Symbolism In The Play: A Christmas Play
Lyndi Dodd
Eng 211B
December 9, 2015
Literary Event I attended the play A Christmas Carol Clarence Brown Theater at the 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 present visits. This ghost takes him to the Crachit family Christmas, and the son really touched Mr. Scrooge’s heart. …show more content…
I have seen the movie a couple times, but going to see the play really made me see a lot of things I do not remember seeing in the movie. There was some symbolism used in this play when the ghost of Christmas future takes Scrooge to the gravestone. The gravestone is a symbol of death. That is when scrooge really realizes that he wants to change because he is not ready to die yet. There was also a sign of imagery when the three ghost were used. To me I seen this as an image of death; especially when he fell into that deep sleep. I just found it to be very ironic that they chose the ghost to come talk to him rather than having angels talk to him. The actor that played Scrooge did a very good impression of him. He was very old and grumpy, and he had no Christmas spirit. The difference in the actor before the three ghost came to take him to see his past, present, and future. To the difference after was a huge difference. He played the part of Scrooge very well. I would go see this play again if I could not only did it let me see the things I missed in the play, but it also allowed me to think that I need to be thankful for everything that I have. Also it allowed me to think about how grateful I should be to have such a wonderful Christmas
Eng 211B
December 9, 2015
Literary Event I attended the play A Christmas Carol Clarence Brown Theater at the 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 present visits. This ghost takes him to the Crachit family Christmas, and the son really touched Mr. Scrooge’s heart. …show more content…
I have seen the movie a couple times, but going to see the play really made me see a lot of things I do not remember seeing in the movie. There was some symbolism used in this play when the ghost of Christmas future takes Scrooge to the gravestone. The gravestone is a symbol of death. That is when scrooge really realizes that he wants to change because he is not ready to die yet. There was also a sign of imagery when the three ghost were used. To me I seen this as an image of death; especially when he fell into that deep sleep. I just found it to be very ironic that they chose the ghost to come talk to him rather than having angels talk to him. The actor that played Scrooge did a very good impression of him. He was very old and grumpy, and he had no Christmas spirit. The difference in the actor before the three ghost came to take him to see his past, present, and future. To the difference after was a huge difference. He played the part of Scrooge very well. I would go see this play again if I could not only did it let me see the things I missed in the play, but it also allowed me to think that I need to be thankful for everything that I have. Also it allowed me to think about how grateful I should be to have such a wonderful Christmas