@Tom-bfc I wrote a pragrapgh on the point about the link about "Bob" and the shilling, and hope it shows what Mr Salles meant: By drawing attention to Bob's earnings, which could purchase three copies of the book itself at the time of publication, Dickens underscores the disparity between the financial circumstances of the characters and the intended audience. The choice to target the upper-middle classes, who often employed domestic workers like Bob, suggests Dickens' aim to provoke reflection and empathy among those with the means to affect societal change. Additionally, Dickens' deliberate naming of Bob Cratchit, possibly derived from the shilling, a common unit of currency in the Victorian era, adds a layer of symbolism to the character's portrayal. This choice hints at themes of transformation and redemption, subtly reminding readers of the potential for personal and societal change.
Told my teacher about your videos and he makes us watch them at the end of class, really helped us all this year thank you so much… hoping I can get a grade 9 on Monday fingers crossed 🤞
Mr salles ur actually too good bro like you fr saved my English grade and have honestly made me develop a passion for English me and my friend Rashawn (pyro in the comments section) as we always talk about your analysis in norrmal conversations and I feel as if it has expanded my understanding of my of English and enabled me to go into deeper forms of analysis thank you sir you are the GOAT!
The question:How does Dickens present the redeemed character of Scrooge? Write about: >how Dickens present Scrooge in this extract >how Dickens presents Scrooge at the start of the novella. Dickens thoughtfully crafts the character of Scrooge as a cruel, vindictive individual who miraculously transforms into a selfless, generous man to highlight to his well off readers that change is truly possible and results in a better, fairer society Immediately, we are presented with a harsh strong image of Scrooge as being "squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner" before we even meet him properly. Dickens cleverly does this in order for the readers to immediately recognise his bad nature and creates him as almost an exaggeration of the middle and upper class to highlight that they need to change and reconsider their miserliness. These seven negative adjectives used to describe him mirrors the seven deadly sins which were seen in the bible as the root of all evil.As victorian society was strongly Christian this would ultimately serve to frighten them and remind them of hell, but also the parallels between sin and Scrooge used by Dickens emphasises that the rich are more sinful than the poor which would have contradicted the popular view that the poor were lazy individuals.Additionally, these words are semantically linked to hands which shows how tightly he held onto things. Dickens does this to convey Scrooge as a ruthless person to make his transformation and redeemed character appear evermore glorious. Through the weather we are able to see just how ostracised and miserly Scrooge is and can pinpoint his truly unwelcoming nature. Surprisingly, just when we think his attitudes towards people are the only impact he has but also the "external heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge" which demonstrates his successful ostracisation of himself as even elements of nature, typically uncontrollable, he has managed to isolate himself from. Alternatively the noun 'heat' could be referring to kindness and love(from others) and 'cold' could be referring to anything unpleasant which suggests that he is blocking all things whether positive or negative. Moreover, his surroundings are "foggier"and "colder", the pathetic fallacy of cold weather creates an uninviting atmosphere directly reflecting Scrooge's character. Fog symbolises ignorance, perhaps implying his ignorance to understand what is happening around him and to those he's oppressing- the lower class. Additionally, metaphorically the fog is acting as a barrier and dividing the classes and is almost supporting the ignorance of the ruling class who are oblivious to their actions. To further expand, fog came about as a result of the industrial revolution, so Dickens may be criticising this as many at the time were in awe of England's productions but Dickens was critical of it as it ultimately resulted in neglecting the most vulnerable and overzealousness of money. Dickens constructs an exemplified version of someone who is overzealous of money to make the attitudes of the middle and upper classes visible. Through the intervention of the ghosts, a spark in Scrooge lit as he gains knowledge and heals his inner childhood trauma and abandonment. The stark contrast between 'hard and sharp as a flint' to now 'as merry as a schoolboy', creates an instant shift in tone from melancholy to jubilant as he has now regained his youthful innocence and ability to see the world in an untainted light. Scrooge's excitement is bulging, it seems like he has only just now realised the greatness and wonders of this world. Dickens establishes that money won't bring happiness, the only thing that will bring true happiness is connection with people, love, support and generosity. As Victorian society was predominantly Christian, the readers would understand this as they would be familiar with many Bible readings signifying this. Scrooge's transformation resembles a quite spiritual one and his redeemed character seems to be reconnected to God as he becomes as "happy as an angel". This religious simile highlights how Scrooge feels that redemption has led him back to the path of God and faith. He was previously described as a "sinner" embodying the seven deadly sins yet his redemption has led to his restoration of religious morals. Additionally, an "angel" is probably the purest, holiest closest thing to God so by connecting him to that of an angel, it is evident that he has truly transformed. Angels are specially chosen by God and are guaranteed to stay in heaven forever, therefore perhaps hints that Scrooge's transformation has been accepted by God and he has reopened the gates of heaven for him and stopped his intended doom in purgatory. During the Victorian Era, the middle and upper class didn't quite understand their overzealousness and ignorance of the poor and how greatly it affected people as they were so wrapped up in their bubbles, shielded by ignorance. Therefore by Dickens showing the detrimental impacts and the clear consequences of purgatory/hell, he is enlightening his readers and providing them with the correct knowledge so they can avoid doom like Scrooge has. Dickens presents the redeemed character of Scrooge in such a positive light and makes his kindness and happiness extremely clear. When Scrooge wakes up in stage 5 the first thing his redeemed self says is "Merry Christmas carol to everybody!A happy New Year to all the world!", the fact that the presents Christmas first is significant as this a direct contrast to "bah humbug"! The exclamation mark show his joy and excitement as he now sees the value in non-monetary things. Also, the plural pronoun "everybody" suggests he now cares about and wants to extend his love to everyone which highly mirrors the language used by Tiny Tim. The fact that Dickens uses "Merry Christmas" as he first words pairs Christmas with joy perhaps Dickens is trying to urge us to always keep the Christmas spirit and generosity all year round. Another important thing to point out is his "splendid laugh" which is the first time in this novella we read of him laughing. Laughing symbolises knowledge in a Christmas Carol which finalises his transformation and this laugh was described as "the father of a long, long line of brilliant laughs" emphasising that this redeemed character will last. I didn't include a conclusion but i would usually i just don't have time. I would really appreciate if you could mark this. Thank you very much.
I had never watched your videos previously but heard such great recommendations so decided to come and check you out. They were certainly not wrong! Thank you
thank you, managed to apply many of these ideas to my essay, people who are mad must of not watched the end, or listened that it was only a 50% chance!
Everyone who’s angry can’t be mad, he did say 50% chance and you could have used these points in your essay anyway, the lesson learnt was to prevent poverty :3
I have a suggestion for the brave in ribbons quote. Could you perhaps say that ribbons could represent positive energy and happiness which could symbolize the abundance of wealth in happiness the Cratchits have??
Hi sir, Another quick one- I've been looking at lots of example exam questions, and some of them are very difficult to mold these ideas to (for me atleast) Do you have any ideas? For example - how does dickens presents the importance of family -how does dickens create a sense of atmosphere - how does he use the theme of charity and Christmas spirit (yes- this one is slighty obvious, however i am quite partial to going off track and answering a different question) Many thanks!
importance of family you can talk about redemption and how scrooge is miserable when he doesn't realise the importance of it but when he realises he redeems himself and mention Fred as scrooge is Fred's uncle, for the atmosphere talk about how he mentions London with crime etc and maybe learn some more setting quotes
BRO THANK YOU, the question was linked to like the lesson Scrooge learns, and I was able to apply 90% of the context you gave BRO YOU MADE ME PASS THAT EXAM TYSM ❤No joke Also everyone that’s complaining and saying you’re the reason they failed, just ignore them. They left their revision last minute and are now facing the consequences of that.
This is was helpful seriouly for me getting in some depth ananlyis about the writer and a03 felt so secure for the first time thank you mr sales we move to paper 2
After exam. My time skill was quite bad. Took about 70 min on macbeth because kept changing my mind and so i got some ACC using the extract and got the very beginning and the ghost of christmas past
oh mr salles where do i get started. u are my sunshine. my lightness. my life. my death. i shall love u forever and always. u are my last duchess. my lady macbeth. without u i will become nihilistic. i love you mr salles.
Hi Mr Salles, if I talk about Greek Mythology (as suggested in your an inspector calls guide on Amazon), would that count as AO1/AO2/AO3? Because it wouldn’t be a great idea to spend a whole paragraph talking about mainly context. Thanks 🙏🏻
Be careful everyone if lots of people write very similar answers with the same ideas and quotes the examiners will communicate with each other and then we’ll all get less marks, try to change your answer a bit to make it different and unique.
hello i have a few question, im struggling on how to adapt this no matter the question, and also how many paragraphs should we have ands what should they include?
i've been told you want 4 paragraphs 100-200 words long maximum. Include the summary and thesis. So start with your thesis, then 4 paragraph then summary
Wait so if the questions supernatural should we just say that that the ghosts showed scrooge all these things and how they are supernatural??? Pls replyy
think of dickens trying to present society as one big family. Society should be like a family in supporting the worst off like the cratchits support tiny tim. Then you waffle about poverty.
I would say that the 'gallantry' referenced is meant in an ironic sense in the terms of modern day 'sick' of 'wicked' rather than an honest description of character.
before including all that mention a language technique dickens has usen before you use all that depth knowledge then say this is frther shown through then the stuff he taught us for each number
im confused, as you said that the book of a Christmas carol costs one shilling, then you said you could buy 3 copies with 15 shillings, which was bob Cratchit's wage
im still lost how do i structure the essay what paragraph about what. should i not show a range of ideas in the thesis?! please someone help i need a grade 9 😭😭😭😭
im so scared bc i want to do lit for a level and i got 7s in both mocks really want an 8 now. im just scared the question will be something really niche and weird and i'll have no ideas :')
Hello Mr Salles, I’ve been noticing that the feedback I get on Tilf isn’t as good as yours? Any ideas why? Because of this, I’m really desperate to have my Sheila essay put on Substack one more time next week (promise you it will be 30/30) as I’m a student aiming a 9 in Literature!
Amazing video Mr Salles, thank you so much. If the question came up on the importance of family, would it be fine to just say all of your mentioned points and then add how it affects families in poverty instead of just the poor in general or does that not cover the question properly?
Sir for romeo and juliet when the play finishes there is no NURSE on the stage ? Apart from social inequlaty link could you give a brilliant Mr salles interpetation. My teacher couldnt, Please........
Hello sir, I wanted to ask for the 5th point, could you say that the fact that the poor couldn't eat on a Sunday may imply that the Christian tradition of keeping the Sabbath day is criticised by Dickens as an alternative interpretation to the novella.
you said Bobs name is the same as a shilling, which is the same cost of a book. But you also say he makes 15 shillings a week which would allow him to buy 3 copies of the book?
Hi Sir! In regards to Macbeth, i was just wondering if the question on the supernatural would be about the witches and how the supernatural are presented or the effect of the supernatural in the play?
Do you think it will be about Christmas or family? They haven’t came up and the poor came up twice and so did transformation through the ghosts and the cratchits and greed…
@@ShadowFlame1924 He predicted themes that already came up like what? This theme of poverty and the cratchits has already come up as well. No chance it will come back again.
Ehh I wouldn't trust me a hundred percent but here's an example of how I would introduce my answer to the question in the video: "This essay will explore the ironic and symbolic ways in which Dickens linked poverty to the Cratchit, in order to convince his wealthy audience to raise their servants' wages." Basically you just take the key words from the question (poverty, Cratchit, link), broadly list the explored techniques (symbolism, irony) and the writer's intentions (convince, wealthy audience, raise wages). I often forget to write conclusions, but it's really easy as well. All you have to do is repeat the statement in your introduction, and maybe add as an example a short mention of one of your arguments. For example: "In conclusion, in order to convince his wealthy audience to raise their servants' wages, Dickens linked poverty to the Cratchit through didactic symbolism, such as Scrooge's redemption leading to a raise in Bob's salary."
It says on the internet that the book costs 5 shillings?
Yes, it did cost 5 shillings, so Bob could have bought 3 of them with one week's wages - sorry for the confusion!
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish I’m just wondering why this would link to Bob meaning shilling or would it just be the same link anyway?
@@Tom-bfc yes thats exactly what I was thinking lol
@@john.smith12 yeah samee!
@Tom-bfc I wrote a pragrapgh on the point about the link about "Bob" and the shilling, and hope it shows what Mr Salles meant:
By drawing attention to Bob's earnings, which could purchase three copies of the book itself at the time of publication, Dickens underscores the disparity between the financial circumstances of the characters and the intended audience. The choice to target the upper-middle classes, who often employed domestic workers like Bob, suggests Dickens' aim to provoke reflection and empathy among those with the means to affect societal change. Additionally, Dickens' deliberate naming of Bob Cratchit, possibly derived from the shilling, a common unit of currency in the Victorian era, adds a layer of symbolism to the character's portrayal. This choice hints at themes of transformation and redemption, subtly reminding readers of the potential for personal and societal change.
Sir, you literally speak essays... What an absolute GOAT of an English teacher!!!
good luck to everyone for tomorrow!!
thanks!!! ill need it haha
you too, kinda scared but we can do this
Bro im so cooked good luck @@faiiry_liights
Told my teacher about your videos and he makes us watch them at the end of class, really helped us all this year thank you so much… hoping I can get a grade 9 on Monday fingers crossed 🤞
Thanks for the publicity and to your teacher
We can do it dw❤!
Nice video Mr salles good luck everyone on monday
Mr salles are you an anime fan?
@@Miracle4631-k6m lmao
@@Miracle4631-k6m this video is op bro trust the adaptation part is so englightening we will fr do better than honestly 93-95%% of our school
Thanks!
@@gracesolar4850no problem
the bomb sound scared me😭😭😭 thank you for making these videos though🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Mr salles ur actually too good bro like you fr saved my English grade and have honestly made me develop a passion for English me and my friend Rashawn (pyro in the comments section) as we always talk about your analysis in norrmal conversations and I feel as if it has expanded my understanding of my of English and enabled me to go into deeper forms of analysis thank you sir you are the GOAT!
This is a great comment - I hope you continue to love it
Rashawn is my boy
@@BillySawAManThanks bro
Good luck for monday, we've got this
The question:How does Dickens present the redeemed character of Scrooge?
Write about:
>how Dickens present Scrooge in this extract
>how Dickens presents Scrooge at the start of the novella.
Dickens thoughtfully crafts the character of Scrooge as a cruel, vindictive individual who miraculously transforms into a selfless, generous man to highlight to his well off readers that change is truly possible and results in a better, fairer society
Immediately, we are presented with a harsh strong image of Scrooge as being "squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner" before we even meet him properly. Dickens cleverly does this in order for the readers to immediately recognise his bad nature and creates him as almost an exaggeration of the middle and upper class to highlight that they need to change and reconsider their miserliness. These seven negative adjectives used to describe him mirrors the seven deadly sins which were seen in the bible as the root of all evil.As victorian society was strongly Christian this would ultimately serve to frighten them and remind them of hell, but also the parallels between sin and Scrooge used by Dickens emphasises that the rich are more sinful than the poor which would have contradicted the popular view that the poor were lazy individuals.Additionally, these words are semantically linked to hands which shows how tightly he held onto things. Dickens does this to convey Scrooge as a ruthless person to make his transformation and redeemed character appear evermore glorious.
Through the weather we are able to see just how ostracised and miserly Scrooge is and can pinpoint his truly unwelcoming nature. Surprisingly, just when we think his attitudes towards people are the only impact he has but also the "external heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge" which demonstrates his successful ostracisation of himself as even elements of nature, typically uncontrollable, he has managed to isolate himself from. Alternatively the noun 'heat' could be referring to kindness and love(from others) and 'cold' could be referring to anything unpleasant which suggests that he is blocking all things whether positive or negative. Moreover, his surroundings are "foggier"and "colder", the pathetic fallacy of cold weather creates an uninviting atmosphere directly reflecting Scrooge's character. Fog symbolises ignorance, perhaps implying his ignorance to understand what is happening around him and to those he's oppressing- the lower class. Additionally, metaphorically the fog is acting as a barrier and dividing the classes and is almost supporting the ignorance of the ruling class who are oblivious to their actions. To further expand, fog came about as a result of the industrial revolution, so Dickens may be criticising this as many at the time were in awe of England's productions but Dickens was critical of it as it ultimately resulted in neglecting the most vulnerable and overzealousness of money. Dickens constructs an exemplified version of someone who is overzealous of money to make the attitudes of the middle and upper classes visible.
Through the intervention of the ghosts, a spark in Scrooge lit as he gains knowledge and heals his inner childhood trauma and abandonment. The stark contrast between 'hard and sharp as a flint' to now 'as merry as a schoolboy', creates an instant shift in tone from melancholy to jubilant as he has now regained his youthful innocence and ability to see the world in an untainted light. Scrooge's excitement is bulging, it seems like he has only just now realised the greatness and wonders of this world. Dickens establishes that money won't bring happiness, the only thing that will bring true happiness is connection with people, love, support and generosity. As Victorian society was predominantly Christian, the readers would understand this as they would be familiar with many Bible readings signifying this.
Scrooge's transformation resembles a quite spiritual one and his redeemed character seems to be reconnected to God as he becomes as "happy as an angel". This religious simile highlights how Scrooge feels that redemption has led him back to the path of God and faith. He was previously described as a "sinner" embodying the seven deadly sins yet his redemption has led to his restoration of religious morals. Additionally, an "angel" is probably the purest, holiest closest thing to God so by connecting him to that of an angel, it is evident that he has truly transformed. Angels are specially chosen by God and are guaranteed to stay in heaven forever, therefore perhaps hints that Scrooge's transformation has been accepted by God and he has reopened the gates of heaven for him and stopped his intended doom in purgatory. During the Victorian Era, the middle and upper class didn't quite understand their overzealousness and ignorance of the poor and how greatly it affected people as they were so wrapped up in their bubbles, shielded by ignorance. Therefore by Dickens showing the detrimental impacts and the clear consequences of purgatory/hell, he is enlightening his readers and providing them with the correct knowledge so they can avoid doom like Scrooge has.
Dickens presents the redeemed character of Scrooge in such a positive light and makes his kindness and happiness extremely clear. When Scrooge wakes up in stage 5 the first thing his redeemed self says is "Merry Christmas carol to everybody!A happy New Year to all the world!", the fact that the presents Christmas first is significant as this a direct contrast to "bah humbug"! The exclamation mark show his joy and excitement as he now sees the value in non-monetary things. Also, the plural pronoun "everybody" suggests he now cares about and wants to extend his love to everyone which highly mirrors the language used by Tiny Tim. The fact that Dickens uses "Merry Christmas" as he first words pairs Christmas with joy perhaps Dickens is trying to urge us to always keep the Christmas spirit and generosity all year round. Another important thing to point out is his "splendid laugh" which is the first time in this novella we read of him laughing. Laughing symbolises knowledge in a Christmas Carol which finalises his transformation and this laugh was described as "the father of a long, long line of brilliant laughs" emphasising that this redeemed character will last.
I didn't include a conclusion but i would usually i just don't have time. I would really appreciate if you could mark this. Thank you very much.
Thank you so much! Best Christmas Carol revision ive had all year! Good luck everyone!
what was the question, was he right?
these alternative unique views are what is going to get me the grade 9 this is brilliant !!
thanks this is soooo helpful. good luck on monday guys x
I had never watched your videos previously but heard such great recommendations so decided to come and check you out. They were certainly not wrong! Thank you
Welcome aboard!
8:20 Searched it up , they did have croissants in London back then
the important things in life 😂
knowing this got me a 40 marks on ACC last year.
thank you, managed to apply many of these ideas to my essay, people who are mad must of not watched the end, or listened that it was only a 50% chance!
Everyone who’s angry can’t be mad, he did say 50% chance and you could have used these points in your essay anyway, the lesson learnt was to prevent poverty :3
Nice one
Exactly what i needed right now, thank you so much!
Anyone watching this on Sunday? Like me?
me
Same....
might be cooked
@@randomised5937 😂 same
possibly done for
Me and my mates love you man! Best English revision videos and it's not even close.
Glad you like them!
Thank you for all your videos! The prediction being wrong/right doesnt matter and its a prediction for a reason. Your analysis videos helped so much!
Thank you! Taking it tomorrow and hopefully this helps me
the ocr paper talked about how the poor were cared for and i was able to intergrate this thank you so much
Omg thank you SO SO MUCH, this is so helpful! lm so nervous for the exam tomorrow GOOD LUCK EVERYONE 😊
I have a suggestion for the brave in ribbons quote. Could you perhaps say that ribbons could represent positive energy and happiness which could symbolize the abundance of wealth in happiness the Cratchits have??
I cant explain it but this guy is amazing. Ive honestly learnt so much. Thanks Mr Salles, your a lifesaver
im aiming for a grade 9 so thank you for these last minute notes!!
i think you just saved me for tomorrow... good luck everyone!
whos watching this the night before 😂😂
Hi sir, Another quick one- I've been looking at lots of example exam questions, and some of them are very difficult to mold these ideas to (for me atleast) Do you have any ideas?
For example - how does dickens presents the importance of family
-how does dickens create a sense of atmosphere
- how does he use the theme of charity and Christmas spirit (yes- this one is slighty obvious, however i am quite partial to going off track and answering a different question)
Many thanks!
importance of family you can talk about redemption and how scrooge is miserable when he doesn't realise the importance of it but when he realises he redeems himself and mention Fred as scrooge is Fred's uncle, for the atmosphere talk about how he mentions London with crime etc and maybe learn some more setting quotes
@@MillieNowell thanks
Thanks Mr Salles, keep up the good work!
BRO THANK YOU, the question was linked to like the lesson Scrooge learns, and I was able to apply 90% of the context you gave BRO YOU MADE ME PASS THAT EXAM TYSM ❤No joke
Also everyone that’s complaining and saying you’re the reason they failed, just ignore them. They left their revision last minute and are now facing the consequences of that.
Literally idk why people r hating i used so much of this
@@Zaraxx123yes, they just don’t know how to link it to major themes I suppose.
Glad you applied it
@@mnx_2852 literally!
Thank you so much for this video I hope I'll be able to get a least a 7/8 in the GCSE exam tomorrow 😊
Thank you so much for these videos! Best revision source I’ve seen by far! 🙏🏽
Thank you so much I feel so much more prepared for monday. No matter what the question is we can do it;)
Thank you for this Mr Salles. I learnt a lot from this video and the Macbeth one. I am way more prepared for my GCSE exam tomorrow!!!😊😊
Best of luck!
This is was helpful seriouly for me getting in some depth ananlyis about the writer and a03 felt so secure for the first time thank you mr sales we move to paper 2
After exam. My time skill was quite bad. Took about 70 min on macbeth because kept changing my mind and so i got some ACC using the extract and got the very beginning and the ghost of christmas past
Examiners reading the same analysis 100 times : 🤔
Great video 🤟
Literally bro😭😂
That’s why you gotta use your own intelligence
oh mr salles where do i get started. u are my sunshine. my lightness. my life. my death. i shall love u forever and always. u are my last duchess. my lady macbeth. without u i will become nihilistic. i love you mr salles.
Is bro okay
@@Seabeanz mb bro i just had an outburst
Hi Mr Salles, if I talk about Greek Mythology (as suggested in your an inspector calls guide on Amazon), would that count as AO1/AO2/AO3? Because it wouldn’t be a great idea to spend a whole paragraph talking about mainly context. Thanks 🙏🏻
How many of these should you include in an essay - and what would a good example of a thesis statement be? Cheers!
Be careful everyone if lots of people write very similar answers with the same ideas and quotes the examiners will communicate with each other and then we’ll all get less marks, try to change your answer a bit to make it different and unique.
good luck guys !!!
tysm, i passed with flying colourssss ; i wrote about poverty on a non poverty question
LMAOAOAO JULIA
Bro he liked ur comment 💀(IM HANISNI)
hello i have a few question, im struggling on how to adapt this no matter the question, and also how many paragraphs should we have ands what should they include?
i've been told you want 4 paragraphs 100-200 words long maximum. Include the summary and thesis. So start with your thesis, then 4 paragraph then summary
Hello,
Do you know how you split all your points into paragraphs because you can't write 1 paragraph on each quote?
Thanks
Wait so if the questions supernatural should we just say that that the ghosts showed scrooge all these things and how they are supernatural??? Pls replyy
What if the extract that is given does not include any of these points?
thanks sir! do you have any ideas on how the plan could be adapted for a theme of family? i'm slightly stuck on this theme
explore the ways the crachits stay unified as a family even in "poverty"
think of dickens trying to present society as one big family. Society should be like a family in supporting the worst off like the cratchits support tiny tim. Then you waffle about poverty.
ur saving my grades
I would say that the 'gallantry' referenced is meant in an ironic sense in the terms of modern day 'sick' of 'wicked' rather than an honest description of character.
Good luck class of 2024!❤
excellent video sir and some great ideas, my only question is how would you get marks for AO2 for these points?
before including all that mention a language technique dickens has usen before you use all that depth knowledge then say this is frther shown through then the stuff he taught us for each number
Thanks for the video! It really helped!
im confused, as you said that the book of a Christmas carol costs one shilling, then you said you could buy 3 copies with 15 shillings, which was bob Cratchit's wage
its beacuse other companys copied it and sold it for cheeper so he had to decrease the price to compete
Yh can someone explain I’m confused
@@Ziyaad-pg9gq google says that it cost 5 shillings tho so he would be able to by three
He corrected himself
Seems like good ideas but how could I link it to a question about the theme of redemption or isolation
im still lost how do i structure the essay what paragraph about what. should i not show a range of ideas in the thesis?! please someone help i need a grade 9 😭😭😭😭
im so scared bc i want to do lit for a level and i got 7s in both mocks really want an 8 now. im just scared the question will be something really niche and weird and i'll have no ideas :')
fr same
Hello Mr Salles, I’ve been noticing that the feedback I get on Tilf isn’t as good as yours? Any ideas why? Because of this, I’m really desperate to have my Sheila essay put on Substack one more time next week (promise you it will be 30/30) as I’m a student aiming a 9 in Literature!
Mr Salles, are you allowed to use an ellipsis in between a quote in the exam? similarly to how you've written them on the board.
yes, it just shows you're skipping part of the quote to only mention relevant parts
I often struggle to find language techniques for analysis in this novella. Is this essential for the higher grades?
I hope this could be useful tomorrow - I’m doing eduqas so I’m doing acc tmr!
Amazing video Mr Salles, thank you so much. If the question came up on the importance of family, would it be fine to just say all of your mentioned points and then add how it affects families in poverty instead of just the poor in general or does that not cover the question properly?
Yes, absolutely.
I'm watching this at half 11 the night before the exam beduase I didn't revise but I'm still desperate for a 7 oops I'm on a 6 rn
You got this mate...
thank you so much sir, good luck everyone
loving this video sir. Thanks a lot for this.
u are bloody incredible mate ty
Sir for romeo and juliet when the play finishes there is no NURSE on the stage ? Apart from social inequlaty link could you give a brilliant Mr salles interpetation. My teacher couldnt, Please........
Honestly was so helpful 😊
Hello , love your videos. Could you show some model answers for some of these points? Thankss 😊
Check the description
How would you frame this into one or two paragraphs on the wider text?
Hello sir, I wanted to ask for the 5th point, could you say that the fact that the poor couldn't eat on a Sunday may imply that the Christian tradition of keeping the Sabbath day is criticised by Dickens as an alternative interpretation to the novella.
Yes, that's a whole other video, and I didn't want to scare people, but 100%
Random question but what do you use to edit your videos??
An editor. This is her second one. I think premiership pro.
BOOM WHAT AN AMAZING IDEA!
you said Bobs name is the same as a shilling, which is the same cost of a book. But you also say he makes 15 shillings a week which would allow him to buy 3 copies of the book?
Hi Sir! In regards to Macbeth, i was just wondering if the question on the supernatural would be about the witches and how the supernatural are presented or the effect of the supernatural in the play?
They are the same!
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish I'm so worried about monday!! More worried than i was for today's biology.
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thank you sir, quick one, how can i link this to 'consequences of selfishness' ? can I go from a grade 4 to higher if I use this :)
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Sir if the question was on family, what would you talk about? in terms of dickens purposes
Charity begins at home
Good luck tomorrow everyone! 💕
Do you think it will be about Christmas or family? They haven’t came up and the poor came up twice and so did transformation through the ghosts and the cratchits and greed…
So then could u say that it is an didactic novella? Like start it with: in the didactic novella A Christmas Carol etc..?
Yes
Very close. It was How does Dickens present the life lessons Scrooge learnt.
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Would I be able to create a hybrid eg: talking about wages but also about a christian values message
You could evidently try interlink the two.
24:43 You say that but in the last mock paper I did the question was on Fred, don't know if that's because of the mocks being weird tho
Was he right last year?
No
He predicted the suffering of the poor but last year was the effects of greed
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@@ShadowFlame1924 He predicted themes that already came up like what? This theme of poverty and the cratchits has already come up as well. No chance it will come back again.
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turns out the questions was about Scrooges life lessons, however i did include some of the points and tips in this video into my exam. THANK YOU!!
Is there any way you can mark the answer i wrote?
I'm not sure exactly what I should include in an introduction and conclusion to my answer. Could you help me please with an example?
Ehh I wouldn't trust me a hundred percent but here's an example of how I would introduce my answer to the question in the video: "This essay will explore the ironic and symbolic ways in which Dickens linked poverty to the Cratchit, in order to convince his wealthy audience to raise their servants' wages."
Basically you just take the key words from the question (poverty, Cratchit, link), broadly list the explored techniques (symbolism, irony) and the writer's intentions (convince, wealthy audience, raise wages).
I often forget to write conclusions, but it's really easy as well. All you have to do is repeat the statement in your introduction, and maybe add as an example a short mention of one of your arguments. For example: "In conclusion, in order to convince his wealthy audience to raise their servants' wages, Dickens linked poverty to the Cratchit through didactic symbolism, such as Scrooge's redemption leading to a raise in Bob's salary."
@@shototodoroki6568 Oh ok thanks!
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is bob marleys name onomastic symbolism? or is that only if it sounds similar to the word, ie birling and sterling
no
The thesis part was very helpful thanks sir.
Good luck guys
Awesome Vid! Finger crossed for tommorow :)
guys how could i link this to family if it comes up
Are there any quotes for the importance of family?
father happ is heaven in house - Tim
@@crazymemes2832 what quote is that