002]

Like example as in finding quotes and zooming in on specific words etc. Would would you say is the key to getting the top grades?

[@DystopiaJunkie]

Hi Ty - apologies for the delay in responding to you! Now I actually think there's no single thing to include in your analytical paragraphs to guarantee getting the top grades, but there are a number of strategies or techniques that I've seen successful students use, which you might want to use too. 1 - Opening each analytical paragraph with an evaluative statement. These statements directly focus on the author's intentions when presenting characters or themes in specific ways. E.g. 'Dickens DEMONISES (that's the evaluative verb that transforms this sentence) greed through his depiction of the eternally tortured Jacob Marley'. Check out my video on verb choices for more thorough advice here 😊 2 - Zooming in on specific words and conducting language analysis, as you mention, is a very good thing to include, yes! 3 - Double language analysis. After analysing one quotation (and even better, one word from that quotation), you could then try to analyse a second quotation that achieves the same effect. HOWEVER, rather than just saying 'the quotation _____ also shows ____', it's even better to explain how that second quotation develops your analysis of the first one, i.e., what's the point in having that second one? What does it reinforce, strengthen, or develop? 4 - Subject terminology! It's a must have. Rather than just feature spotting (so just identifying that something is a verb, simile, or belongs to a semantic field), you must make sure that your use of subject terminology informs your analysis. If you're telling me that a simile creates an impression, you need to tell me in your analysis what the effect of that comparison is. If you've mentioned hyperbole, you need to explain what the impact is of that extreme exaggeration. Etc. 5 - Tentative language and alternative interpretations. By using a construction like 'this COULD mean ________, but, alternatively, it could also be taken to mean ________', you're able to explore language more fully. Hope that's a thorough enough answer and makes up for my slowness! 😁

[@alveena_12]

Thank you this was really helpful :)))

[@ThMter_]

Brilliant video you're awesome keep it up

[@suhail4872]

What are the best quotes to analyse in stave 1

[@coolbeans9771]

Amazing!

[@itztayyibx0778]

Hi, thank you so much for this help. Can you please explain what "redemption is glimpsed by its end" means

[@DystopiaJunkie]

Hiya, glad you found it helpful. Of course I can explain! Basically, I've argued that Scrooge's redemption (i.e. becoming a better person) is glimpsed (just about barely seen) at the end of the stave because he has already shown a tiny bit of change because he goes from saying 'Humbug!' quite frequently in the first stave to being unable to say it at its end. Does that clear that up for you?

[@itztayyibx0778]

@@DystopiaJunkie yes thank you very much for the support and the help.

[@noromantichero]

fantastic :-)

[@laibanadeem7811]

he sir, idont really get the analysis of the quote darkness is cheap and scrooge liked it

[@DystopiaJunkie]

Hello - I'm out and about at the moment, so I can't help right now, but comment again in an hour's time to remind me and I'll be able to listen to what I've said and hopefully explain it a bit better here 😊

[@laibanadeem7811]

@@DystopiaJunkie hey sir thankyou so much for the reply x you free now?

[@DystopiaJunkie]

I'm going to watch the video back now!

[@DystopiaJunkie]

Okay, so this quotation presents Scrooge as a miser, which is a word for someone who greedily hoards lots and lots of money not because they want to live a glamorous life, but because they just like the idea of having lots of money. This is because when darkness is described as 'cheap', Dickens references the fact that if you don't have your lights on (in this case, by not burning candles or oil lamps), you don't have to pay for them! Furthermore, living in 'darkness' isn't particularly nice, comforting, or comfortable, and so it shows that Scrooge would rather live uncomfortably and have lots of money than live a life of comfort and spend money. This effect is highlighted even more because Scrooge was really disturbed when he saw Marley's face in the door knocked earlier in the stave. Rather than illuminate his house (which would make it more comforting and reassuring), he prefers to keep it dark - even though darkness is something we tend to associate with ghosts and the supernatural, and so is potentially more spooky and unsettling. My comment about Scrooge being a miser showing everything that was wrong about Victorian society was basically this: there was a select group of people in the Victorian times who had lots and lots of money, and there were loads and loads of people who were incredibly poor. By greedily hoarding lots of money, Scrooge not only does not help poor people out, but he doesn't even help himself out, and so him having all this money is pretty pointless! What's the point in having it if you aren't going to spend it and make someone's life (even your own) better? How's that? If you need any more help, let me know specifically which bit 😊

[@laibanadeem7811]

@@DystopiaJunkie thank you soooooooooo much much you are a definite gem! I could never pass my gcse without you Plus! Is it possible to do an exam without actually reading the text as I HATE reading? I mean can you still get the high grades? Again a BIG THANK YOU