In the novel A Christmas Carol‚ Ebenezer Scrooge is a man who is portrayed as very cold hearted‚ “the cold within him froze his features”. He always kept attention to himself and never cared about anyone else. The whole town knew him as a bad man‚ even “the blindmen’s dogs knew him… and would tug their owners into corners away from him”. Jacob Marley was his partner in life‚ and even though their relationship was for business only‚ he was Scrooge’s only friend. In regret from his own life‚ Marley
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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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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 they speaks about Scrooge and how he is now in a world of his money. Also it shows the exchange‚ homeless people under a bridge‚ and a cemetery. 2). The four main characters in the book are Ebenezer Scrooge‚ Tiny Tim‚ Bob Cratchit
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Dickens portrays and shows the contrast of upper class & lower class people‚ people who were classified rich and had a lot of money‚ where happy with a lot of belongings‚ such as a house to sleep in‚ a bed‚ food & unnecessary goods. On the other hand lower class people who were either jailed due to having no money or house & forced to work in a workplace where food‚ shelter & clothes where provided. Dicken’s makes the readers question themselves where money was the key to happiness? A Christmas carol
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family‚ Scrooge does not eat for pleasure but for nutrition. P18 – A Small Saucepan of Gruel For Scrooge‚ food is not eaten for pleasure but just to function. When Scrooge returns home‚ he heats up some gruel. “spoon and basin ready; little saucepan of gruel” Gruel is a thin porridge that is cheap and was often served in workhouses to the poorest of the poor. Scrooge eating gruel shows him saving money by eating cheap food that is normally eaten if you cannot afford anything else‚ when Scrooge‚ with
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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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novels. The main conflict in the story was man versus himself‚ as Ebenezer Scrooge‚ the protagonist‚ faced many difficulties (himself)‚ the antagonist‚ with trying to become a better personWhy does the sight of a solitary child have such an impact on scrooge and why is it important? Why does the sight of a solitary child have such an impact on scrooge and why is it important? . Charles Dickens creates an image of Scrooge that is gradually changing from the cold person he is into someone who actually
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similarities between the drama play and the movie. There are also many differences. In the play‚ Scrooge is a greedy‚ self centered man who cares for nothing but money and himself. His old‚ dead friend and partner‚ Marley‚ visits Scrooge in the night to tell him to change. Marley sends three spirits to haunt Scrooge to enforce that change. Scrooge is shown his past by the Spirit of Christmas Past. Past shows Scrooge a Christmas long ago where he is alone in the school house. “The schoolroom is not quite
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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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and are most likely familiar with The Three Ghosts of Christmas. The version I was assigned to read was a shorter version of the original and did not include all the same events. But of course‚ it included the ghosts. They tried to help Ebenezer Scrooge‚ a cold-hearted‚ wretched‚ old man to find the light before it was too late. They reminded him of his happy past‚ showed him his current effect on other people’s lives‚ and revealed to him what would become of him if he continued on his dark path
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