Quotes From A Christmas Carol

The journey to his childhood results in visible signs of emotion in Scrooge, which we do not associate with him to start with, as this one of the first ways that Dickens presents the change in Scrooge. ‘“Your lip is trembling”’. ‘“And what is that upon

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.

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.

Often times, many people enjoy the gift of money and the happiness it brings. However, Charles Dickens writes to persuade otherwise. A Christmas Carol authored by Charles Dickens, a fiction story, and is about a man, Scrooge, who despises Christmas with all his heart whilst he lives in London. Furthermore, Scrooge regrets not appreciating people, not realizing that money is not everything, and is happy to live in all the stages of Christmas.

His regret from when the ghost took him into the future, many things he saw made him sad and think about the choices he made to this point. On page 114, you can see that the ghost takes Scrooge to the cemetery and shows him his grave. Before this, Scrooge watched everyone bid on his clothes and other things, and no one cared that he passed away. This made Scrooge regret that he was so rude to everyone that they didn't even care that he had died. The spirit also took Scrooge to the cemetery to see Tiny Tim's grave as well. That’s why Scrooge is very sad about was he has done in his past to make people feel a sense of rudeness from

The text explicitly states Scrooge, a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, clutching, covetous, old sinner has passed away. According to the text, he despises many things such as happiness, humor, and even Christmas. From the reading, I know that he is depressed all the time, consequently his mental state has led him to call other people stupid, dumb, and idiots. On page three, in the conversation with his nephew Fred, Scrooge insults his nephew about marrying and loving his wife. The text states, that he also “seized the ruler with such energy of action, that the singer fled in terror, leaving the keyhole to the frost and even more congenial frost.” From the reading I know that Scrooge isn’t a people person and is very down about life. Based on the text he doesn’t really like being around them. For example Scrooge didn’t donate any money to the poor, and blew off his nephew about spending Christmas with them. In the text it states that there is no wind as bare as Scrooge, this means he doesn't really care or doesn't have many feelings.

Scrooge shows his sadness when he sees “A solitary child, neglected by his friends is left there still.” Scrooge said he knew it. And he sobbed.” Regret is another emotion displayed on page 37. “Nothing. There was a boy singing a Christmas carol at my door last night. I should like to have given him something: that’s all. This quote could be a symbol of hope for Scrooge which, in turn, creates an intense effect for the reader because we see that Scrooge is changing slowly into a better man.

Any sympathy for Scrooge will have been lost at this point because he enjoyed the things that he put himself through. Dickens has done this to emphasise that Scrooge is not part of the world, he simply exists in

Ebenezer Scrooge was a slave to his desire for wealth would be an understatement. His very innate being was controlled by this one all consuming want, and it infected and ruined every relationship he was ever part of. However, Mr. Scrooge isn’t remembered necessarily for his greed, rather he’s remembered for his drastic change at the end of the novel. In the beginning of the novel when Mr. Scrooge is approached by two gentleman in order to make a Christmas donation Scrooge says that, “If they would rather die they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population”(11). Mr. Scrooge does not care about his fellow people, all he cares about is their cash. He is a foul and nasty character. However after being visited by three ghosts he starts to become a better person. His transition begins when the Ghost of Christmas Past shows him how he alienated his love and how he lost his sister as well. This starts to put a crack in his psyche and is the beginning of his transformation. Next he is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Present who shows him the awful conditions that his employee Bob Cratchit is suffering, no thanks to Scrooge. The fact that Mr. Cratchit’s son Tim may soon die because of him wears away at Scrooge’s facade of heartlessness even more, but the transition isn’t yet complete. Although he asks the Ghost of Christmas Present whether Tim Cratchit will live and is “overwhelmed with penitence and grief”(63), his despair at the young child’s

We see at the start of the novel, two men ask Scrooge for donations to help the poor this Christmas, Scrooge turns them done saying if they needed money they should make money. Going to the past, present, and future gave Scrooge a new understanding of how his attitude could affect everything. By the end of the novel, Scrooge is a kind heated man who buys turkey for a struggling family with an ill child. He gives them presents and sits around a fire singing songs with the whole

He dislikes Christmas all together. “Christmas is a time were you find yourself a year older but not any richer.” Scrooge was very selfish, arrogant, and cold hearted. A man came in to his office asking for money for the poor and scrooge turned him away. “Hi Mr. Scrooge I was hoping if you could give a little to the poor?

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.

Throughout the novel A Christmas Carol, many themes can be chosen to describe the book. While Ebeneezer Scrooge is looking at what the future beholds for him and his peers, he realizes because of the choices he made during his life, people are not going to miss him. Scrooge realises that people will not care when and if he dies, and they definitely will not spend much time morning over his passing. Through the Ghost of the Future, Dickens is explaining that success does not equal money.

At first in the story a Christmas carol by Charles Dickens Scrooge is portrayed as a Victorian miser Ebenezer Scrooge,It takes place in the historical Victorian era when poverty was at an all time high, the richer kept getting richer and the poorer or more poorer. He was a heartless, cruel miser who makes money out of others financial inadequacy. In the end of the novel he is described as generous and clean hearted. Dickens is saying that no matter how cruel, hard, old, bitter and unpleasant you are there is good in you and you can change for the greater good. From bitter and obnoxious to generous and kin-hearted the book is a drastic change for old man Scrooge.

At the beginning of the performance, the audience could rapidly sense Scrooge’s negative attitude and personality. In the first scene, we see him sit in his desk and pretty much be rude and sour to everyone who came in contact with him. As he sat in his desk I noticed a sense of bounded flow and strong weight simply by his rigid posture and by his tense stage presence. Those two fighting efforts put him in an Adream State where we saw a mix of physical and emotional expression through the interactions with the other characters. As the scene went along, I could notice a