What are two examples of personification in the book A Christmas Carol?

Answer 1

Personification is when Dickens describes an object that is not human and is given human traits or emotions.

A simple example is the describing of the church tower's bell. Dickens writes that the ''gruff old bell was always peeping slily down at Scrooge out of a Gothic window in the wall, became invisible, and struck the hours and quarters in the clouds.''

Answer 2

1. When Scrooge is described as having a heart that "gloomed" and a "scrooge eyes," personifying his negative emotions and character traits.
2. The weather is personified when the fog and frost seem to "run" and "pursue" the citizens of London, creating an eerie atmosphere.

Answer 3

Examples in the novella are

a church, whose gruff old bell was peeping slily down at Scrooge

congenial frost

misanthropic ice

the crisp air laughed

like Spanish Friars

Tiny Tims is described as "as good as gold"

Answer 4

stave 5

"He was the father of a long, long line of brilliant laughs!" (98,Dickens)

Answer 5

"Marley was dead as a door-nail." -Stave 1

Answer 6

The description of the ghost of Christmas past

Answer 7

a church, whose gruff old bell was peeping slily down at Scrooge

Tiny Tims is described as "as good as gold"

Answer 8

Dead as a doornail! Stave 1

Answer 9

Dead as a doornail ch. 1