Compassion and forgiveness

Quote

Character

Stave

“To hear Scrooge expending all the earnestness of his nature on such subjects, in a most extraordinary voice between laughing and crying; and to see his heightened and excited face; would have been a surprise to his business friends in the city, indeed.”

Narrator

2

“There was a boy singing a Christmas Carol at my door last night. I should like to have given him something: that’s all.”

Narrator

2

“I should like to be able to say a word or two to my clerk just now! That’s all.”

Scrooge

2

“Ghost of the Future! [...] I fear you more than any spectre I have seen. But as I know your purpose is to do me good, and as I hope to live to be another man from what I was, I am prepared to bear you company, and do it with a thankful heart.”

Scrooge

4

“‘I’ll send it to Bob Cratchit’s!’ whispered Scrooge, rubbing his hands, and splitting with a laugh. ‘He sha’n’t know who sends it.

It’s twice the size of Tiny Tim.’”

Scrooge

5

“Scrooge was better than his word. He did it all, and infinitely more; and to Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, he was a second father.”

Narrator

5