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What is a sentence for the word shrewd?
You will find it in the first page or two of the story, describing Scrooge. "The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek, stiffened his gait; made his eyes red, his thin lips blue; and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice. "
What did Scrooge's office look like?
It was very dark and cold because he was a mean old man.
How did Charles Dickens compare Scrooge to the weather?
Dickens descrivbes Scrooge as ". The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek, stiffened his gait; made his eyes red, his thin lips blue; and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice. 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."
What opinion do the nephew and niece have of Scrooge in Dicken's 'A Christmas Carol'?
Initially cold and distance to the point of extreme rudeness. In stave 5 Scrooge sees the error of his ways and begs for forgiveness of Fred and his wife
Why do people not like Scrooge in A Christmas Carol?
He was a cold hearted miserly old man who thought nothing of the issues of mankind that surrounded him
How was Uncle Scrooge before the ghosts appeared?
He was a cold hearted mean and miserly old man who thought nothing of the troubles of others
How does Dickens present the change in Scrooge?
Before his encounters with the ghost of his dead partner, Jacob Marley, and with the three Christmas Spirits, Scrooge was a mean, miserly, intensely selfish man. All this, of course, changed after those encounters.
How do you describe Scrooge in the film A Christmas Carol?
A thin, stooped cold hearted old man whose attitude is selfish, icey and hard
Are there Lines from the Christmas carol that tells me he was old wealthy and selfish?
In stave one Dickens writes "Scrooge never painted out Old Marley's name. There it stood, years afterwards, above the warehouse door: Scrooge and Marley. The firm was known as Scrooge and Marley. Sometimes people new to the business called Scrooge Scrooge, and sometimes Marley, but he answered to both names. It was all the same to him. Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner! Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire; secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster. The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek, stiffened his gait; made his eyes red, his thin lips blue; and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice. 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"
What is the language technique used in the phrase the cold within him froze his old features?
The language technique used in this phrase is personification, where human characteristics are attributed to something non-human. Here, the cold is given the ability to freeze, which is a human action.
How does the author campare scooge to the weather?
Dickens describes Scrooge in stave one as "Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner! Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire; secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster. The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek, stiffened his gait; made his eyes red, his thin lips blue; and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice. 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."
What did Mrs. Dilber say about Scrooge?
Mrs. Dilber remarks that Scrooge was a miserly and cold-hearted man who showed little compassion for others. She criticizes his lack of generosity and kindness towards his fellow humans.
