and summarizing how relevant the issues raised in ‘A Christmas Carol’ are present in today’s multicultural society. Introducing the main protagonist “Ebenezer Scrooge” - “Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone...a squeezing‚ wrenching‚ grasping‚ scarping‚ clutching‚ covetous‚ old sinner! Hard and sharp as flint.” (p2). Scrooge was a man who had no sympathy for anyone or anything. ‘‘Even the blind men’s dogs appeared to know him; and when they saw him coming‚ would tug their owners
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young smooth skin‚ but he has white hair like and old man. The ghost shows scrooge his past‚ Scrooge had forgotten all about the past until the ghost showed him. When scrooge was young he was Fezziwig’s apprentice‚ scrooge was at a Christmas party having lots of fun. Scrooge liked the past and sees how nice FizziWig was to his workers. Scrooge was always mean to Bob Chrachit and wishes he could say something nice to him. Scrooge learned a valuable lesson from this ghost‚ that he was happy when he was
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’A Christmas Carol’ novel: Scrooge. Dickens gives loads of descriptive sentences about Scrooge‚ so that the audience get familiar with him. Scrooge is described by Charles Dickens as: "solitary as an oyster". The word solitary show the audience that Scrooge is lonely‚ making the audience feel sympathy. Then he shows the audience that Scrooge is lonely‚ but tight by comparing him to an oyster which are hard to open just like Scrooge is hard to others around him. Scrooge is also described by the author
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How does Dickens Convey the Importance of Poverty in ‘A Christmas Carol’? ‘A Christmas Carol’ is a short powerful novel written by Charles Dickens in 1843 and tells the story of how one man‚ Ebeneezer Scrooge‚ changes his ways from a cruel‚ money-obsessed miser to a good‚ honest Christian after terrifying visitations from three ghosts. During this period‚ Victorian readers were thoroughly convinced of the supernatural and omnipotent power of God‚ making this oval socially embraced through the population
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one story by Charles Dickens. In this masterpiece an old man named Scrooge is a cold-hearted old man who despises Christmas‚ then on Christmas Eve night he is visited by his old partner in business who died several years ago. His business partner (Marley) warns him that three spirits will visit him and if he doesn’t change his way he will end up like Marley. Everyone can change how they act‚ but not who they are. At first Scrooge doesn’t seem very frightened by this and thought it was a joke but
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they would eat turkey instead of goose. Our views of a Victorian Christmas tend to be idealised and exaggerated influenced by images on Christmas cards. Dickens wanted to show his readers the true reality. Scrooge is the central character of the novel ‘A Christmas carol’. Scrooge was a tight fisted hand to the grindstone. He was a ‘ squeezing‚ wrenching‚ grasping‚ scraping‚ clutching‚ covetous old sinner! Hard and sharp as flint from
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the book’s title and carries through to the end of the story. The characters in A Christmas Carol also reflect symbolism. The main character‚ Scrooge‚ whose name comes from the words "screw" and "gouge"‚ means hard-hearted. Marley‚ Scrooge’s deceased business partner‚ represents the conscience of mankind. The three ghosts who visit Scrooge on Christmas Eve stand for memory‚ charity and the fear of death. By effectively blending symbolism into his characters and various objects within the
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today. The main character‚ Ebeneezer Scrooge‚ starts off having no feelings for others or any Christmas spirit‚ but changes from his gloomy‚ dark appearance to a carefree‚ child-like persona at the end. Dickens shows in A Christmas Carol that personal greed will lead to peril‚ while kindness and generosity lead to personal happiness. One of Dickens social concerns was the lack of sympathy or feelings that people have toward other people. In the story‚ Scrooge had no feelings toward his family
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How does Scrooge’s recollection of his childhood bring about his reform? In ‘A Christmas Carol’‚ Dickens uses memories from Scrooges childhood to assist him in his transformation throughout the novella. As the Ghost’s take Scrooge on adventures back into his childhood‚ thoughts charge into his mind that causes abundant feelings of regret and disappointment towards the person he has become today. He is reminded that it’s not too late to revolutionize his ways to improve himself‚ and comes to the
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movie the A. Christmas Carol had ghost. There was one ghost that had the greatest influence on Scrooge‚ the ghost of Christmas future. It showed Scrooge what his life will be like in the future‚ and how his family will turn out and how he will turn out. He seen things that he never thought will happen so fast. He understood that he had to be nice to everybody and not just his self. The thing that made Scrooge unhappy about the future is that he would pass away and that little Tim would die if he did
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