A Christmas Carol Research Paper
The Play and the Movie Based on A Christmas Carol
Sometimes one person or action can turn somebody else greedy, lonely, or sad. Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol is about Ebenezer Scrooge and the ghost of Jacob Marley. Ebenezer Scrooge was a lonely and greedy man, similar to Jacob Marley. Jacob Marley was Scrooge’s business partner before he passed away. The play and the movie of A Christmas Carol have both many similarities and very little differences.
In the play, the Ghost of Christmas Past showed Scrooge what he was like in the past. In the past, Scrooge’s father did not like him because his father lost his mother during Ebenezer’s birth. As a child, he was all alone, no friends, and with a father who did not love him. Later in the play, the Ghost of Christmas Present comes to show Scrooge everybody having a wonderful Christmas Eve. Mr. Scrooge, now being a very greedy man, does not enjoy the Christmas season, or really anyone at all. He sees it as a waste of money and a “Humbug!” (Dickens 7) At the end of the play, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come shows Scrooge dead and all alone. This made Scrooge realize that he needed to act differently and should be nicer to the other people in his community. Scrooge began to become a friendlier person and began to enjoy Christmas time. (Dickens 32) Scrooge also did anonymous acts of kindness for …show more content…
The setting that took place was also the same. It was Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and the morning after Christmas of 1843. (Dickens 1) In the movie and play, Scrooge learns that he needed to change how he acted and even his feelings on Christmas. Although Scrooge was greedy and unkind before, he became a much kinder man in the end. Scrooge performs anonymous acts of kindness to the people nearby. (Movie 1984) In both the movie and play, Jacob Marley shows Scrooge that if he doesn’t change, then die all alone with nobody who loves
Sometimes one person or action can turn somebody else greedy, lonely, or sad. Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol is about Ebenezer Scrooge and the ghost of Jacob Marley. Ebenezer Scrooge was a lonely and greedy man, similar to Jacob Marley. Jacob Marley was Scrooge’s business partner before he passed away. The play and the movie of A Christmas Carol have both many similarities and very little differences.
In the play, the Ghost of Christmas Past showed Scrooge what he was like in the past. In the past, Scrooge’s father did not like him because his father lost his mother during Ebenezer’s birth. As a child, he was all alone, no friends, and with a father who did not love him. Later in the play, the Ghost of Christmas Present comes to show Scrooge everybody having a wonderful Christmas Eve. Mr. Scrooge, now being a very greedy man, does not enjoy the Christmas season, or really anyone at all. He sees it as a waste of money and a “Humbug!” (Dickens 7) At the end of the play, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come shows Scrooge dead and all alone. This made Scrooge realize that he needed to act differently and should be nicer to the other people in his community. Scrooge began to become a friendlier person and began to enjoy Christmas time. (Dickens 32) Scrooge also did anonymous acts of kindness for …show more content…
The setting that took place was also the same. It was Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and the morning after Christmas of 1843. (Dickens 1) In the movie and play, Scrooge learns that he needed to change how he acted and even his feelings on Christmas. Although Scrooge was greedy and unkind before, he became a much kinder man in the end. Scrooge performs anonymous acts of kindness to the people nearby. (Movie 1984) In both the movie and play, Jacob Marley shows Scrooge that if he doesn’t change, then die all alone with nobody who loves