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    How does one compare a play and a movie when both are based off of a book? The book A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, has had many adaptations by aspiring producers and writers. One of these includes a 1984 adaptation under the same name starring George C Scott as the famed character Scrooge. Another of these adaptations is a live production; a play called A Christmas Carol as well, performed by the Palace Theatre in Manchester, New Hampshire. A play and a movie are very different of course;

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    something else, and has a hidden meaning that helps portray a theme. In A Christmas Carol the author, Charles Dickens, uses obvious and discrete symbols to portray to the reader the themes his book has to offer. Some general themes in A Christmas Carol are, social isolation, chances not taken, and rebirth. Along with these themes, multiple symbols pop out of the text to give a representation of how it effects the characters in the book. Charles Dickens employs symbolism into his writing to convey

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    “The Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley” agrees with the research presented in both articles. I feel he agrees more with the CNN article than he does Science Daily. I also am inferring Dickens feels family is the thing that causes happiness. I will use characters from “The Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley” and their characterization to support that some of Israel Horowitz’s characters agree with the Science Daily article and most with the CNN article. Tiny Tim isn’t the main character in

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    Symbolism is when we use an image or thing to represent another idea. It is very important in the play “A Christmas Carol” and is used every day. In the play they use the three ghost as symbolism for example the ghost of Christmas past symbolised a kind of happy character because she is dressed in light colors and she shows him his past which made him happy and cries tears of joy, the ghost of Christmas future represents darkness because he shows all the bad things that are about to happen if he does not

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    Greed is a part of human nature, therefore a prominent theme in the novel A Christmas Carol, is the greed of Scrooge and the greed of the people after Scrooge’s death shown by the Ghost Of Christmas Yet To Come. The theme of greed is shown by Scrooge mistreating Bob Cratchit, the cheapness of darkness, Scrooge doing business on the day of Marley’s funeral, the scavengers taking Scrooge’s various possessions after his death, and the gentlemen only organizing a funeral if they could get something

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    A Christmas Carol didn’t seem to be a play that had relative components to that of Dante’s Inferno until it is picked apart and examined. They both have very distinct similarities as well as differences. Although both have diverse layouts, the deeper you look into its intellectual properties you can find surprising similarities. A confusion may overcome you as you look at this and think how could you possibly compare Inferno to A Christmas Carol? They were not easy to find, but if you look deep enough

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    A Christmas Carol’ Topic: ‘Charles Dickens presents a warning to society through his novella ‘A Christmas Carol’. Discuss. Fictional stories, although based upon make-believe tales, can often expose the truth behind an author’s personal views and ideals, as well as act as powerful tools to present social messages and warnings to readers across many generations. ‘A Christmas Carol’, written by Charles Dickens, is a novella in which social inequality is highlighted through the journey of a notorious

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    especially when it is hard to see a reason for it. Even the slightest effort with the littlest change could alter someone’s world. Scrooge, the main character in A Christmas Carol, took an extraordinarily long time to realize this. Even someone as cold and harsh as Scrooge, the man who had no family or friends, was able to change his life. Scrooge’s character has changed throughout the story because he shows emotion and regret, he begins to feel empathy for the less fortunate, and he feels great sorrow

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    In 'A Christmas Carol', Charles Dickens represents Scrooge as an unsympathetic man who is offered the opportunity to redeem himself. Through use of language, the reader is positioned to view him adversely, but during the journey of morality lessons shown by three spirits, Scrooge recovers his sense of joy by undergoing a significant transformation. Scrooge seeks redemption through the many lessons taught by the Spirits of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come. In 'A Christmas Carol', Dickens

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    The story “A Christmas Carol” is the story of a man, Ebenezer Scrooge, who despises Christmas and everything it stands for. The story has various cause and effect scenarios in which Scrooge eventually sees the error of his ways and comes to terms with the fact that whatever made him hate Christmas to begin with is not worth hating now. Scrooge was a very cruel man throughout a majority of the story, but as the story went on, things began to change. For starters, his reason for not liking the Christmas

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