the main one I am focused on is the elder man named Ebenezer Scrooge. He is the elder man in the movie that is traveling back into his past to see why it is he hates Christmas. This man has three ghosts of Christmas take him back to realize he has been putting blame where it is not needed. In the beginning he still continues to be himself and hate the day most people cherish and love‚ yet he chooses to demote the idea of Christmas. Scrooge is not just a regular man. No man himself puts down Christmas
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The main character‚ Ebenezer Scrooge‚ begins the novel with no Christmas spirit or emotion but no feelings for others or any other 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. In this essay‚ I will explore how Dickens presents Scrooges change. at the beginning of the story Scrooge comes across as a
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injustices that were present in the rapidly expanding cities of Britain‚ due to the Industrial Revolution. The story includes three morals‚ demonstrated by the three Ghosts of Past‚ Present and Future‚ which attempt to convert the protagonist‚ Ebenezer Scrooge‚ from his greedy ways. The morals of this novella‚ as a result‚ which was originally written to communicate with the Victorians‚ is just as relevant today‚ which contributes to the book’s label as a “classic”. Dickens uses a variety of techniques
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selfish business man named Ebenezer Scrooge‚ who is visited by his deceased business partner Jacob Marley and three ghosts on Christmas Eve. Jacob Marley who chained tells Scrooge that he should change his way or he will be punished in the after life. Marley beged for Scrooge to be given a chance to change. The ghost’s job is to persuade Scrooge to change his ways to avoid punishment in the afterlife. The three ghosts show Scrooge past‚ present‚ and future events that help Scrooge realize he is wrong and
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“This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want” A Christmas Carol contains lessons not only for Scrooge but for the society of Dickens’s day. Discuss Charles Dickens’ classic novella‚ A Christmas Carol endorses the belief that all life is precious and equal. A Christmas Carol contains lessons not only for Scrooge but for the society of Dickens’s day. Through the supernatural journey of protagonist Ebenezer Scrooge‚ Dickens intends to convey to the contrast between the two classes of the era and the need
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Jacob Marley‚ the business partner of Ebenezer Scrooge‚ died seven years ago. On a dingy Christmas Eve‚ Scrooge‚ a cold‚ unfriendly miser‚ works in his counting-house while keeping an eye on his clerk‚ a small man named Bob Cratchit. Scrooge’s nephew wishes Scrooge a merry christmas‚ but Scrooge answers him with a disdainful "Bah! Humbug!" He believes Christmas is the same as any day of the year‚ a day in which one must still pay bills. His nephew‚ fred‚ thinks of Christmas as a "kind‚ forgiving
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CHRISTMAS CAROL BY CHARLES DICKENS Christmas Carol tell the story of Ebenezer Scrooge‚ a greedy miserable self-centered man‚ that works in his counter house on a frigid Christmas eve with his exploited employee. Bob Cratchit. If there is one thing he hates more then beggars it is Christmas. A Christian analogy of redemption based upon a kind given‚ charitable pleasant time of Christmas scrooge is a skin flint business man who represents the greedy impulses of Victorian rich he subscribed to
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Ebenezer Scrooge‚ the miser amongst Christmas. Dickens creation of whom encapsulates everything that detests Christian Christmas values of ‘charity‚ mercy‚ forbearance‚ and benevolence’ At the beginning of Charles Dickens a Christmas Carol – Scrooge‚ acts as the chief protagonist within the novella in which he is initially depicted as a ‘squeezing‚ wrenching‚ grasping‚ scraping‚ clutching‚ covetous old sinner’‚ as ‘self-contained‚ and as solitary as an oyster’. At this stage‚ it appears as if this
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that time‚ Ebenezer Scrooge‚ who was a stingy‚ pessimistic miser‚ and eventually transformed into a warm-hearted‚ optimistic old man. Undeniably‚ Dickens demonstrated his transformation as the dominating part of the novel. As well as expressing the process of his change‚ there are other themes and lessons that Dickens delivered to us along his journey of spiritual reconstruction. Undoubtedly‚ Scrooge’s transformation is the clue through the whole book. At the beginning of the story‚ Scrooge was a person
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