the 18th century‚ Charles Dickens classic novella “A Christmas Carol” endorses the notion that all people have a responsibility to ensure the safety and welfare of every member of society. By taking his seemingly irredeemable protagonist Ebenezer Scrooge on an other worldly journey. Dickens intends to convey to the complacent classes of the age‚ the necessity of various traits that are essential in life‚ such as the responsibility for those whom are less fortunate and other vital traits such as charity
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one story by Charles Dickens. In this masterpiece an old man named Scrooge is a cold-hearted old man who despises Christmas‚ then on Christmas Eve night he is visited by his old partner in business who died several years ago. His business partner (Marley) warns him that three spirits will visit him and if he doesn’t change his way he will end up like Marley. Everyone can change how they act‚ but not who they are. At first Scrooge doesn’t seem very frightened by this and thought it was a joke but
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take Scrooge to as many places as in the book‚ but this version at least shows Scrooge being shown men on ships‚ in the coal mines‚ in jails‚ etc. In the book it is not include when‚‚where and how Belle (Scrooge’s fiance) and Scrooge first met. In the movie they add more empathize on Belle by showing the contrast between Scrooge and Belle dancing in a really smitten state and the older Belle walking out on Scrooge. There are also changes in how they started the movie‚ where Scrooge following
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today. The main character‚ Ebeneezer Scrooge‚ starts off having no feelings for others or any Christmas spirit‚ but changes from his gloomy‚ dark appearance to a carefree‚ child-like persona at the end. Dickens shows in A Christmas Carol that personal greed will lead to peril‚ while kindness and generosity lead to personal happiness. One of Dickens social concerns was the lack of sympathy or feelings that people have toward other people. In the story‚ Scrooge had no feelings toward his family
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movie the A. Christmas Carol had ghost. There was one ghost that had the greatest influence on Scrooge‚ the ghost of Christmas future. It showed Scrooge what his life will be like in the future‚ and how his family will turn out and how he will turn out. He seen things that he never thought will happen so fast. He understood that he had to be nice to everybody and not just his self. The thing that made Scrooge unhappy about the future is that he would pass away and that little Tim would die if he did
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highlight the importance of kindness and its effects. We meet Scrooge in stave one‚ a man who is as “solitary as an oyster” and so cold “a chill does not affect him”‚ this leads readers to feel pessimistic and negatively towards Scrooge. His ill treatment of Bob Cratchit and his cold‚ dark nature is then contrasted to that of the warm “lively” Fezziwig‚ Scrooge’s old employer. Fezziwig with his “Christmas party” and the generosity toward Scrooge and his other apprentice presents readers with the happiness
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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 Christmas
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INTRODUCTION A Christmas Carol (1843) is one of the most recognizable stories in English literature. With its numerous literary‚ stage‚ television‚ radio‚ and cinematic adaptations‚ the tale has become a holiday classic‚ and the character Ebenezer Scrooge has become a cultural icon. First published in 1843‚ the novella garnered immediate critical and commercial attention and is credited with reviving interest in charitable endeavors‚ the possible perils of economic success‚ and festive traditions of
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Scrooge‚ the ultimate Victorian miser‚ has not a good word for Christmas‚ though his impoverished. Clerk Cratchit and nephew Fred are full of holiday spirit. Nevertheless‚ in the night‚ spirits of another color visits Scrooge. Straightforward adaptation of Dickens. The two people affect scrooges in the story are his sis death‚ and his girlfriend. The Ghost says they will see another Christmas‚ and the young Scrooge grows larger as the room becomes dirtied. A little girl‚ Scrooge’s sister Fan‚ runs
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in the rich‚ and the use of Scrooge the “covetous old sinner” who transforms his morbid self into an animated Christian man. The poverty which existed in England emotively affected Dickens; therefore his ambition was to teach others the damage of meanness to the human heart and that it is never too late to change and reach out and helps those lacking the full enjoyment of life especially within the Christmas season. The Cratchit family were deeply affected by Scrooges meanness‚ they were not a handsome
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