Greed in A Christmas Carol

Scrooge loves money more than people. It cost him his love, his friends and his joy. Marley's chain is made of it.

The quotes

8 quotes, in the order they happen.

Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grind-stone, Scrooge!

Narrator · Stave One · greed · isolation

Scrooge holds on to money hard. He grinds people down.

Hard and sharp as flint

Narrator · Stave One · isolation · greed

Flint is a cold stone. It can make a spark, but Scrooge never lets one out.

If I could work my will

Scrooge · Stave One · christmas · greed

If he had his way, every fool who says merry Christmas would be boiled with his own pudding.

If they would rather die," said Scrooge, "they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.

Scrooge · Stave One · poverty · responsibility · greed

Let the poor die. There are too many people anyway. The worst thing he says.

I wear the chain I forged in life

Marley · Stave One · greed · the supernatural · responsibility

Marley made his own chain. Every greedy thing he did is a link in it.

Another idol has displaced me

Belle · Stave Two · greed · isolation

His young love leaves him. Money has taken her place.

a golden one

Belle · Stave Two · greed

The new idol is gold. Belle names it.

Old Scratch has got his own at last, hey?

A businessman · Stave Four · isolation · greed

Men joke about a dead man. The devil has him now. It is Scrooge, but he does not know yet.