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    Christianity is of high value and noteworthy. Dicken’s A Christmas Carol is of the finest and to some extent is the greatest work of redemption. It is the play that is closely related to the action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil. Ebenzer Scrooge, a more interesting character that has become synonymous with an angry mood and excessive thriftiness during the holiday season, is a man of redeeming qualities. With A Christmas Carol, Dickens tries to manipulate how self-serving, insensitive

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    side of humans and timeless themes will appear constantly throughout human history. The timeless theme love of money or greed of money has been explored various times throughout the history, from the play “A Christmas Carol” written by Charles Dickens in 1843, to the film “A Diva’s Christmas Carol” directed by Richard Schenkman in 2000. It is relevant even in today’s world of materialism. Humanity’s

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    I felt that the movie of “A Christmas Carol” was very well performed and presented and that is why I believe the film version was better. Although the film version and the written version were very much alike they also were different. The film version was a lot differently set up and had a higher effect on the viewer than the written version. The film and the written version of “A Christmas Carol” were very much alike, but had some differences. The two forms of this story were extremely similar

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    A Christmas Carol Compare and Contrast. Hatefulness is very likely if you hate Christmas. A very common story that includes this is A Christmas Carol. The characters are mostly the same in both the movie and play. Although some places are different the overall theme is about the same. The play and movie have many similarities and differences. A Christmas Carol is a very unique story. In the play the main theme is three ghosts come and try to persuade Scrooge to like Christmas. The first ghost is

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    marriage and gender roles. In the case of A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens wants readers to see how living a life that radiates love and promotes happiness is better than being selfish and living a miserable life, and how past circumstances heavily influence who we are as people. The two messages both authors want readers to take away from the story, although different, achieve the takeaway through the utilization first person narration. Furthermore, the narration in these stories also consists

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    Although it is a ghost story, A Christmas Carol is an uplifting tale. To what extent do you agree? A Christmas carol by Charles Dickens is a significant novella written in the Victorian era. The protagonist Ebenezer Scrooge is used to demonstrate the upper class society and their attitude towards the poor. Throughout this redemption story, Dickens combines a descriptions of hardships faced by the poor with a heart-felt sentimental celebration of the Christmas season. The novella contains a dramatic

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    city filled with cold people, Dickens wanted to show the warm side of the story by using the businessmen who solicited Scrooge for a donation for charity. The journey of Scrooge from taking his old self to his new self has led to a reason why A Christmas Carol succeeds

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    The Popularity of 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens I Think that 'A Christmas Carol'' by Charles Dickens is still popular today because it has a good moral story and people still enjoy a good old fashioned ghost story. This is because a lot of us are still interested in the afterlife and if such things as ghosts even exist we are fascinated by them and a novel with ghosts in, we cannot put it down. The moral story which seems even in modern day society to stick

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    What is “A Christmas Carol” about social responsibility? The story “A Christmas Carol” is about social responsibility. There is quite a bit of textual evidence to support this. The story shows how the main character Scrooge has failed socially and it costs him. While the consequences Scrooge got may not be the same consequences others get, there are still consequences to denying social responsibility. That is the message of “A Christmas Carol”. One way that “A Christmas Carol” shows how Scrooge would

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    In the writings, “The Black Cat”, “A Christmas Carol”, “Death of a Salesman”, and “A Raisin in the Sun”, they all portray an ongoing theme about bad choices. Bad choices lead to how the characters feel. For example, in the Black Cat, the narrator kills his cat along with his wife, leading his wife to be upset. Also, in a Christmas Carol, Scrooge disrespects his nephew leading to his nephew being upset. Along with that, in the Death of a Salesman, when Willy yells at Linda saying that he doesn’t want

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