The Main Character in a Christmas Carol
The main character in A Christmas Carol' is named Ebenezer Scrooge. Scrooge is a stereotype of those who had power over those who didn't. Throughout the opening stave the character of Scrooge is established and it is quite clear what he is like. For example Dickens describes the character of Scrooge: "No wind that blew was bitterer than he". This use of metaphors tells the reader a lot about the character Scrooge, and that he does not have a very good attitude or personality. This is shown especially because in the winter streets of London it is very cold and for Scrooge to be more bitter than the cold air just says that he is a mean and horrible person.
Ebenezer Scrooge continues his stingy, greedy ways on Christmas Eve. He rejects a Christmas dinner invitation, and all the good tidings of the holiday, from his jolly nephew, Fred; he yells at charity workers; and he overworks his employee, Bob Cratchit. At night, Scrooge's former business partner Jacob Marley, dead for seven years, visits him in the form of a ghost. Marley's spirit has been wandering since he died as punishment for being consumed with business and not with people while alive. He has come to warn Scrooge and perhaps save him from the same fate. He tells him Three Spirits will come to him over the next three nights: the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.
The first Spirit; The ghost of Christmas past', in my opinion, is extremely meaningful as it personifies memory. For example "It was a strange figure like a child: yet not so like a child as like an old man." So the spirits description suggests to us that the character Scrooges childhood experiences can come back to him if he allows them to. Also the spirit is described here as: "from the crown of its head there sprung a bright clear jet of light". Remembering that the ghost of Christmas past is the personification of memory this light symbolizes the illumination that comes from ones
Ebenezer Scrooge continues his stingy, greedy ways on Christmas Eve. He rejects a Christmas dinner invitation, and all the good tidings of the holiday, from his jolly nephew, Fred; he yells at charity workers; and he overworks his employee, Bob Cratchit. At night, Scrooge's former business partner Jacob Marley, dead for seven years, visits him in the form of a ghost. Marley's spirit has been wandering since he died as punishment for being consumed with business and not with people while alive. He has come to warn Scrooge and perhaps save him from the same fate. He tells him Three Spirits will come to him over the next three nights: the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.
The first Spirit; The ghost of Christmas past', in my opinion, is extremely meaningful as it personifies memory. For example "It was a strange figure like a child: yet not so like a child as like an old man." So the spirits description suggests to us that the character Scrooges childhood experiences can come back to him if he allows them to. Also the spirit is described here as: "from the crown of its head there sprung a bright clear jet of light". Remembering that the ghost of Christmas past is the personification of memory this light symbolizes the illumination that comes from ones