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    A Christmas Carol was a very iconic book‚ that inspired many movies‚ including a very popular animated version made by Disney. The book was written in a Victorian era‚ a time period where stories with ghosts existed‚ but were not very popular. This book was by far one of the most successful book that had ghosts as some of the main characters. This is just one of the reason that the ghosts that visited Ebenezer Scrooge are significant. The ghost of Christmas Past was very energetic and optimistic

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    and edit clearly in pen‚ not pencil. Examiners cannot assess what they cannot read. • Ensure spelling is accurate‚ especially of characters’ names in order to show fundamental knowledge of the text. A Christmas Carol is more a moral tale than a social commentary. Discuss. In A Christmas Carol‚ Dickens deliberately and unapologetically comments on the society which was 19thCentury England. As his own life gives context to his commentary‚ Dickens discusses what he sees as the moral and social imperatives

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    more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold‚ it would be a merrier world.” (J.R.R. Tolkien‚ The Hobbit) Many people think that if greed was non-existent‚ then the world would be a much better place. Greed is a big piece in “A Christmas Carol”. There are many versions to compare and contrast‚ but the script of the drama and the movie from 1984 were what was chosen. In the drama (the script) by Charles Dickens‚ there are four ghosts that visit Mr. Ebeneezer Scrooge‚ the

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    A Christmas Carol—Theme Expressed Through Symbolism "Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity‚ mercy‚ forbearance‚ and benevolence were all‚ my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business." A Christmas Carol‚ written by Charles Dickens is a straightforward narrative‚ which effectively uses symbolism to develop the major theme of the novel

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    William Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ and Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol parallel each other on many levels. Macbeth is a play that describes the rise and fall of a ruler who believes nothing can harm him‚ so the lead character‚ cleverly called Macbeth‚ attains power whenever possible‚ not caring who he hurts or what he destroys in the process. A Christmas Carol is also about the rise and fall of a town leader‚ the richest man in town‚ Ebenezer Scrooge. Scrooge’s hunger for wealth and power is illustrated

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    A Christmas Carol‚ by Charles Dickens‚ is a book that reminds all Christians of what inspires the holiday of Christmas and the good will that surrounds it. During the Christmas season‚ people tend to put their daily needs‚ selfishness‚ and working mindset aside for benevolence‚ friendship‚ and jubilation. In Dickens’ novel‚ Scrooge‚ the main character‚ is surrounded by a handful of characters that stand out as representatives of the good will that surrounds Christmas. Fred represents good humor‚

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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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    A great work of art that has a great impact on my life is the novel A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickson. The story tells of a cold hearted‚ selfish business man named Ebenezer Scrooge‚ who is visited by his deceased business partner Jacob Marley and three ghosts on Christmas Eve. Jacob Marley who chained tells Scrooge that he should change his way or he will be punished in the after life. Marley beged for Scrooge to be given a chance to change. The ghost’s job is to persuade Scrooge to change his

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    Surprising Spirit “Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values” says Thomas S. Monson. This is one intricate message that Ebenezer Scrooge failed to grasp. Ebenezer Scrooge is the narcissistic‚ avaricious protagonist in Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol. To start off‚ Scrooge is visited by the ghost of Christmas past‚ the ghost

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    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

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