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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A Christmas Carol supports the quote "’I wish‚’ Scrooge muttered‚ putting his hand in his pocket‚ and looking about him‚ after drying his eyes with his cuff: ’but it’s too late now.’" Choice (1) is not the correct answer choice. The quote from Choice (1) was said by the Ghost of Christmas Past. The Spirit was showing Scrooge all the Christmases he has celebrated earlier in his life. However‚ the quote mentioned in the question implies that Scrooge is regretting something. Choice (1) doesn’t fulfill
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business.” In the beginning of the novella‚ the main protagonist‚ Ebenezer Scrooge‚ opposes Christmas and all the kind-hearted‚ charitable values it stands for. Throughout the tale Scrooge is visited by Ghosts from a Christmas past‚ present‚ and future‚ who show the “bitter” Scrooge how to be compassionate towards others. Money is a big part of the story‚ and it plays a role as a contrast to how generosity is viewed. Scrooge is rich but lives a life as “solitary as an oyster” and “warning all human
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is what Dickens’s hopes that our world will too surely change. This is evident throughout the novella as he depicts Scrooge (before the conversion)‚ the main character; to stand for all that Dickens is against. He also puts the idea of Utilitarianism into the way Scrooge acts at the start of the novella‚ which Dickens also seems to dislike. Dickens then goes on to describe Scrooge‚ after his conversion‚ in a different way to at the start of the novella‚ which depicts all that Dicken wishes human
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written in the Victorian era. The protagonist Ebenezer Scrooge is used to demonstrate the upper class society and their attitude towards the poor. Throughout this redemption story‚ Dickens combines a descriptions of hardships faced by the poor with a heart-felt sentimental celebration of the Christmas season. The novella contains a dramatic and comic element as well as a deep felt moral theme. The text promotes the values of Ebenezer Scrooge‚ delving into his past‚ present and supposed future as
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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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Ebenezer Scrooge‚ who embodies what most upper class people of society valued in the 1800s. Through this‚ Dickens is able to show readers that the things we should value most in life are priceless‚ and are the key to ultimately finding happiness. Dickens uses Old Fezziwig to guide Scrooge into recognising how treating his own employee well can be an important key to being truly happy; something money could never buy. In contrast to Scrooge‚ Fezziwig is generous and “jovial”‚ whereas Scrooge is a
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Ebenezer Scrooge‚ he was and old man and live in Old Marley home in London. People think he’s scary because the way Ebenezer Scrooge looks. Scrooge is a cold-heart man when Christmas comes because he have never had Christmas with his family. Scrooge want to try to be good to everyone and want to change his life. Scrooge have distanced his self from people even though he look scary because of his eyes. Scrooge fight the demon in him at the end of the story to change his life. When Scrooge was cold-heart
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At the very start in the beginning of the Christmas carol book Ebenezer scrooge is a very mean and nasty man. He kept all of his money to himself and he loved it so much he did not share a penny of it to the poor or the sick. I have got a paragraph here from the book Christmas Carol explaining what scrooge was like. ‘Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone‚ Scrooge! A squeezing‚ wrenching‚ grasping‚ scraping‚ clutching‚ covetous old sinner! Hard and sharp as flint‚ from which no steel
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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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