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    Dickens’ The Christmas Carol and 19th –century British society Dickens’ The Christmas Carol is known as a cute exaltation of the Christmas ‘spirit’ of charity and love for our fellow man. Almost everyone growing up as a kid has read or seen some kind of version of The Christmas Carol during the holidays in the month of December. It is a story about a tightfisted lonely man known as Scrooge who learns to give and receive love which I think we would all agree is

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    Nat W. A Christmas Carol: Act One Analyzing Visuals 1. The Scrooge character‚ from the 1843 book A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens‚ is an established archetype. What traits spring to mind? The Traits that spring to mind when I look at this picture are that he doesn’t seem like a very pleasant person‚ and is angry at something. 2. Read the sign in this photograph. Scrooge’s partner‚ Jacob Marley‚ is dead when the drama begins. How do moneylenders make money? Moneylenders are someone who

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    The main character in A Christmas Carol’ is named Ebenezer Scrooge. Scrooge is a stereotype of those who had power over those who didn’t. Throughout the opening stave the character of Scrooge is established and it is quite clear what he is like. For example Dickens describes the character of Scrooge: "No wind that blew was bitterer than he". This use of metaphors tells the reader a lot about the character Scrooge‚ and that he does not have a very good attitude or personality. This is shown especially

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    “He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree.” - Roy L. Smith. In “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens‚ An older man by the name of Scrooge hates Christmas‚ and everything that goes with it. However‚ through the story‚ he learns to find Christmas‚ and to treasure the people around him. Likewise‚ in the movie he goes about this same process‚ but there are some differences and similarities between the book and movie. There are some key differences and similarities between

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    Nick O’Brien and Annie Sutton states that ancient Greek chorus reflected on the story just like we did in ‘A Christmas Carol’: “Just like a traditional Greek chorus‚ they reflect on the mood of the story and express what the main characters cannot say” (Nick O’Brien‚ Annie Sutton‚ 2012‚ P. 124) Therefore this statement is true because we would as a chorus discuss

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    said the ghost of Jacob Marley. Error and redemption was a main theme expressed by Charles Dickens in A Christmas Carol. Through Scrooge‚ Charles Dickens portrayed the redemption of a miserly moneylender in an attempt to revive the Christmas Spirit. Through the Christmas Carol‚ Dickens clearly expressed the idea that humankind should be everyone’s business‚ and that those without the Christmas Spirit should recognize their errors and achieve redemption. In the Story‚ Ebenezer Scrooge transformed

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    been adjusted to be more appealing. There are many versions of ¨A Christmas Carol¨ from dramas‚ to movies‚ and even some Christmas specials on TV shows but‚ it was originally a book. Is the book truly the best version? The comic version of “A Christmas Carol” is the best model compared to the book because it is modified in a more amusing way‚ and readers can assimilate to story faster. There are many reasons to why “A Christmas Carol” original is not as good as the comic.  First of all‚ compared to

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    Hard Times for the Classics Circuit Duelling Authors tour is not because I’m #teamdickens rather than #teamausten‚ but because next month I’m going to see a stage adaptation of this novel by the same theatre company who did the production of A Christmas Carol I raved about last December. Hard Times will be performed at an old mill and will no doubt draw on Manchester’s industrial history. As I’m sure you can imagine‚ to say that I’m excited is an

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    of Ebenezer Scrooge‚ died seven years ago. On a dingy Christmas Eve‚ Scrooge‚ a cold‚ unfriendly miser‚ works in his counting-house while keeping an eye on his clerk‚ a small man named Bob Cratchit. Scrooge’s nephew wishes Scrooge a merry christmas‚ but Scrooge answers him with a disdainful "Bah! Humbug!" He believes Christmas is the same as any day of the year‚ a day in which one must still pay bills. His nephew‚ fred‚ thinks of Christmas as a "kind‚ forgiving‚ charitable‚ pleasant time." He

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    Each ghost marks an important step in Scrooge’s journey towards being a better person. Explain In Dickens five stave novella each ghost in A Christmas Carol contributes to the final redemption of his journey to becoming a better person. The ghosts take Scrooge on a journey‚ physically‚ taking him to visit important aspects of his past‚ present and future and these journeys metaphorically empathy enlightenment that he needs to change into a more humane person. The five staves outline how he grows

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