“The dominant theme in ‘A Christmas Carol’ is redemption.” –Do you agree? In Charles Dickens’ perennially popular novella‚ ‘A Christmas Carol’ (1843)‚ we encounter a world where serious social problems lurk beneath an otherwise imaginative and engaging narrative. Through exploring a world of fiction and fantasy‚ the author does not shy away from depicting the importance of maintaining ones basic humanity in times filled with rampant industrialism and social injustice. In fact‚ through miserly
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The unforgettable Christmas The most wonderful time for me as a child was the winter. I will never forget when in late November I was waiting for the first snow. In the morning when I woke up‚ I looked out of window and saw snow-covered trees and buildings‚ I could not have been happier. Because snow from the point of view of a 6 year old child‚ meant really good fun. My friends and I made snowmen‚ went tobogganing‚ and pretended to be detectives tracing each other from our footsteps. There
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Christmas wasn’t always the popular holiday it is today. In fact‚ the well known puritans‚ in the 1600s actually banned it out of disgust and anger. Christmas nowadays is heralded‚ by most‚ as a joyous holiday. Those who don’t celebrate Christmas‚ but celebrate a different holiday around this time are still consumed by the beauty of the wintery season. However‚ some Americans do not celebrate Christmas- or any holidays for that matter and in fact look down on them as useless and frivolous in a Scrooge-like
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Celebration Christmas has always been my favorite holiday of the year. As a child it was the one time of year that I thought I could get a glimpse of Santa Clause leaving me presents. What an exciting memory. I wish I could go back to when I was little. To this day‚ I always look forward to waking up early in the morning to be the first person to look at all the presents and then going to church. It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Our house is warm with the spirit of Christmas. The best part
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Nick O’Brien and Annie Sutton states that ancient Greek chorus reflected on the story just like we did in ‘A Christmas Carol’: “Just like a traditional Greek chorus‚ they reflect on the mood of the story and express what the main characters cannot say” (Nick O’Brien‚ Annie Sutton‚ 2012‚ P. 124) Therefore this statement is true because we would as a chorus discuss
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ability to describe them. Truman Capote‚ as a grown man‚ took advantage of his vivid memories and composed the short work‚ "A Christmas Memory." The story begins in late November‚ a month symbolic of all the years gone by that Capote could remember beginning preparations for Christmas fruitcakes. The year he has chosen‚ though‚ is that of the last Christmas three friends spend together. A boy of seven‚ Capote has but two friends: his "sixty-something" year old distant cousin and
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A Christmas Carol is a short story‚ not very long at all as I read it today and found some interesting differences between the book by Dickens and the movie incantations. Most of the movies I have seen pretty much have the same screenplay‚ it seems‚ with some small differences in most and some have a scene or two the others don’t. The first and most important difference is that all of the movies make it quite plain that Ebenezer’s father send him to boarding school away from him is because his
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The question is really asking which line in 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
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originally a Christian belief. People need the idea of redemption to help change and become a better individual. They need to believe that they can still be saved no matter how horrible of a deed they have done. Scrooge is redeemed in Charles Dickenson’s Christmas Carol with the help of 3 spirits and a dead business partner. First Marley affected Scrooge greatly. He slowly scared him into believing that he was real. Marley came to scrooge in a frightening way by showing him his face as a door knocker
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Punctaj total: 100 puncte. Nu se acordă puncte din oficiu. I. VOCABULARY (25p) Circle the correct answer: Example: The four ……………... of the year are: spring‚ summer‚ autumn and winter. a) days b) months c) seasons 2p 1. The day before Christmas is called Christmas ……………… . a) Eve b) Evening c) Saturday Look into the oven and see if the ………….is ready. a) cake b) soup The British currency is the………………….. . a) Euro b) British Dollar 2p 2. c) vegetables 2p 3. c) Pound 2p 4.
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