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    they can be measured through non tangible sources. The Cratchit family act as an accurate epitome of the values that are family and gratitude‚ whilst Fezziwig is the antithesis to Scrooge as an employer and measures the important things in his life on the basis of his employees’ satisfaction. Through humanizing Scrooge‚ Dickens develops a connection between him and his past‚ realizing that his forgotten self was the important thing in his life‚ ultimately measuring it through the amount of remorse

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    ideas came from. But‚ comparing to the movie “The Lion King” there are many ways that they are the same and many ways that they are different. Scrooge has seen the first ghost “the ghost of christmas past” and the ghost had taken Scrooge to his his past. Scrooge saw many scenes but after all the important scenes were shown to Scrooge the ghost took Scrooge back to the present. Shortly after‚ in his room was another ghost‚ except this one was surrounded by food and clothed in a long green robe. The

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    year‚” (Ebenezer Scrooge). A Christmas Carol (Dickens 1832) is one of the most well known Christmas stories of all time. The story begins on Christmas Eve when Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by three ghosts starting with his old business partner Marley‚ then followed by the Ghosts of Christmas past‚ present‚ and future. Each ghost that visited Scrooge takes him through his own past‚ present and future and shows him how his actions have affected those around him. Before the ghosts came to Scrooge he was

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    University of Tennessee at Knoxville on Saturday December 5‚ 2015. This play was a very well put on play. It was about this mean miserable old man named Ebenezer Scrooge that hates Christmas. One night Scrooge was approached by a ghost‚ and he was told that he would be visited by three different ghost in the next three nights. Then all of a sudden Scrooge fell into a deep sleep. First the ghost of Christmas past visits him‚ and takes him to revisit his childhood days. Then the next night the ghost of

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    Dickens‚ many of his characters were children. All of the children were different from one another but were all related to Ebenezer Scrooge’s past‚ present‚ or future life. They helped Scrooge better understand and transform his character and attitude towards Christmas and other people. In the end of Stave Three when the Spirit of Christmas Present comes to visit Scrooge‚ two young children appear beneath the robe of the Spirit. Scrooge’s attention is brought to them when he looks down and asked

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    Christmas Story by Charles Dickens the main character Ebenezer Scrooge is a sour old man who is in for a rude awakening. In the book Ebenezer Scrooge seeks redemption in order to avoid a tragic future that lies ahead. Scrooge undergoes many hard times in his past which lead him to such a lonely life filled with only his work. He is extremely miserable and hates the Christmas season; he believes that all the festivities are a waste of time. Ebenezer states that ““If I could work my will every idiot

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    Stave One 1) How does Dickens set up a contrast between Scrooge and his clerk‚ Bob Cratchit? Dickens begins to create a contrast between Ebenezer Scrooge and his clerk‚ Bob Cratchit through the narrators first descriptive passage about the main protagonist‚ Scrooge. Scrooge’s negative‚ mean old miser personality‚ or as the narrator describes him the first stave as a; “tight-fisted hand at the grindstone‚ Scrooge! a squeezing‚ wrenching‚ grasping‚ scraping‚ clutching‚ covetous old sinner! Hard

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    fisted hand at the grindstone‚ Scrooge!’ Grindstone is a thick disc of stone or other abrasive material mounted so as to revolve‚ used for grinding‚ sharpening‚ or polishing metal objects. This suggests to the reader that scrooge was very wary of his actions. He was very sharp and never missed a thing. He also goes on to say‚ ‘hard and sharp as flint‚ from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire. Dickens told the reader that there something good about scrooge but then lowered the expectations

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    many similarities and a few differences between the two renditions‚ none of which are plot changing‚ or quite so dramatic. Some such similarities are the characters. That includes old Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge himself‚ who is‚ the enemy of Christmas‚ and the main character of both readings. The plot in which Scrooge is visited by the spirits of Christmas past‚ present‚ and future‚ as foretold by his deceased partner‚ Jacob Marley‚ is also no different than the

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    8 adjectives to describe Scrooge. The eight adjectives that I found best describes Scrooge at the beginning of the novel would be greedy and unfriendly‚ even though he donates‚ I still feel that he is somewhat greedy at the beginning of it. Following would be grumpy‚ miserable and cold hearted. As the novel progresses‚ he definitely begins to be more thoughtful and friendly. By the end I feel he is a happy old man and glad those ghosts came to him. 2. How does Scrooge live despite enormous wealth

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