fisted hand at the grindstone‚ Scrooge!’ Grindstone is a thick disc of stone or other abrasive material mounted so as to revolve‚ used for grinding‚ sharpening‚ or polishing metal objects. This suggests to the reader that scrooge was very wary of his actions. He was very sharp and never missed a thing. He also goes on to say‚ ‘hard and sharp as flint‚ from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire. Dickens told the reader that there something good about scrooge but then lowered the expectations
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assorted places throughout Scrooges childhood like the schoolhouse and the Fizziwig’s place where Scrooge was an apprentice‚ this is where a Christmas party took place and he met the one love of his life. Then it skips to Scrooge’s love of his life when she is married and they speaks about Scrooge and how he is now in a world of his money. Also it shows the exchange‚ homeless people under a bridge‚ and a cemetery. 2.) The four main characters in the book are Ebenezer Scrooge‚ Tiny Tim‚ Bob Cratchit
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done. After the ghost of Christmas past left‚ then a little while later‚ the ghost of Christmas present came and showed Scrooge things that happened that he didn’t know about.Tiny Tim’s dad‚ Bob Cratchit‚ did not have that much and Tiny Tim had a problem that caused him to need surgery that they could not afford. The ghost of Christmas future came after that and showed Scrooge all the things that was going to happen‚ if he didn’t change his way. There would be no one at his funeral
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all‚ and ultimately elevated Scrooge. Scrooge was a depraved man “squeezing‚ wrenching‚ grasping‚ scraping‚ clutching‚ covetous old sinner!” majority of the townsfolk would cower at this presence. He based his morality and life purely on money; greed and gain were his most prominent qualities. Love was a mere inkling of what was in Scrooge. His nephew Fred can be described as an outstanding foil to Scrooge‚ Fred was poor but lived a comfortable life; whereas Scrooge was rich and corrupt. “Though
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Rose from Oliver Twist and Alice and Ebeneezer Scrooge from A Christmas Carol are in similar situations because both of the couples are in love yet wealth has come between both of the couples. Alice and Ebeneezer Scrooge were engaged and in love. Ebeneezer’s love for Alice was soon not as important as his pursuit of wealth and desire to be a part of “High Society”. Alice and Scrooge were a part of the lower class and their love was not enough for Scrooge‚ his greed was too strong for him to hold on
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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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injustice. In fact‚ through miserly protagonist Ebeneezer Scrooge‚ Dickens manages to use redemption‚ whilst not a dominant theme in itself‚ to reinforce the social values he so firmly believed in. The importance of upholding ones social responsibility‚ of reflection and memory and of generosity and goodwill are all enforced throughout the allegory by the Ghost of Jacob Marley and the Spirits of Christmas he employs to see though Scrooges tri-temporal redemptive process. In thus constructing his
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give to the poor and help others‚ yet these values‚ and ideals were slowly fading in the 19th Century economic change Shown to Scrooge by the Ghost of Christmas Past‚ was old happy and energetic Fezziwig‚ who he was once apprenticed to when he was young‚ who taught Scrooge to be sharp witted‚ cunning moneylender like himself. The Ghost of Christmas Past takes Scrooge back to his young adulthood‚ to relearn the valuable lessons‚ which Fezziwig taught about life‚ that wealth and greed‚ should never
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yet not willing to give to the poor; during this giving season. Scrooge portrays the exact attitude Dickens is disdaining when he says‚ “what is Christmas to you but a time for paying bills without money‚” showing the total misunderstanding of Christmas. Dickens again instructs the audience by teaching Scrooge a vital lesson in generosity‚ through the use of the Ghost of Christmas Past‚ who through careful questioning‚ forces Scrooge to admit that the happiness the Fezziwig generated was “quite as
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believe the third ghost of Christmas Future was the most influence.I believe that because Scrooge changed when he saw that he was the dead man and no one cared because he was so mean and he changed his ways and everything he did wrong.Scrooge is like this because his partner died on Christmas eve and he had to run there business by himself. In the movie that we watched called Christmas Carol I seen how Scrooge was seen by 3 ghost.Ghost of Christmas Past‚Present and Future.The first ghost was ghost
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