The show I decided to attend was A Christmas Carol, which I had never seen before. I went with my father on Wednesday, November 15th to the Guthrie Theater, and I have also never been to a show at this theater. I had heard that the building was recently redone and it was beautiful. Everything inside was very elegant looking and I felt completely underdressed. The Wurtele Thrust Stage where the show was put on was a very cozy little room but had great visibility from every section. We sat very close to the lights on the balcony and I was able to clearly see the stage and everything going on. Every seat was filled from what I could see in the balcony. The show is a classic tale which I assume most people have seen. My father wasn’t as excited as I was because he has seen it a few times. The plot was the same as the movie I remember seeing parts of. An old businessman in London in 1843, Scrooge, is frustrated by any Christmas cheer because he considers it a day where his wealth will be taken. On Christmas Eve he is visited by the spirit of his old friend and business partner, Jacob Marley. He shows Scrooge that if he keeps living life the way he is, that he will die holding onto his greed and be miserable. Marley tells Scrooge that three other ghosts will be there that night. The first ghost comes and shows him his joy in Christmas past and how he came to be the way he is through bitter memories of Marley and his previous lover. He made mistakes in his past and the
A Christmas Carol is the classic story by Charles Dickens about the transformation of Ebenezer Scrooge. He is guided by three spirits, as they conduct him on his travels through time, teaching him to move beyond his earlier cruelty and hatred of mankind. With the guidance of the spirits, Scrooge learns the true meaning of family, love and Christmas. The spirits all influenced Scrooge in unique ways and taught him different lessons. The spirit that was the most significant in Scrooge’s transformation was the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.
Scrooge earns the ghost of Christmas past come visit him first. The first stop they bring about is looking at his gloomy childhood. Soon after he tells the ghost that earlier in the evening that he should have given the child and elder a coin for caroling. The second stop they lead to is when he spent a Christmas vacation at school and his sister finally picked him up. We also learn right after this that his sister is now dead and his nephew is her son. Stop three is about how hard he partied with his friends. Later he earn the meaning...his clerk might have wanted to do this, but couldn't due to Scrooge. Then they
A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, is a story of Christmas spirit and repentance. Ebenezer Scrooge is a hard-hearted businessman who thinks that the less attention he pays to mankind’s problems the better. He is cruel to his clerk, feared by almost all, and repulses the friendly advances of his nephew. However, on Christmas Eve, Scrooge gets a start that begins to jolt him into seeing the errors of his ways. He sees the ghost of his old partner Jacob Marley, who is doomed to walk the earth in a chain that he made in his unkind dealings with mankind, and who tells Scrooge that, in order to have hope of avoiding this, he will be visited by three spirits. The Ghost of Christmas Past shows him memories of the man he used
By this part in the novel, dickens introduced the next Ghost, the Ghost of Christmas Present. The ghost of Christmas present takes Scrooge to his clerk`s house. Here he witness the unfortunate conditions of their Christmas, however, it doesn’t appear to be so unfortunate at all; although Scrooge notices how Tiny Tim is crippled and at deaths door. He is moved by this sight, and that of his clerk’s family. He had never imagined their lives to be like this before; however it’s astonishing to him, that although extremely poor, they are full of joy and happiness. He notices the simple pleasures of family life as well. Furthermore something strange begins to happen, he sympathises with Tiny Time, who Scrooge understands will die without financial help. Dickens has showed us how scrooge is changing and learning to sympathise, a “skill” he previously didn’t have. "Spirit," said Scrooge, with an interest he had never felt before, "tell me if Tiny Tim will live." ' Dickens once more showing us scrooges new found affections. Additionally when the Spirit predicts “an empty chair if things do not change”, Scrooge is quite
“A Christmas Carol (2009)” is a 2009 Disney film adaptation of the Charles Dickens novella of the same name. It is directed by Robert Zemeckis and made by using Motion Capture. The movie is talking about a crotchety miser named Ebenezer Scrooge. Scrooge is an old man and he has a partner Jacob Marley who died in 7 years ago. For 7 years, he runs his business with an employee who called Bob Cratchit.
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
Scrooge wakes up late and he is very scared because he thinks that he slept through a whole day, he then looks out the window and no one is there and he is wondering why he woke up so late, he then sees a ghost and he claims that he is the ghost of Christmas past and he will take him to
Once upon a time there was a guy name Mr. Scrooge.He was a mean men and cruel old men. He worked with a men named Jacob Ebenezer that died and came to haunt him to tell scrooge about Christmas and how its important to family's, all around.That night he was visited by three ghost. I think the ghost of Christmas past had more influence.
This first ghost is Jacob Marley, an old pal of Scrooge who has long passed away. Marley told him that if he does not change his ways, he will lead a horrible life in the future. Marley also tell Scrooge that three ghost will visit him telling him the same. This spirit being his friend does have an effect on him. True to his word, three other ghost visited him. The first ghost, the Ghost of Christmas Past, did not succeed in convincing him. However, the second ghost, the Ghost of Christmas Present, made him question what he could do to change his wrongs. It was not until the last ghost, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, convinced him to start considering to
To start off, The Ghost of Christmas Past visits Scrooge in his dreams on Christmas Eve.
The next spirit that came to visit scrooge is the ghost of christmas present. When the spirit shows up to visit Scrooge, “Scrooge says go ahead and do what you have to do I already learned my lesson from the night before”. The spirit doesn't believe him so the spirit takes him to the present of the city streets where everyone is full of hate and disgust. The spirit shows Scrooge that the little boy will die if the shadows remain unaltered. Within an instant Scrooge got scared and yelled as he was scared “NO NO NO OH NO!! Oh kind spirit say he will be spared free. When the spirit leaves scrooge has a Christmas spirit an is all happy. People dont hate Scrooge like they did before because of the impact the spirits did to
A Christmas Carol is about a character, Ebenezor Scrooge. He rejects all things to do with Christmas and is overall a greedy, miserable person. One night a deceased former partner of his, Jacob Marley visits him. He tells scrooge about how his spirit has been wondering for seven years, because of his behaviour when he was alive. When he was alive he was consumed with work and didn’t pay any attention to his family. Marley informs scrooge that three spirits will visit him over the next three nights.
1.Option 2: Scrooge acts like he hates people, the thought of Christmas, and does want nothing to do with anything.Acts very rude.Act 1 Scrooge use quotes to his nephew corresponding like."You are poor you cannot even celebrate anything, Durning the time Tiny Tim dies by the reason of his illness that he had.Scrooge is brokenhearted and miserable.He never took his eyes off of tiny time.Marley warns him about the three ghosts that are going to visit him.The first one will visit him at 1 and so will the so will the second.Last ghosts will visit him at midnight.Ghost names are the past, present and future.Marley tells scrooge that "to warn you, that you have yet a chance and hope of escaping my fate. A chance of hoping my procuring.When the three
His business partner who's been dead for 7 years haunted his house and warned him about what was going to happen if he didn’t change his ways. Marley visits scrooge and said that scrooge would be haunted by ghosts. “Without their visits,'' said the Ghost, ``you cannot hope to shun the path I tread. Expect the first to-morrow, when the bell tolls One.'' ``Couldn't I take 'em all at once, and have it over, Jacob?'' hinted Scrooge.``Expect the second on the next night at the same hour. The third upon the next night when the last stroke of Twelve has ceased to vibrate. Look to see me no more; and look that, for your own sake, you remember what has passed between us.” After all the visits from the ghost, scrooge realizes he should treat people fairly. On christmas day he does what he supposed to do and it makes him feel good about himself. When he passes by this boy and tells him to buy a prize for a turkey to send to the Cratchits ,but he pays for the turkey and a cab fare for the by to carry his things. Scrooge even goes to his nephews dinner and spends time with his
The three ghosts were called the three spirits of Christmas. They jump back in time with Scrooge and show him all the mistakes of his childhood. This movie teaches kids a moral in life. That moral is never to be mean to anyone who has less than you. Also another moral is that all people are equal,