Year 9 A Christmas Carol
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victorian |
In the Victorian Era there was a huge social divide between the rich and the poor.
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supernatural |
Gothic is a style of writing characterised by horror, intense emotion and supernatural events.
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responsibility |
Dickens wants the rich, upper class to take more responibility for the poor.
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motif |
This is when a symbol is used repeatedly through a text to represent an idea.
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transformation |
By the end of the novella Scrooge's transformation is complete. He is a changed man.
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christian |
Christmas is a Christian tradition.
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poverty |
Poverty is when people lack the income to have a reasonable quality of life.
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conscience |
My conscience is completely clear.
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education |
Dickens believes that education is the key to change the cycle of poverty.
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ignorance |
One of the problems in Victorian society was their ignorance regarding the poor.
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