Presentation Of Scrooge In A Christmas Carol By Charles Dickens

Dickens uses the supernatural as a method of holding a mirror up to Scrooge who is forced to confront the error of his ways. Dickens shows us that if Scrooge fails to do this it will result in him having a similar fate to Marley. Dickens uses the ghost to emphasize that there is a chance of redemption for Scrooge “that you have yet a chance and hope of escaping my fate”. Dickens’ use of the supernatural continues throughout the story as a means of arousing nostalgia, thought, fear and action by Scrooge. All of these emotions, which Dickens shows us Scrooge is feeling, demonstrate the gradual change in Scrooge throughout the book, and as these changes take place, our thoughts and feelings towards the relationship we have with Scrooge also changes; we begin to understand him and see under his hard outer shell.

In the beginning of the Christmas Carol Scrooge was an old man who didn’t like Christmas, but toward the end he was happy with his friends and family. He has changed much by the ghost that had helped him realize that if he kept going the way he was going that the future was going to be horrible,

Scrooge is a rude, dismal man who hates mankind, and Christmas. During Christmastime there is a lot of charity and for being such a wealthy man that Scrooge is, he hates to give money to charity. He also thinks that Christmas is waste of time, and it could be used for

'Squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching' these words portray Scrooge and how he acts upon things and how his actions and behaviour effects people around him. The repeating, rhythmic hard consonant sounds which have a negative effect on Scrooge shows the readers that he is a vile, wealthy man. Also the words are really strong it's like a claw, he has clutched on a bad, mean area of life and he can't let go and until he lets go he is going to stay like a mean, malicious man. This

Scrooge is a very mean person and he doesn't care for anyone, he will be an old miser and he could care less about anything in the world except himself.He does mean stuff all the time liked decline charity and he doesn't even wanna make the world a better place.He even declined his nephews invite to a Christmas party now that's mean and when he's asked to donate for charity he is too much of a greedy soul to do anything to help anyone and he says that they need to go to a workhouse or prison, He doesn't care about anyone and he ignores everyone and could care less about the world's problems. He thinks that that is ok and then he gets a visit from a ghost saying that three ghosts are gonna come get him and that he shouldn't have been that greedy and he is gonna get a visit from them. Scrooge is freaking out and it takes him a while and he eventually gets sent to bed. In my opinion, though he is acting like that because Marley died and he is emotionally depressed and he takes his pain out on others because he is very said that's just my opinion.

“Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery” (Spike Milligan). In the beginning of the story nobody likes Scrooge. He has money,but isn’t happy and people think he should be. In the book A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Scrooge has loads of money, but is greedy. Scrooge is selfish and doesn’t give to charity.

An anonymous writer once said, “ Life is about trusting your feelings, taking chances, finding happiness, learning from the past, realizing everything changes.” This quote reminded me of Scrooge the second I spotted it. I think that this quote has a very important meaning. Everyone can agree that this quote has a bunch of different meanings. I think this quote is a guide through life and everyone should follow this guide.

In Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol there's many themes and symbolism that are compelling to the novel. Such as Scrooge character development through a miserable man that hates Christmas and people around him that would rather be in his little cocoon of a shell then commute and gather with the people that loves him and would want to share the holiday spirit with him. Scrooge in the story is cold as ice and does some inherent and despicable Things in the story. Such as showing how uncaring he is to the poor and people who lower then Him in class. In the depiction of the book, a man ask Scrooge for money many times for donation to the needy but Scrooge neglects him time after time. This summarize how uncaring he is to the poor and how selfish he is

Dickens conveys Scrooge’s personality change based on fear that is influenced by surrounding characters, as he fears that no individual will remember him on earth. As Scrooge is a part of the upper class, Dickens refers back to the audience who were the middle/working class as they are full of joy even though they are treated without respect but they have the best values as they are hard working and kind. Due to Scrooge treating his employees with no compassion as he has a heart, “...as hard as a flint…” this allows the fear that Scrooge feels to become apparent towards the reader. The catalyst of his fear is the entrance of Marley who displays the consequence of living a mean-spirited life, “...the chains I forged in life..” but Scrooge doesn't

As the night darkens Scrooge will soon find out the true meaning of christmas. Scrooge, wwin the play A Christmas Carol, by Charles dickens is the main character in a story that follows the past of an ungrateful old man. When Scrooge is first introduced, he is disrespectful in the way he acts and the way he talks. However, at the end of the play he is cheerful in the way he treats and talks to the people around him. During the night Scrooge changes from disrespectful to cheerful, and in the process learns to cherish others.

Firstly, during Marley’s ghost visit, Marley warned Scrooge about living an immoral life and how punishment comes to those who refuse to change. Scrooge simply replies asking Marley if he could give him words of comfort and does not care to truly change his life. Secondly, Scrooge refuses to attend his nephew’s Christmas dinner, rather replies coldly and rudely. Scrooge does not care to bring joy to others and lives his life in his own dark world of heartless spirit. Lastly, Scrooge is obsessed with business and success, always thinking about himself and his achievements.

The Spirits of all three shall strive within me”(page 11, stave IV). This shows that Scrooge accepts he’s in need of change he also has figured out that he must respect Christmas as something other than a holiday for picking a man’s pocket. Scrooge is then shown as generous and selfless when he wakes up on Christmas morning, Scrooge looks out his window and sees a little boy. Scrooge then remembers that his colleague [Bob Cratchit] wanted the prize turkey for his Christmas feast, Scrooge asks the boy to fetch the butcher and says “Come back with the man, and I’ll give you a shilling. Come back with him in less than five minutes and I’ll give you half-a-crown.”(Page 2, Stave V). This again shows that Scrooge is being

Readers are first introduced to Ebenezer Scrooge in Stave I, and characterization transpires through various diction. A description of Scrooge is provided within the first few pages, supplying the reader with a concept of Scrooge’s misanthropic way of life. “But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner! Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire; secret, and self-contained, and solitary

Transformation is a big part of life. Many people might not know this, but everyone changes at some point without even knowing it. Out of everyone, Scrooge was having a hard time caring and thinking twice about others. As the spirits twist their way into Scrooge’s mind to turn his life upside down, Scrooge has a hard time showing emotion towards the events that were reshown in his life and the events that will happen in the coming time. At some point, Scrooge was grouchy, ignorant & selfish, but also careless.

Based on what I have read in the text, Scrooge is an excessively 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’s so acutely 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