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GCSE English Literature · key term
An object of worship. Figuratively, something given excessive devotion, as money is in Belle’s description of Scrooge’s golden idol.
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Paper 1
An object of worship. Belle uses it metaphorically for money because wealth has become Scrooge’s highest priority.
Revise: Stave TwoBelle tells him, “Another idol has displaced me”. When he asks what idol, she answers, “A golden one.” The metaphor presents money as something he worships.
Paper 2
A person or thing treated as an object of worship or supreme devotion. Belle uses an idol as a metaphor for Scrooge’s devotion to wealth.
Part (a): support interpretations with precise details from the extract. For Belle’s conversation, connect the idol metaphor with the contrast between Scrooge’s defensive questions and her firm replies.
Identify who speaks each quotation. “Another idol has displaced me” is Belle’s judgement, revealed through the Ghost’s visit.
Weave context into your argument: connect “worldly hands” and the “idol” metaphor to the conflict between material wealth and Christian moral responsibility.
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Belle tells him in Stave Two, “Another idol has displaced me”. When he asks what idol, she answers, “A golden one.” The metaphor presents wealth as something he worships.
An object of worship; figuratively, something given excessive devotion, as money is in Belle’s description of Scrooge’s priorities.
Component 2
An object of worship; figuratively, something treated as more important than anything else.
Revise: Stave TwoBelle tells young Scrooge in Stave Two, “Another idol has displaced me”. When he asks which idol, she answers, “A golden one.” The religious metaphor presents money as a false object of worship.
