Someone once said ”A person’s actions will tell you everything you need to know.” Many people never really talked to Ebenezer Scrooge but they could have told that he wasn’t the nicest person in the neighborhood. He had his ups and downs along the way. Scrooge was visited by three ghosts during different hours of different days. The ghost of christmas past,present, and future. These three ghosts had a very big impact on scrooge’s life. But at the end, the ghost of christmas future had the biggest impact. Even though future didn’t talk, he only pointed to things, he showed scrooge the darkest future anyone would hate to have. Thankfully scrooge changed his lifestyle before he couldn’t change it anymore. Scrooge’s initial behavior is selfish, self centered, and VERY greedy. He has so much money but yet he pays his employees very little money. He buys cheap things for others but when its comes to himself, he buys the most expensive thing there is. When it comes to his nephew, Fred, he treats him like a dirty …show more content…
He can't talk, you can't see him, all for just his one hand. The reason why he can't talk is because you can't put a voice on the future because it still didnt happen. The purpose of the ghost of christmas future is that it can show scrooge that if you don’t change the present then the future will turn out to be far worse. What caused scrooge to finally change his way is that you can see the ghost pointing to a grave stone with the name *Ebenezer Scrooge* on it. Scrooge then realizes that he wants to live his life to the fullest and doesn't want to live the lifestyle that he is in now. So he begs the ghost of christmas future to change his life, that he won't die young. He told the ghost of christmas future that he will put christmas in his heart. To sum it all up, scrooge's final transformation is that he changed his whole life around, that there was still hope for him out there wanting to be
The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come frightens Scrooge into submission and humbles him. Scrooge cannot change until he accepts the fact that he was wrong. By scaring and intimidating Scrooge, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come is able to accomplish that. Scrooge says to the spirit, “‘Ghost of the Future! I fear you more than any spectre I have seen’”(Stave IV, 2). In reaction to the spirits frightening demeanor, Scrooge becomes humble saying “‘I shall not leave its lesson, trust me.’” (Stave IV, 11). The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come’s lessons have the most impact on Scrooge because the spirit scares him into wanting to change. The ghost scares him because he represents the worst consequences. Finally, Scrooge learns he was wrong and begs the ghost, “‘Good Spirit,’” “‘Your nature intercedes for me, and pities me. Assure me that I yet may change these shadows you have shown me, by an altered life’”(Stave IV,
Ebenezer Scrooge is a miserable and greedy old man, who focuses mainly on his business and continues with his greedy ways on Christmas Eve. He is always grumpy and yells at his employees, and most of all at Bob Cratchit. Scrooge’s desire is to be by himself on Christmas Eve, and rejects his nephew Fred’s, invitation for dinner. One night, the ghost of Jacob Marley, a former colleague of Scrooge, who has passed away seven years ago, visits the old man. Marley reminds Scrooge of his cruel lifestyle and encourages him to change it before it is too late. He tells Scrooge that three spirits will visit him. When Scrooge falls asleep, The Ghost of Christmas Past visits him first. The Ghost shows him scenes from the past the reveal Scrooges’ live; from a lonesome young boy to a man who has allowed greed to overcome his life, a man who does not know love and compassion. Scrooge is touched by what he has seen and even allows emotions to overcome his stone-cold heart. Secondly, the Ghost of Christmas Present visits Scrooge. The Ghost takes Scrooge to several Christmas celebrations, including the party at Fred’s house. Also the Ghost takes Scrooge to the Crachit’s house, and warns him that unless the future is changed the crippled young son of Bob, Tiny Tim will die. The ghost warns Scrooge to be carful of his ignorance. Lastly the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come visits Scrooge. The old man becomes aware that several people discuses the death of someone. At last, he learns that this is
The Ghost of Christmas Present showed Scrooge many happenings from the people Scrooge knows, but the Ghost also showed him people he doesn’t know and probably never will, people who are suffering themselves. After the Ghost showed Scrooge the Cratchit’s household and his nephew’s house, he showed him people far from home, people in jails, people in hospitals, and people who were simply struggling. The Ghost blessed each of those people, the people that he had no relation to, the people whom he knew nothing about. Their struggles were relieved, the struggling more patient, the sick healed, and so on. In doing this, the Ghost showed Scrooge that although Scrooge was not magical, one person’s blessing can impact many people. He showed Scrooge that kindness and generosity can make the biggest difference, and caring about others, caring about all others, can create a big change and be beneficial to everyone.
Ebenezer Scrooge had changed a lot throughout the screenplay and movies. In the story, Scrooge had started out as a rich miser who didn’t care about anything but himself and his business. He ended up being a kind man who helped everyone he could and gave back to the community. He had changed in many ways and had been shown what he had become. Marley helped Scrooge realize that he had made everyone turn away from him and think poorly of him, and that some people like Bob Cratchit and his nephew, had hoped that he could change. Scrooge’s encounters with the spirits had shown him the most.
Marley tells Scrooge that he will be visited by 3 ghosts and to take heed of what happens. The first spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Past, who shows the past of Scrooge. In the past, Scrooge was a happy young man that he was very enjoy his Christmas Eve. He was also a carefree and in love. Scrooge had a younger sister who passed away early and his sister leaving a child Fred. Scrooge was very love his sister but he did not like her child. When his adult life, he met a girl and the girl became his wife, Mrs. Scrooge. However, money became his greatest desire. His wife left him because his wife felt Scrooge love money more than her. Scrooge felt the
Using the first spirit, Scrooge was forced to face the fact that people viewed him as greedy and selfish, and began to open him up to the fact that he needs to change. The second spirit, The Ghost of Christmas Present, arrived and took Scrooge to the home of a worker of his, Bob Cratchit. It showed the family content, despite barely getting by. When Scrooge saw Bob’s sick son, he began to show worry that he would not survive. When the spirit told him that the son would not make it to next Christmas, this made Scrooge want to help him. This kind of emotion was unlike him, showing that he was changing (CC40). The spirit then took him to several other Christmas gatherings, where he enjoyed himself and played many games, even though he was merely in a dream. This spirit was used to open up Scrooge and showed his inner want to be around people. These thoughts for Scrooge were different than his from the beginning of the novel, showing that the spirits were being used to teach valuable lessons to Scrooge. The final spirit arrived, but would not answer when asked if he was the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. Scrooge plead with the ghost to share his lesson with him, fearful of becoming like Marley (CC51). The silent spirit took Scrooge to a series of strange places, showing people discussing the death of a dead rich man. He then began to understand the
Which ghost influenced Scrooge to change the most? The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come definitely helps Ebeneezer Scrooge the most to become a better man. In A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, he starts out as a grumpy old man that hates Christmas. Three ghosts visit and show him his Christmas past, present, and future, influencing him to change. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come helped him change in many different ways.
Which Ghost had the most effect on Scrooge? Throughout the entire novella of “A Christmas Carol” Ebenezer Scrooge deals with 3 different spirits that teach him a lesson in life not to live the way he has, but each spectre has a different effect on him. The first spectre that visits Scrooge is ghost of Christmas past, which brings him through his childhood showing how over time how Scrooge slowly became the bitter old frugal man he is.
Scrooge’s experiences through the ghosts from past, present and future he had not lived with his eyes and heart open to people and the times he had with them. Through the shining light from The Ghost of Christmas Past shows when he was a young adult, his girlfriend broke up with him because she felt that his main goal was to make money and be rich and she was not good enough. She told him another idol has displaced me. The young Scrooge replied “What idol has displaced you?” “A golden one,” she replied (27).
The ghost that was influenced in the Christmas Carol was the future ghost. This ghosts helps Mr. Scrooge change and the other ghost helps as well. There are three different ghost that visit him at night before Christmas, but the spirit or ghost go one by one to talk to him. The future ghost shows and tell Mr. Scrooge what he needs to do and how he needs to change about Christmas carol. Which this ghost shows him the people and what's going on with his family?
The ghost of Christmas past visits Scrooge. He showed Scrooge the Christmas party he was at years ago. He sees himself dancing with a girl. This makes him happy. The ghost of Christmas past also shows Scrooge a time where Scrooge's father wants him home, and he gets his daughter to get him.
Later in life, scrooge is visited by the ghost of his departed co-worker, Marley. Marley visits Scrooge because the ghost wanted to give his friend a chance at redemption. The scrooge is vicious, malcontent and greedy in the story of “A Christmas Carol”, however he transformed himself into a better person over the course of the play because of the effect of seeing himself in a new way. The
In Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol, Scrooge is visited by Three Spirits, the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. In Stave IV Scrooge is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, and the spirit shows him a scene of Scrooge in the future. In this stave, Scrooge gets severely frightened at what his future might hold. The Ghost shows him is what will happen in Scrooge's future if he stays the way that he was at the beginning of the story. Out of all the scenes that Scrooge is shown, the one scene that really got across to Scrooge was the scene where he was shown his own grave. Proving that the spirits before the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come had proved their point, he starts
Going through his transformation he is visited by ghosts thought his past. These ghosts helped him change because you can tell he is starting feel solem when the Ghost of Christmas Past journeys him though his past. On his journey to change for the better the Ghost of Christmas Past takes him on a journey through his past life. This helps Scrooge transform into a better person because he is witnessing his sister Fan and how much he loved her and how he wishes he could get her back. That has a huge impact on Scrooge because he begins to realize what he had lost, and begins to toughen up and let the light shine, and starts being nicer to people as he would have been to his sister, and how he sister would of wanted him to
In the book The Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, there are three ghosts: The ghost of Christmas Past, Present, and Future. The ghosts were sent to haunt Scrooge so he wouldn't be so antagonistic, dismal, and just plain malicious. I think the most effective ghost that changes scrooge for the better is the Ghost of Christmas present. The Ghost of Christmas present first brings E. Scrooge to the house of his co-worker Bob Cratchit. The ghost shows Scrooge Bob´s crippled son. Scrooge makes a remark about if Bob's son Tim is okay. The text states,“I see a vacant seat,... and a crutch without an owner carefully preserved.” Stupefaction and horrified scrooge says “Oh no kind spirit Tell me he will be spared.”