A Christmas Carol: Compare And Contrast

I thought that the movie “A Christmas Carol” was better than the book. Movies provide better action and visual pictures. When watching a DVD you can actually see what is happening in the story and plot. When you read a book you have to use your imagination and visualize what's happening in your head. Although some movies can change the plot and sequencing of the original book, it is still fun to watch the movie and see how different or similar they are.

Imagine a staged production of A Christmas Carol set in 1843. See the stage set in the exact time it was written by Charles Dickens. The foggy, crowded streets abuzz with carolers and shoppers, the children staring wide eyed into the shops and bakeries. Hear the bells ringing as a round of “Hark the Herald Angels Sing” fills the gaslit streets with joy. As a child, going to see A Christmas Carol was one of my fondest Christmas memories. To witness Scrooge 's’ transformation from a mean, greedy old man to a joyous, loving benefactor always left me smiling and filled me with hope.

In Scrooge’s past and present, his actions had not been admirable. In reaction to this, Scrooge had closed himself off and become cold and impenetrable by any kindness. He had no empathy for others. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come changed this mindset by showing Scrooge the most severe consequences of his cold hearted actions. In

Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol was first published in London on the 19th of December 1843, the novella was instantly popular and still is to this day. Dickens inspiration for the short story seems to come from his childhood experiences and his sympathy for the poor. In the story a miserable old man, Ebenezer Scrooge, is shown the error of his ways and what will come of it if he doesn’t make drastic changes. Various ghosts and spirits slowly transform him into a kinder more pleasant man. A Christmas Carol is a powerful novella that uses symbolism like the children Ignorance and Want, Scrooge’s transformation, and Scrooges nephew Fred, to reinforce significant themes like social isolation, rebirth, and family.

The drama A Christmas Carol is very unusual. I have never read a play script, I have never read any script for any reason. The drama has Scrooge eating gruel when Jacob Marley comes in dragging a long chain off cash-boxes, and part of the chain is wrapped around his body. After talking back and forth to each other Marley starts to scream a ghostly and fearful scream (Dickens, 8). Then he lifts his head from his shoulders still screaming, and Scrooge is on his knees in front of marley(Dickens,8). Marley tells Scrooge that he will be visited by three spirits. The first spirit is from the

"A Christmas Carol" a famous christmas movie. Although it isn't hard to believe that people do not realize that there are differences between the movie and the book. In this case, that fits right into that subject. Here are some of the differences between the movie and the novel.

money to the poor. He thinks of them as idle and he states that if

The script of A Christmas Carol was written by Charles Dickens. This play takes place in London, England. Ebenezer Scrooge, a rich yet greedy man, is visited by three christmas spirits that give him a chance of overcoming his cold-hearted self. The spirits bring old Scrooge to different times of his life. First came the Spirit of Christmas Past, then Christmas Present, and finally the Spirit of Christmas Yet To Come.

“Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.”( Erich Fromm) In the story, A Christmas Carol, By Charles Dickens. The main character is a greedy man named Ebenezer Scrooge who has no Christmas spirit. Scrooge starts off in the story with no joy in his life. He is then visited by the ghost of his former coworker, who says that the Scrooge will be visited by three spirits who show him the past, present, and the future. There are many similarities between the drama and the movie.

Scrooge has his actions lead to consequences is how he didn't pay his work assistant enough to help his disabled son. Mr. Scrooge makes a big profit, but yet he can't pay his worker and good wage. The workers son is not in good health and needs medical help but can't afford it. That said Later in the story The Christmas ghost shows Mr. Scrooge that the assistant son will soon die if he can't get the medical help that me needs. That makes Mr. Scrooge realize at the end of the story that what he's doing is wrong and gives back for what he did.

spirit of the characters develops into an adventurous journey. The setting is Christmas Eve and a poor man is working diligently while the owner, Ebenezer Scrooge, refuses to let him have Christmas Day off. Later that night at Scrooge's house, his old, dead, partner in business, Marley, visits him and tells him to change his ways and that three ghosts will come to haunt him: The Ghost of Christmas Past, The Ghost of Christmas Present, and The Ghost of Christmas Future. They all show him scenes in which Scrooge realizes his guilt and eventually make Christmas a better time for everyone he originally affected. Scrooge changes from a cold-hearted miser,

old sinner! Hard as a steel and sharp as a flint, from which no steel

This essay will be comparing and contrasting the written version of The Christmas Carol to the play of The Christmas Carol. The essay will explain why the author used a different medium and what affects that has on the audience. It will also explain through out the scary parts of the story there is still humor. Scrooge says, does, and reacts the same way in the written version as he does in the play.

The movie “A Christmas Carol” is better than the book. The book is a very descriptive christmas novel. The movie shows more feeling than the book did. The setting and lighting has set a better mood overall than the book.this is why the movie is better than the book.

This experience of reading a dramatization of A Christmas Carol is different from reading the novel excerpt because the drama excerpt contains specific details, such as movements and dialogue, while the novel excerpt has a narrator telling the actions. For example, according to line 6 from the novel excerpt, "The spirit stood among the graves, and pointed down to one. " Lines 3-6 in the drama excerpt states “FUTURE points to the other side of the stage. Lights out on CRATCHITS. FUTURE moves slowing, gliding.