In the novel A Christmas Carol‚ Ebenezer Scrooge is a man who is portrayed as very cold hearted‚ “the cold within him froze his features”. He always kept attention to himself and never cared about anyone else. The whole town knew him as a bad man‚ even “the blindmen’s dogs knew him… and would tug their owners into corners away from him”. Jacob Marley was his partner in life‚ and even though their relationship was for business only‚ he was Scrooge’s only friend. In regret from his own life‚ Marley
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think the biggest reasons why he is like that is because Marley had died. Marley was his soul mate and only friend. I would feel upside down if I was in Scrooge place. Another part that shows that Scrooge is cold hearted is that he makes his clerk Bob Cratchit shiver in the anteroom because Scrooge refuses to spend money on heating coals for a fire. Dickens puts many adjectives about Scrooge in this part of the play to show the audience how Scrooge is like. An example is “Oh! But he was a tight fisted
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empathy and care for other people around him‚ Tiny Tim is the metaphor for all the poor disabled people in the world that Scrooge refuses to help. “tiny Tim bore a little crutch‚ and had his limbs supported by an iron frame!” This scene with the Cratchits makes Scrooge feel disappointed and then realises why his attitude to the poor and needy is in the wrong. Scrooge start to feel love for Tiny Tim‚ “Spirit said Scrooge with an interest he had never felt before‚ tell me if Tiny Tim will live?” Scrooge
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The Ghost takes Scrooge to the house of Bob Cratchit‚ who is Scrooge’s office clerk. Bob Cratchit has a nice little house with a family including a cripple son named Tiny Tim who is full of life. Scrooge’s heart melts for Tiny Tim whom the Ghost says will die if Tiny Tim situation doesn’t change. Scrooge’s action toward Cratchit has affected the Cratchit’s family life. Scrooge making Cratchit work on Christmas and giving him little money leads the Cratchit family poor of spirit and of money. This
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representing the brain‚ stands for reminiscences; the spirit of Christmas Present symbolizes kindness‚ compassion‚ and the mood of Christmas; plus the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come signify the terror of bereavement and ethical reckoning. In addition the Cratchits stand for the unfortunate‚ whom Dicken represents with affection and understanding as seeking to get attention to their troubles. By means of A Christmas Carol‚ Dickens wishes to exemplify how insensitive‚ self-serving individuals are able to be
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self-centered‚ stingy‚ and cold hearted. Scrooge is such a cheapskate who in spite of the cold‚ wants to save money by burning as little coal as possible. Even on Christmas Eve his clerk‚ Bob Cratchit accepts the cold because he is too afraid to ask Scrooge for more coal for his little fire. While Bob Cratchit is trying to warm himself over a candle Scrooge’s nephew‚ Fred comes in wishing his uncle a Merry Christmas. Scrooge responds with his usual “Bah! Humbug!” Scrooge’s cheerful nephew kindly
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Scrooge is a man of money‚ and with that comes the choice of either using it for kindness or for himself. Yet again this shows how greedy Scrooge really was. Scrooge also lashed out at Bob Cratchit (his employee) and questioned‚”Still you expect me to pay a day’s wage for a day of no work?” Scrooge is threatening Bob and refusing to pay him if he
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they are‚ and Present tells him that Tiny Tim‚ Bob Cratchit’s son‚ will die if kept at the current state. Then he’s taken to his nephew’s house‚ where he proposes a cheer to his uncle‚ Mr. Scrooge. Then he makes a joke of how Scrooge thinks Christmas is a Humbug. After that‚ Present leaves him with Future‚ where he is taken to people talking about Scrooge’s death‚ but Scrooge thinks they are talking about Marley’s death. Then he is taken to the Cratchits again‚ and then to his tombstone‚ where he realises
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at night‚ and their struggle to find their way to safety the more the darkness thickens. Dickens uses emotive language in the novel as a whole to create a sympathetic mood towards the poor. He does this using Bob Cratchit and his family. In stave three‚ there is a scene when the Cratchits are all helping out with preparing dinner as a family. This
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is open and welcoming towards the spirits. In Stave 5 as well‚ Scrooge tells Bob Cratchit‚ ¨A merrier Christmas‚ Bob‚ my good fellow‚ than I have given you for many a year! I’ll raise your salary‚ and endeavor to assist your struggling family‚ and we will discuss your affairs this very afternoon‚ over a Christmas bowl of smoking bishop‚ Bob!¨ (Dickens‚ 121) By now Scrooge is a changed man‚ and he is very eager to help Bob´s family and raise his salary accordingly. At the end of the book‚ it is evident
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