by four spirits: those of his deceased partner Jacob Marley‚ and the ghosts of Christmas Past‚ Christmas Present and Christmas Yet to Come. Scrooge is first visited by the phantom of his departed companion‚ and sole friend‚ Jacob Marley. Appearing on the knocker to his old chambers‚ Marley’s horrifying face is the first sign of the remarkable‚ life-changing night yet to come. However‚ it is only until Ebenezer Scrooge actually sees "Marley‚ in his pigtail‚ usual waistcoat‚ tights and boots;
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In analyzing the current company’s issue of the absence of Bob Knowlton‚ new photon unit project head‚ it is apparent that there were concerns gone unaddressed. The lack of communication between employees and the avoidance of conflict are seemingly the result of the recent actions taken place. The main problem in this situation is the avoidance of conflict that occurred between Knowlton and Fester‚ especially in the group meetings held each week. At one point in a group meeting Fester commented
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Jacob Marley‚ the business partner 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
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from it‚ he would have ended up like his friend Marley. He became a non-stop traveler as
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he didn’t know about.Tiny Tim’s dad‚ Bob Cratchit‚ did not have that much and Tiny Tim had a problem that caused him to need surgery that they could not afford. The ghost of Christmas future came after that and showed Scrooge all the things that was going to happen‚ if he didn’t change his way. There would be no one at his funeral
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CHARACTERISTICS OF MODERN ENGLISH LITERATURE * Formal/Stylistic characteristics Juxtaposition‚ irony‚ comparisons‚ and satire are important elements found in modernist writing. Modernist authors use impressionism and other devices to emphasize the subjectivity of reality‚ and they see omniscient narration and fixed narrative points of view as providing a false sense of objectivity. They also employ discontinuous narratives and fragmented plot structures.]Modernist works are also often reflexive
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beginning of the First Stave‚ portrayed to have had the only man he shared any relationship with as dead. This man of course is Scrooges deceased business partner Jacob Marley. It is highlighted by Dickens that Scrooge answered to Marley’s name- this gives the impression that they were very similar in character. The deceased Marley is the first supernatural force which Scrooge encounters – in this section of the novella Marley’s spirit explains that three ghosts will visit Scrooge in order to help
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if his employee Bob Crachit wanted more money he would have to work for Christmas day. He had no regards for Christmas and anyone who believe in it and enjoyed it with their families. He was just a miserly old man‚ who believed that Christmas was just an excuse for people who wanted to miss work and for idle people to expect handouts. Jacob Marley‚ was Scrooge’s business partner and the first to visit him with ‘‘No rest‚ no peace. Incessant torture of remorse’’ (p15). Marley wanted to warn him
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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
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for film in 1938. The film tells the story of bitter old miserly protagonist Ebenezer scrooge who does not give to others and is only concerned with his own money and affairs. The film tells of his transformation resulting from ghost visits by Jacob Marley and the ghosts of Christmases’ past‚ present and future. As the years go by‚ he holds true to his promise and honors Christmas with all his heart. The film is set in the mid-1900s with the introduction of industrial revolution that resulted in inventions
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