How Does Scrooge's Character Change

If you had a chance to change your ways, would you? In the movie The Christmas Carol, a bad spirited man named Scrooge Ebenezer has one night to change his ways of being a mean man. Three spirits visit him during the night of Christmas Eve, the ghost of the past, the ghost of the present, and the ghost of the past. The thing is that if he does not find joy, a little boy named Tiny Tim will die. During the three time frames, the spirits show him things that have happened in the past, things that are going on in his present life, and things that will soon come his way. Out of all three time frames, one affected him the most.

What would you do if one day a ghost appeared and told you that if you don’t change your ways something bad would happen? Would you change your ways? In the book A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, a man named Scrooge, who was wealthy, hated Christmas. Right before Christmas, the ghosts of Christmas past, the ghost of Christmas present, and the ghost of Christmas yet to come showed Scrooge his life, hoping for Scrooge to change his ways before it was too late. All three of the ghosts impacted Scrooge and made him realize the meaning of Christmas. The two ghosts who impacted him most were the ghost of Christmas yet to come and the ghost of Christmas past.

they still toast to him and thank him for all he has done in the

Charles dickens uses insults to portray Scrooge 's unpleasant personality. This can be alluded from Stave 1 in the novel where Scrooge can be seen snubbing the charity workers who came seeking for a donation. "If they would rather die, [...] they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.", such insult allows the reader to comprehend that Scrooge is nothing more than a greedy man who solely believes that the peasants are just money scammers and that they should all be locked up in a "prison". Today 's audience will see Scrooge this way and agree that he is a misery, bitter old man, who doesn 't like giving away however back in the 19th century the audience would not be shocked to see a wealthy man as selfish as Scrooge. It was common in London at the time to see factory workers exploiting children who worked in hard conditions by hurting them with the most dangerous work and the cruelest words which is why I can only but say that Scrooge is an unpleasant, old wretch.

Mr. Scrooge the grumpiest man of all time, but can he change? If he can, what will we see from him that we didn’t at the beginning? If he doesn’t what will happen to him?

Charles Dickens work A Christmas Carol features Ebeneezer Scrooge a wealthy businessman and member of the upper-class during the victorian era who is cold, selfish, and unkind to the rest of the world. On Christmas eve Scrooge is visited by three ghosts, one of Christmas past, one of Christmas present, and one of Christmas yet to come. The ghosts try to persuade him to change by showing him who he has been, who he is and what will happen if he does not change. Scrooge’s clerk Bob Cratchit is the polar opposite of Scrooge not only because he is happier but he also because he is poor. He and his family are a typical lower class family in Victorian times. They are a large family with very little money and most of them have jobs to help out the family. Charles Dickens uses the the Cratchit family as a representation of lower-class families during the Victorian era through their interactions with the rich, Tiny Tim’s

A Christmas Carol though is about someone that thought the opposite. Scrooge was a wealthy man and only thought about money but one day 3 spirits changed his mind. Through Scrooge’s experiences and character development, Dickens shows the reader that he believes the “business” of being human is to treat others as you would want to be treated.

“Change. Change is like a fading memory. You can choose to remember or to forget. You can change yourself, or stay the same. All that matters in the end, is how important that memory was to you. How heavy the impact from your change.” It is important to change, just like how much effort it could take to remember the past, especially a painful one. There is a certain being in the novel “A Christmas Carol”, who easily relates to this quote. Ebenezer Scrooge could choose to be his bitter self or be a kinder, more forgiving man. There is a choice presented, and Scrooge decided to take it, by remembering the past and realizing how his decisions created himself. Scrooge saw the need for change and did so, seeing his tormenting fate, how careless

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is about three ghosts – one of Christmas past, one of Christmas present, and one of Christmas future – trying to change Ebenezer Scrooge. At the time, he is a grumpy man that does not find any pleasure in anything. When he argues with his nephew, he shows this about himself (pg. 3). The three spirits influence Scrooge’s transformation by making him a happier person.

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

Scrooge is very angry, rude, unfriendly character. Scrooge’s cruel actions to most others are unkind, especially when it’s about Christmas. The bitterness drive in Scrooge against Christmas is very strong. Scrooge also hates things such as love, happiness, generosity, and regards them as irrational until such time that a rightful trio of ghosts came to set him right. Charles Dickens paints him as an old businessman, with a ring of frosty white hair on his head, a pointed nose, red eyes, thin eyebrows, and a wiry chin. Scrooge is so cold inside, it makes his lips blue, the tip of his nose strawberry red. The book describes him as hard and sharp as flint, self-contained, and solitary like an oyster. He is also described as a greedy man. One last feature is his shrew, grating voice, and on page 1 of the 1st Stave, Charles writes “. . . no wind that blew, blew bitterer than he, no falling snow more intent upon its purpose. . . ” . Scrooge can be a very unfriendly person if you are in his company during the holidays.

To start off, in many instances Scrooge showed what type of person he is, even at the beginning of the play his old friend Marley described him as a “wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner!” (paragraph 4 page 236) Which doesn’t seem like a way you would describe an old friend even if you are dead, unless the facts are undoubtedly true. However this isn’t the only occurrence in the play makes us see how Scrooge should change his ways, we see Scrooge at the beginning sitting alone counting his money saying, “They owe me money and I will collect. I will have them jailed, if I have to.” (paragraph 6 page 236) This shows how Scrooge has no tolerance for anything, although this can be good in some cases, others it isn’t the best way to treat people. Especially if you take such extreme measures very quickly, like sending someone to jail or example. But this is all about to change, because Scrooge needs to get better, he needs to learn how to treat people.

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

Scrooge is a very angry, rude, unfriendly character. Scrooge’s cruel actions to most others are unkind, especially when it’s about Christmas. The bitterness drive in Scrooge against Christmas is very strong. Scrooge also hates things such as love, happiness, generosity, and regards them as irrational until such time that a rightful trio of ghosts came to set him right. Charles Dickens paints him as an old businessman, with a ring of frosty white hair on his head, a pointed nose, red eyes, thin eyebrows, and a wiry chin. He’s so cold inside, it makes his lips blue, the tip of his nose strawberry red. The book describes him as hard and sharp as flint, self-contained, and solitary like an oyster. He is also described as a greedy man. One last feature is his shrew, grating voice, and on page 1 of the 1st Stave, Charles writes “...no wind that blew, blew bitterer than he, no falling snow more intent upon its purpose….” . Scrooge can be an very unfriendly person to be around on the holidays, or in general.

A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, takes the audience on a journey about the life of Ebenezer Scrooge and his overall transformation as a human being which reminds us that it is never too late to try to become a better person. The most magical part of observing Scrooge’s transformation was seeing how much he evolved throughout the play and along with that how much his body movements and stage presence evolved as well. I attended the Clarence Brown Theatre performance of A Christmas Carol on November 25, 2017 and witnessed actor’s expression of emotions and personalities through their movements. Throughout Scrooge’s transformation the audience could see a change in efforts, space, and shape based on his body movements, facial expressions, and voice. All those changes allowed the audience to connect and relate to the character of Scrooge and that is why this story is such a magical and inspirational one.