working classes in Victorian England by highlighting a variety of predicaments in which people from the poorer classes found themselves. Dickens brings out the social conditions of the working classes by describing the situation between Ebenezer Scrooge and his clerk‚ Bob Cratchit. In the opening sequence the clerk in his “dismal little cell beyond‚ a sort of a track” tries to warm himself at a candle with little success. Scrooge’s fire‚ although it was small‚ using little of the plentiful fuel
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the poor were housed‚ fed and set to work‚ had by this time become the most common form of relief available to Londoners . Ebenezer Scrooge is a wealthy old man who has no Christmas spirit in him. He is visited by his dead business partner‚ Jacob Marley who tell him because of his way of life on earth has doomed him to roam the earth in chains forever‚ he tells Scrooge that if he does
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Institution Date A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol is a novella by English author Charles dickens first published by Chapman and Hall on 19 December 1843 and adapted for film in 1938. The film tells the story of bitter old miserly protagonist Ebenezer scrooge who does not give to others and is only concerned with his own money and affairs. The film tells of his transformation resulting from ghost visits by Jacob Marley and the ghosts of Christmases’ past‚ present and future. As the years go by‚ he holds
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the protagonist’s future and past. In his story‚ Dickens takes the reader on a journey through time together with the protagonist of the story‚ Ebenezer Scrooge. The importance of the journey through time is that it highlights the differences in personality of Scrooge in the beginning and at the end of the story. In the story Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by four spirits: Marley’s ghost‚ the Ghost of Christmas Past‚ the ghost of Christmas Present and the ghost of Christmas Yet To come‚ respectively
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synecdoches (Ignorance‚ Want and Tiny Tim) he makes sure that the reader feels sympathetic and focus on the troubles a majority of people in London were suffering with. He is able to empathise the social injustice caused by the ignorant rich people (like Scrooge) by using these young‚ fragile children as representatives of the poorer social classes. Dickens personifies age as a ‘shriveled hand’ and says that it ‘twisted them‚ and pulled them into shreds.’ This means that they are looking old where they should
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character Ebenezer Scrooge. Scrooge is a unsympathetic pennypincher that does not give any thought to helping others. He is a complicated fellow who cares about money and business more than anything else. The author Ebenezer Scrooge as a way to convince readers that money should not always be the first priority. Making Scrooge realize that family is more important helps prove the theme: money should not be the only focus in life in the story. The author uses family to symbolize how Scrooge expedites money
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Christmas Carol is a bildungsroman‚ on the other hand‚ because Scrooge becomes a better man and learns to respect others from the beginning of the story. Scrooge is a grumpy‚ heartless‚ hateful man who thinks only of money and himself while not even considering the feelings of those around him. “Scrooge had a very small fire‚ but the clerk’s fire was so very much smaller that it looked like one coal. But he couldn’t replenish it‚ for Scrooge kept the coal-box in his own room; and so surely as the clerk
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Christmastime. The main characters are Scrooge‚ the Ghost of Christmas past‚ the Ghost of Christmas Future and the ghost of Christmas Present. The three ghosts show Scrooge what Christmas is about. How the Grinch Stole Christmas By: Dr. Seuss. This story takes place in the imaginary town of Whoville. The main characters Sydney Lu Who and the Grinch. The main conflict in this story is the Grinch and how he tries to steal Christmas. A Christmas Carol has become
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The following assessment explores my understanding of how I apply the person-centred approach/core conditions to myself when considering my shadow. To help explore and deepen our understanding of Carl Jung ’s term ’the shadow ’ the class this week carried out an exercise whereby we each chose a card depicting a negative/challenging personality trait. The card I chose was ‘The Miser’. We then individually explored how we considered this aspect to play a part in our shadow and how the shadow impacts
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Ebenezer Scrooge‚ in A Christmas Carol‚ is the exact opposite of Charles Dickens. At least at the start of the story. He was a wealthy man who did not care about anyone but himself. He was a very stubborn old man who didn’t want anything to do with anybody but himself. Two men approached Scrooge and informed him that many of the poor would rather die‚ Scrooge replied‚ "If they would rather die‚ they had better do it‚ and decrease the surplus population." (Dickens- 13) Unlike Dickens‚ Scrooge did not
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