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Redemption in A Christmas Carol
A mean man is given a second chance and takes it. Dickens says nobody is too far gone to change.
The quotes
14 quotes, in the order they happen.
Mankind was my business.
Marley · Stave One · responsibility · redemption
Scrooge says Marley was a good man of business. Marley says people were his real business. He forgot.
I am here to-night to warn you, that you have yet a chance and hope of escaping my fate
Marley · Stave One · redemption · the supernatural
Marley comes to give Scrooge a way out. Three spirits will come.
I should like to be able to say a word or two to my clerk just now
Scrooge · Stave Two · redemption · responsibility
After seeing Fezziwig's party, Scrooge thinks of Bob. The first crack in him.
Show me no more!
Scrooge · Stave Two · time · redemption
The past hurts. Scrooge cannot bear to look. He is starting to feel.
I am sorry for him; I couldn't be angry with him if I tried.
Fred · Stave Three · family · redemption · christmas
Fred feels sorry for his uncle, not angry. He keeps inviting him.
Are these the shadows of the things that Will be, or are they shadows of things that May be, only?
Scrooge · Stave Four · time · redemption
Scrooge asks if the future is fixed. He is asking for a second chance.
I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.
Scrooge · Stave Four · redemption · christmas
His promise. Christmas every day, in how he treats people.
I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future.
Scrooge · Stave Four · time · redemption
He will learn from all three spirits. He will not cut himself off from time again.
I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a schoolboy.
Scrooge · Stave Five · redemption · christmas
He wakes up and he is a new man. He talks like a child.
I don't know what day of the month it is!
Scrooge · Stave Five · redemption · time
He does not know the date and does not care. Time has stopped being money.
A merry Christmas, Bob!
Scrooge · Stave Five · redemption · family · christmas
He says it to his clerk with a real smile and raises his pay.
He became as good a friend, as good a master, and as good a man, as the good old city knew
Narrator · Stave Five · redemption · responsibility
How the story ends. Friend, boss, man. Good at all three.
to Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, he was a second father.
Narrator · Stave Five · family · redemption · poverty
Tiny Tim lives. Scrooge makes sure of it.
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