In the beginning of the play Scrooge is a bitter man. This is evident when he refuses to give the poor money and his nephew does. Scrooge is also greedy. This is shown when the lantern girl runs away and he says “penny saved, candle saved.”…
Scrooge emphasizes, "What a fine day fellow... An Intelligent boy, a remarkable boy." This is a critical part of this novel because this shows Scrooge overcame his dislike of Christmas and his entire disliking of people. Instead of rudely gesturing to people, he is now starting to act nicer, and more mature. Scrooge exclaims, " Come back to the butcher and I'll give you a shilling. Come back in two minutes and ill give you a crown!" this show Scrooge truly overcomes the was he acts. Scrooge was all about the money- never wanted to share. Ever since the ghost's from Christmas past, present, and Christmas yet to come, Scrooge was offering his wealth off to other people who need the…
Ebenezer Scrooge, he was and old man and live in Old Marley home in London. People think he’s scary because the way Ebenezer Scrooge looks. Scrooge is a cold-heart man when Christmas comes because he have never had Christmas with his family. Scrooge want to try to be good to everyone and want to change his life.…
I grew up in thirty days. I was eleven and had to learn how to survive without my family, to keep up with school work without the benefit of a teacher, and to manage my own finances. As a child, my parents would read the story of A Christmas Carol to me. The protagonist, Scrooge, is a man who lost his sense of kindness and just needs to look inside himself to find the good that is in everyone. I was given the opportunity to play the role of Belinda Cratchit on Nebraska Theatre Caravan’s Midwest production of A Christmas Carol. This would mean I would miss two months of school due to rehearsal and performance. I would also be away from my family for thirty days. I traveled with professional actors on buses and stayed in hotels around Midwest…
The novella, A Christmas Carol, by author Charles Dickens, talks about Ebenezer Scrooge, an old man known for his miserly ways. Scrooge is visited by several ghosts on Christmas Eve, starting off with his business partner, Jacob Marley. As the ghosts take Scrooge on many different scenes/memories, he learns lessons on the way. As a result, Scrooge is given a chance to change and make up for his miserly ways. Charles Dickens wants us to understand that the ‘business’ of being human is not always the amount of wealth or money that is our ‘business’ but it’s the “common welfare” of others, sharing happiness with one another.…
In the novella, ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens, we see the change that the…
The fear of Scrooge towards the third ghost is very understandable , above all it is the physical appearance of this ghost that makes Scrooge fear him the most, but on the other hand the quietness of it makes Scrooge get a feeling of suspense. “Scrooge feared the silent shape so much that his legs trembled beneath him, and he found that he could hardly stand when he prepared to follow it” (Dickens 134). The fact that the ghost did not talked at all only made Scrooge more nervous, he did not know what to say nor what to do. The reader can easily notice that Scrooge had a lot of respect towards this ghost, mainly because of the fear that the Phantom was causing him but also because he had learned to do it from the other ghosts. “I fear you…
Dickens showed us not to be greedy in the Christmas carol by scrooge being really rich, but he was still miserable and he was suffering from his own pain. Money doesn’t provide happiness all it does is make you rich. Scrooge is a greedy man, because he was not generous, no one loved or liked him because of his attitude. His greed made him the man he is today, A rich, miserable, rude man. This is why you need to be generous so you won’t be miserable. Scrooge learned not to be greedy in the Christmas carol because Dickens threatened him with consequences by sending the spirits to teach him some lessons. One consequence will be him dying young. This is why you should never be…
In 'A Christmas Carol', Dickens represents Scrooge as a 'squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner' who is against Christmas and happiness and values money, yet given a chance to redeem his fate. Marley's Ghost has come to warn Scrooge to change his avarice ways or he, too, will be condemned to wander the Earth in the pain he has caused and the happiness he cannot share, weighed down by 'the chain [he] forged in life' which he has made 'link by link, and yard by yard'. Dickens uses the metaphor to contribute to the burden Marley carries because of the selfish ways he has acted in his life on Earth. Scrooge is shaken by what has happened to his sole friend, who offers no console and furthermore exemplifies his fate by showing him the phantoms who, like Marley, wore chains and were linked together, unable to be free as 'misery with them all was, clearly, that they sought to interfere, for good…and had lost the power for ever' as for the dead, it is too late for anything, which is the message given to Scrooge. The Spirit of Christmas Past visits to reminisce Scrooge's unhappy childhood as a 'solitary child, neglected by his friends'. Scrooge pities himself, and wishes that he had given something to the boy 'singing a Christmas Carol at [his] door last night', which becomes his first step towards his transformation. When Scrooge is shown his fiancé upset that 'another idol has replaced [her]'…a golden one', he recollects how greedy he was and his true values is reflected.…
As a result, Scrooge becomes generous. After Scrooge saw everything he caused he set out to change the terrible things he did. Scrooge starts to enjoy the Christmas spirit. He now loves to help others and finally use his money for a good purpose. As Scrooge looks down from his window he sees a boy named Adam walking. Scrooge starts to talk to Adam,”A remarkable boy! An intelligent buy! Do you know whether the poulterer’s have sold the prize turkey that was hanging up there? I don’t mean the little prize turkey, Adam. I mean the big one!” In shock Adam replys,”What, do you mean the one they’ve got that’s as big as me?” In response Scrooge says,” It is? Go and buy it! No, no. I am absolutely in earnest. Go and buy it and tell ‘em to bring it…
At the start of the novella, Scrooge is shown as cold-hearted, greedy and selfish. This is especially shown towards people who celebrate Christmas and also poor people. Scrooge says ‘I can’t afford to make idle people merry… if they would rather die… then they better had do it and decrease the surplus population.’ This is said to charity collectors, showing Scrooge’s selfishness. The word ‘surplus’ suggests that Scrooge considers there to be too many people that are not needed. Also the word ‘idle’ implies that Scrooge…
``If they would rather die,'' said Scrooge, ``they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population. Besides excuse me I don't know that”’ This shows the difference between rich and poor in that time period, As well as producing a stronger dislike towards Scrooge.…
As Scrooge walks down the cold, damp streets of London, he passes many suffering people begging for some money, that he has so much of. Being Scrooge, he doesn’t give them one penny of his fortune. His uncharitable attitude and dark past make him who he is. Throughout the story, Scrooge decides to forget about his awful past and make his future count.…
In the play "A Christmas Carol", the Ghost of Christmas Future comes to show Scrooge scenes of his future life that frighten him into changing his character. After having visits from the Ghosts of Christmas Past and Present, Scrooge is now visited by the Ghost of Christmas Future. Each visit changed his point of view, but Future's visit changed his life.…
During the book “ The Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens, the theme is be kind to your fellow man. When the First Spirit visited Scrooge, Scrooge told him this: “There was a boy singing a Christmas Carol at my door last night. I should like to have given him something: that's all.” Scrooge started feeling bad already that he had treated his fellow man in the wrong way. When the second Spirit took Scrooge to his nephew’s house they were paying a yes or no question game, Scrooge was playing too but no one could hear him, if Scrooge was kind to his nephew he might have been there with them playing.…