Symbolism In Christmas Carol

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.

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

The Ghost of Christmas Present in “A Christmas Carol” takes Scrooge to various locations to demonstrate the different ways people celebrate the time of Christmas. Although these people lack the material wealth and security that Scrooge has obtained,

Scrooge then decided to become more gracious because of his bosses gracious acts that had come before. Secondly, the Ghost of Christmas Present retaught Scrooge how to be more compassionate and caring which intern made him a step closer to being a pure human being. The spirit showed Scrooge Cratchit's family dining but and told Scrooge Tiny Tim would die and that caused Scrooge to become sad. The memory was important because it shows Scrooge cared for others wellbeing.

As soon as Jacob left, Scrooge went to bed but to only be awaken by the ghost of Christmas Past. The ghost was a strange childlike phantom with a brightly glowing head. The boy took Scrooge out through the window and travel back in time to revisits his childhood school days, his apprenticeship with a jolly merchant named Fezziwig, and his engagement to Belle, a woman who leaves Scrooge because his lust for money eclipses his ability to love another. Each past recollection that he hold caused scrooge to rethink where did he go wrong and caused him to tear up and sob and even regret not giving to someone who today ask for money for the poor. The ghost then returned Scrooge to his bedroom after his time travel through his past.

Throughout “A Christmas Carol” Scrooge was a really mean, hateful, selfish mister, I felt like he would never change, he was a man you wouldn’t want to hang out with. Scrooge became, to me the worse guy and the most selfish. Then, Scrooge went from being a hateful mister to a genuinely good person. He, was visited by The Ghosts Of Christmas Past, then Present, and lastly by Future. The Ghost Of Christmas Past visited Scrooge.

In the novella, A Christmas Carol, written by Charles Dickens’, the author takes you through the life of Ebenezer Scrooge, a cold-hearted, miserable old man. Dickens’ focuses on Scrooge’s harsh behavior and actions during Christmas time with a supernatural twist, for he is visited by a series of ghosts including his deceased close friend, Jacob Marley. In this spirited story, the author also makes meaningful use of literary devices such as similes, personification, and imagery to represent change.

In the story “A Christmas Carol” a man by the name of Ebenezer Scrooge is haunted by three various ghosts (Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come). These ghosts all impact Scrooge in their own special ways. From the beginning of “A Christmas Carol”, Scrooge changes from a miser who hates Christmas to an extremely kind and generous person who has a special place in his heart for Christmas. In most of Act I, Scrooge had a hatred for Christmas and was very stubborn and mean.

The fact that the Ghost of Christmas Future was in a black cloak and had no face gave a bigger effect on Scrooge. An example is when the Ghost of Christmas Future showed Scrooge a gravestone that said, “Here lies Ebenezer Scrooge.” Also when Scrooge sees the people stealing different objects from Scrooge's room. After that Scrooge got scared and whined that he was going to change and he was going to keep the Ghost of Christmas Past and Present with him and he will be a good and warm-hearted person. I think the Ghost of Christmas Future’s purpose was to show Scrooge that if he didn't change what people would say and do when he died.

The ghost of Christmas Past awakes Scrooge at one o'clock to take him to Christmas past. Ebenezer Scrooge sees himself as a young man all alone on Christmas. He sees his sister being so loving to him in his younger days. Worst of all Scrooge sees himself becoming greedy and losing the love if his life Bella. Later that night,he is returned to his house.

2. The light from the Ghost of Christmas Past is very symbolic of the truth, and the truth it reveals is that Scrooge's past Christmases were mostly filled with loneliness.

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.

Stanislaw Jerzy Lec once said “You can close your eyes to reality but not to memories.” Stanislaw Jerzy Lec’s quote relates to the theme of the importance of memory by saying that reality can fade away however memory will always stay in your heart no matter what. Scrooge knows this however doesn’t see it until the Ghost of Christmas Past shows him his past memories of Christmas. For example, the Ghost of Christmas Past shows his first Christmas all alone in his old school’s room as a child. As well as when Scrooge is shown his past Christmas with his family for the first time since his father had changed. Lastly when he enjoys his Christmas with his friends from his work with their annual Christmas party and has a wonderful time. “The Christmas Carol” displays the importance of memory.

“ Spirit, hear me. I am not he man I was. I will not be the man I have been for so many years. Why show me all of this if I am past all hope? Assure me that I yet may change these shadows you have shown me. Let the boy live! I will honor Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The spirits of all three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach.” (Scrooge, p.140). A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is an important story as it has a meaningful theme of change, as the quotes states above. But that isn’t the only theme that this beautiful story shows us. Many different spirits encounter him to help him realize why Christmas is important (I’m pretty sure that is the meaning of the spirits). When the first spirit of the past encounters him, he realizes what he has done, and regrets some of the things he did. The second spirit helped Ebenezer Scrooge recognize how what he has been doing has had an impact in other peoples life. When the frightening third spirit came and showed him his future and others futures, he discovers about himself and how people didn’t care that he died. When we read A Christmas Carol, we learn that it can have many different themes that can be a very important component to the story and even our lives.

Symbolism is used a lot within in the play and is a figure of speech that is used when an author wants to create a certain mood or emotion in a work of literature (What is Symbolism in Literature?). Majority of “A Doll House” is filled with symbolism that creates an intense emotion for the reader. The setting of the play is around Christmas Day and is approaching New Year's Day. This holds a lot of symbolism