Tms "A Christmas Carol" Scope Play Version

Mrs. Lockwood (United States of America)
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  1. narrator
    someone who tells a story
    *NaRRatoRs 1 & 2 (N1, N2)
  2. scrooge
    a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
    *BoB CRatChit, scrooge’s clerk *EBENEzER sCRooGE, a rich old accountant fRED, scrooge’s nephew
  3. dickens
    a word used in exclamations of confusion
    Charles Dickens is sometimes called “the man who invented Christmas.” in england, Christmas wasn’t a big holiday—but this famous story made it one. fRED: Many things do us good without making us rich, Uncle.
  4. preposterous
    inviting ridicule
    CRatChit: And a happy New Year! sCRooGE: There’s a preposterous notion: My clerk, with barely enough to feed his family, and a sickly child too, talking about a happy new year.
  5. notion
    a general inclusive concept
    CRatChit: And a happy New Year! sCRooGE: There’s a preposterous notion: My clerk, with barely enough to feed his family, and a sickly child too, talking about a happy new year.
  6. chamber
    a natural or artificial enclosed space
    N1: Passing through the heavy door, a ghost with death-cold eyes enters Scrooge’s chamber.
  7. derive
    come from
    The word “scrooge” derives from this story.
  8. woe
    misery resulting from affliction
    Woe is me! sCRooGE: But why are you chained?
  9. belle
    a young woman considered charming and beautiful
    You look so happy. sCRooGE: It’s Belle.
  10. bitter
    causing a sharp and acrid taste experience
    CRatChit: My dear, let’s not be bitter.
  11. miserly
    characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
    Merry Christmas to the unfeeling, unkind, miserly founder of this feast, Mr. Scrooge. all CRatChits: Merry Christmas! tiNY tiM: And God bless us, every one! sCRooGE: Tell me, Spirit—will Tiny Tim live?
  12. phantom
    something existing in perception only
    This third phantom is cloaked in a black robe.
  13. cloak
    a loose outer garment
    This third phantom is cloaked in a black robe.
  14. mourn
    feel sadness
    Why is no one here to mourn?
  15. infest
    occupy in large numbers or live on a host
    From sunup to sundown, he labored in a dark, rat-infested warehouse, applying labels to bottles.
  16. dilapidated
    in a state of decay, ruin, or deterioration
    He lived in a dilapidated boarding house.
  17. Dickensian
    of or like the novels of a nineteenth-century English writer
    Those dark days would haunt language: “Dickensian.”
  18. squalid
    foul and run-down and repulsive
    The word is used to describe particularly squalid and impoverished living and working conditions.
  19. impoverished
    poor enough to need help from others
    The word is used to describe particularly squalid and impoverished living and working conditions.
  20. evoke
    call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
    Dickens’s tragic—yet incredibly popular— novels evoked a deep sympathy for society’s most vulnerable.
  21. society
    an extended group having a distinctive cultural organization
    Dickens’s tragic—yet incredibly popular— novels evoked a deep sympathy for society’s most vulnerable.
  22. vulnerable
    capable of being wounded or hurt
    Dickens’s tragic—yet incredibly popular— novels evoked a deep sympathy for society’s most vulnerable.
  23. reform
    make changes for improvement to remove abuse and injustices
    In 1870, the year that Charles Dickens died, England passed a sweeping reform called the Education Act, which made it possible for all kids to go to school.
  24. endure
    undergo or be subjected to
    Many of his novels dramatized the suffering they endured.
Created on Sun Dec 08 00:34:17 EST 2013

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