self-centered‚ stingy‚ and cold hearted. Scrooge is such a cheapskate who in spite of the cold‚ wants to save money by burning as little coal as possible. Even on Christmas Eve his clerk‚ Bob Cratchit accepts the cold because he is too afraid to ask Scrooge for more coal for his little fire. While Bob Cratchit is trying to warm himself over a candle Scrooge’s nephew‚ Fred comes in wishing his uncle a Merry Christmas. Scrooge responds with his usual “Bah! Humbug!” Scrooge’s cheerful nephew kindly
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1). This story takes place in London‚ England. The time is winter and it starts the day before Christmas‚ also known as Christmas Eve. The settings of the book include Scrooge’s Counting House‚ Scrooge’s Home‚ Bob Cratchit’s home‚ assorted places throughout Scrooges childhood like the schoolhouse and the Fizziwig’s place where Scrooge was an apprentice‚ this is where a Christmas party took place and he met the one love of his life. Then it skips to Scrooge’s love of his life when she is married and
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at night‚ and their struggle to find their way to safety the more the darkness thickens. Dickens uses emotive language in the novel as a whole to create a sympathetic mood towards the poor. He does this using Bob Cratchit and his family. In stave three‚ there is a scene when the Cratchits are all helping out with preparing dinner as a family. This
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advancement of the clamoring‚ battling Cratchit family‚ who are a convincing‚ on the off chance that one-dimensional‚ representation of the situation of poor people. Dickens‚ with each aim of pulling on your heartstrings‚ paints the Cratchits as a desperate family that figures out how to express significant appreciation for its passionate wealth. Dickens conveys this supposition considerably encourage with the unfortunate figure of the immaculate hearted‚ injured Cratchit child‚ Tiny Tim. Tightwad’s emotive
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Explore the ways that Scrooge’s emotions change in “A Christmas Carol” The story will not leave us‚ but will “haunt” us “pleasantly” as Dickens hoped. We are experiencing this by exploring the ways that emotions of main character‚ Ebenezer Scrooge‚ change during reading “A Christmas Carol”. Charles Dickens uses a lot of adjectives and many similes in order to present a clear image of what Scrooge looks like‚ as well as his personality‚ and this is before we have ever met him: “Hard and sharp as
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“A Christmas Carol” Assessment Task “‘A Christmas Carol’ is most of all a tale of transformation” Discuss. “A Christmas Carol” is a short Christmas story‚ written by Charles Dickens during the period of Victorian England. Dickens portrayed a symbolic character of the upper class of the society at that time‚ Ebenezer Scrooge‚ who was a stingy‚ pessimistic miser‚ and eventually transformed into a warm-hearted‚ optimistic old man. Undeniably‚ Dickens demonstrated his transformation as the dominating
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employer and the abused‚ underpaid clerk Bob Cratchit is his employee. Bob is working in a harsh environment; he barely has any heat in his so called office to keep him warm. Bob symbolizes poor working conditions‚ especially long working hours. He doesn’t fuss or complain about the situation because he knows that it’s the only way he can provide for his family. After working alongside Scrooge he knows deep down inside what type of person Scrooge really is and Bob realizes that there is nothing he can
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generous with his money. The coldness inside him froze his old face. He carried the coldness with him always‚ wherever he went. It made his office cold in the summer‚ and it was even colder in winter. He spent his life in a cold nature. His clerk‚ Bob Cratchit‚ shivers in the anteroom because Scrooge refuses to spend money on heating coals for a fire. Scrooge’s nephew‚ Fred‚ pays his uncle a visit and invites him to his annual Christmas party. Two portly gentlemen also drop by and ask Scrooge for a contribution
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Summary of A Christmas Carol Matt Toback 1). This story takes place in London‚ England. The time is winter and it starts the day before Christmas‚ also known as Christmas Eve. The settings of the book include Scrooge’s Counting House‚ Scrooge’s Home‚ Bob Cratchit’s home‚ assorted places throughout Scrooges childhood like the schoolhouse and the Fizziwig’s place where Scrooge was an apprentice‚ this is where a Christmas party took place and he met the one love of his life. Then it skips to Scrooge’s
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the theatrical performance‚ but are played by older characters in the movie. In the play‚ Scrooge’s nephew comes to visit Scrooge’s work and his name is never addresses‚ but he is called Fred at that time in the movie. The movie shows that Bob and Mrs. Cratchit have only 2 kids‚ but the play states they have more than that. Although only a few differences were listed‚ with more research you could find plenty
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