...“ Scrooge and Marley A Christmas Carol.” Change is a new feeling or behavior that a character or person doesn’t normally have, any person or character has the ability to change. In the text “ Scrooge and Marley a Christmas Carol,” the character Scrooge proved to people and ghosts that anyone one can change. Scrooge’s character transform in the text by becoming thankful, understanding, and cautious. To start off, the ghost known as “ The Ghost of Christmas Past” begins to show Scrooge more of his past that Scrooge has never thought back about. In the text the Ghost of Christmas past started off by showing Scrooge his past about his sister. Scrooge’s sisters name was Fan, now Fan was described a pure spirit due to all her kindness spreaded toward...
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...Scrooge and Marley, a short novel, is the adapted version of a Christmas Carol by Israel Horovitz. The author expresses that greed and indifference come at a cost, so the readers can interpret the consequences of being greedy. Over the course of the story, the author shows dramatic changes in Scrooge’s personality. Before the first spirit arrives, an example of scrooge's personality towards the poor and everyone else is, “If I could work my will every idiot who goes about ‘Merry Christmas’ on his lips should be boiled in his own pudding…” (603). In this piece of text Scrooge shows that he does not care about anyone but himself. In the middle of the story, Scrooge starts to change his act about how he feels about how he treated his wife. For...
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...“ A Christmas Carol:Scrooge and Marley” Then here are many things you can realate to? As you know In the beggining Scrooge is mean man, whom wasn’t pleasant to his Neice. As the Story goes on Scrooge becomes more moldable and changable. Many spirits came and visited scrooge around the Christmas time. Scrooge needed to change for the better. But the question is, Did he really change? In the story the think of Scrooge as a stuck up rich buisness man, who would do anything to get richer. He was mean and never donated, even to his relatives who were poor and needed the money. In the beggining, Scrooge’s neice ( a poor lady, whom was cheerful and bright ) welcomed him as he was getting ready. She told Scrooge Merry Christmas, as he began to nag and was beggining to explain why should she even be happy even though she is as poor as a flea. He was ignorant to learn how Christmas wasn’t about gifts, money, or getting, Christmas is about being together. He took it for granted and got visited by a spirit gone by the name Future....
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...‘A Christmas Carol’ covers a period of 24 hours from Christmas Eve to Christmas Day. It is a simple morality tale of the radical change in the character Ebenezer Scrooge from being bitter, iron fisted and miserable to becoming a new, openhearted and charitable man. The novel was first published in 1843, a time when many of the wealthy people neglected the old Christmas spirit of charity. In addition, the Industrial Revolution had further done away with the simple pleasures of the season. Dickens’ intentions in writing ‘A Christmas Carol’ were not only linked to his own childhood and sympathy for the poor, but he was also making an appeal to the rich people of society to mend their selfish ways. Dickens is able to show the change in Scrooge’s character by establishing what Scrooge is like at the very beginning of the story with the first two words he says: ‘“Bah! Humbug!’’ ’It is clear from the dismissive tone and the two exclamation marks that Scrooge has no patience with the idea of Christmas as a special time. At the start of the novel, Dickens is using Scrooge, someone who associates happiness with nothing but money, as a classic example of a wealthy person in the 19th Century. He does this with Scrooge inquiring of his nephew ‘“What reason have you to be merry? You’re poor enough.”’ Scrooge’s manor in saying this reveals certain elements of his character such as his shallowness and uncaring nature. In Scrooge saying this it demonstrates to the reader that Scrooge does...
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...Changes in Ebenezer Scrooge Throughout the story “A Christmas Carol” there is a very apparent change in the main character Ebenezer Scrooge. He in some ways could be described as changing into a whole new, unrecognizable man. He is very cold hearted, hateful, greedy, and had no appreciation for Christmas at all when our story first starts. But after meeting three ghosts face to face, and getting a look at what could be, things really change him. ``Bah!'' and “Humbug!'' Were two very common words to hear coming from Ebenezer Scrooge at Christmas time. At the start of the story we see a man who is very greedy, and has a hate for Christmas and all who love it. We see Scrooge very rudely turn his nephew away, along with a man who wanted money. He even goes...
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...A timeless theme is a theme that has no beginning or end. It is relevant in all times. A great example of a timeless theme is social injustice. Social injustice is seen throughout society more and more as the rich keep becoming richer. There has always been a great divide between the rich and the poor, but the divide keeps growing. The people who are well off are selfish and greedy meaning they don’t care about anyone but themselves. The theme of social injustice can be witnessed throughout the Christmas Carol play, the book and in today's society. Although the play is set in a different time period, it still teaches important lessons. In the story, Ebenezer Scrooge starts by having no feelings for anything or anyone. In the end, he changes...
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...knew…” Discuss Scrooge’s transformation in A Christmas Carol In Charles Dickens Novella a Christmas Carol, the protagonist Ebenezer Scrooge transforms himself from a self-centred cold old man to a person who realises the true meaning of life and Christmas. Scrooge came to a point in life where he was confronted by his dead friend/business partner Jacob Marley to change his ways in order to escape the fate of ending up like him. In the process of changing his ways he had learnt to value important things in life such as happiness, love, and family more than the way he valued himself and his wealth. However Scrooges agreement to change could also be based on the fact that he didn’t want to lose his wealth and pass on which is quiet selfish. Dickens chooses to transform Scrooge in order to highlight the importance of kindness and its effects. Initially dickens introduces scrooge into the Novella as a selfish, cold, miser who cared about nothing more than himself and money. As he is confronted by the ghost of Christmas past, present and future he begins to transform himself. The ghost of Christmas past had showed him the kind of employer Fezziwig was towards Scrooge and this contrasts to how Scrooge mistreated Bob Cratchit. Fezziwig was a happy lively old man who made everyone around him happy “the happiness he gives is as great as if it costs a fortune”. Upon seeing and remembering the way in which Fezziwig treated him and Dick scrooge now begins to think about the ways he mistreats...
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...“They owe me money and I will collect. I will have them jailed, if I have to. They owe me money and I will collect what is due to me.” ( “A Christmas Carol”) Scrooge is very greedy and in the play and movie it shows how he becomes less greedy as well as how he got to be greedy. In both of the versions, Scrooge is taught to be less greedy by learning about others hardships and seeing his own as well. With as many similarities and differences the play and movie had it will be very interesting to see what is created in between them. The movie and play had many differences and similarities, some examples are, they both have a Mr. Scrooge character, they both have the same cast, they both help Mr. Scrooge find his Christmas spirit. Mr. Scrooge...
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...A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Ebenezer Scrooge acts as the main character within this novel in which he is depicted as a “squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, old sinner as self-contained and as solitary as an oyster”. He is incapable of relationships. However, throughout his life of suffering he is guided by the Ghosts of Christmas past, Christmas Present and of Christmas future. A Christmas Carol is a celebration of Christmas and the good it inspires. Scrooge was a cold and old disgruntled man that saw no purpose in life, wouldn’t accept changes, and wished to be alone. The heaviest rain, snow, hail and sleet were just like any other days that had no effect on him. Nobody ever stopped him in the streets to greet him or even ask what time of the day it was. The only relationship he had was with his lifelong business partner Marley, who had been dead for seven years when the novel began. He despises the poor and hates any part of life that is in relation to happiness or spending money. Scrooge’s appearance has been made very “cold and bitter”. For example, “his thin lips blue”. Scrooge’s personality attitude towards the poor is horrible, for example, when the charity guys come into the room and asked Scrooge if he wishes to make a donation he replies no, this makes the readers dislike Scrooge and disagree with the points that he has to make like, “it is a good thing that the Union work houses are still in operation”. Scrooge is a cold-hearted...
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...Dickens’s novel, A Christmas Carol, is spoken by the ghost of Jacob Marley to Ebenezer Scrooge. In the scene, the spirit is trying to convince Scrooge to change his miserly ways before it is too late. Throughout the book, Dickens uses symbolism in the ghosts that visit Scrooge. After reading Thomas C. Foster’s book, How to Read Literature Like a Professor, I have also been able to recognize that the book might also be somewhat political. In Dickens’s book, the first ghost that visits Scrooge is his old business partner, Jacob Marley. Marley, who was once like Scrooge, essentially begs him to become a better, less selfish person. Now, Marley’s character is full of symbolism. It is even stated in the book that the thick chains that weigh down his body are representative of the “chains he forged in life.” They represent his greed and his wrongdoings that keep his locked down. When his physical appearance is described, it even says...
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...A Christmas Carol, written by Charles Dickens, is not only a highly regarded form of literature in telling a story, but also in teaching moral values. Dickens used detailed adjectives and a rhythmic style of writing in many of his stories to make his readers feel a full range of intense emotions; this including A Christmas Carol. The story begins with Ebenezer Scrooge sitting in his workplace on Christmas Eve. Scrooge receives a visit from the ghost of his old work partner, Jacob Marley. Marley explains that Scrooge will receive a ghost for the next three nights in order to help change his miserable life. From this point, the reader ignites a journey following Scrooge and the ghosts of Christmas. A common denominator found in all of Scrooge’s...
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...Analysis Essay for Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol "Greed, Ebenezer Scrooge, wealth. Feel them. Know them. Yours was as heavy as this I wear seven years ago, and you have labored to build it since," wailed Jacob Marley in Frederick Gaines's adaptation of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol (396). Burdened by his greedy life, Marley, Ebenezer Scrooge's deceased business partner, is forced to wander the spirit world with no sense of peace. He warns Scrooge to change his selfish ways to avoid the same miserable fate. Marley's ominous warning sets in motion three life-altering journey through time for Scrooge with the Spirits of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet To Come. Ebenezer Scrooge, originally a greedy and heartless character, changes drastically after his ghostly experiences influence him to become a generous and caring man by the end of the story. In Scene I of "A Christmas Carol", Scrooge is a bitter and self-centered man. For instance, Scrooge's own nephew, Fred, asked Scrooge if he would join Fred and his family for dinner. Scrooge coldly denied Fred's invitation by saying "Nephew, keep Christmas in your own way…"(390)....
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...Greed, the Opposite of Compassion Greed is shown as the opposite of compassion in both A Christmas Carol and Wuthering Heights. Ebenezer Scrooge and Jacob Marley are characters in A Christmas Carol that showcase the harm of greedy living without compassion. The rest of the characters, such as the Cratchits or Fred, contrast the miserly moneylenders. Heathcliff and Hindley Earnshaw are characters in Wuthering Heights who cause so much pain to others and themselves due to their obsession of ownership and revenge. Cathy serves as foil characters, showing how loyalty and compassion can lead to a happier existence. Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol has two main types of characters: the compassionate and the greedy. Ebenezer Scrooge has a lot of contrast between the people who are willing to feel pity towards him (his ex-fiancé, his nephew, his clerk) and those who coldly dismiss him as he does them (fellow business people, his servants, the pawn shop owner). The entire supernatural ordeal that Scrooge goes through is meant to show him the error of his greedy ways and teach him the importance of compassion. Scrooge starts in the story with a personality so cold, it freezes his features. His dispassionate nature forbids any kindness, whether it be giving it, like towards his clerk, or receiving it, such as his nephew’s invitation. Yet, Scrooge’s compassion almost suddenly appears when he sees his past (27). It is not like he never knew such things growing up; he was taught through...
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...century London, Charles Dickens' timeless novella “A Christmas Carol” illustrates the transformation of the protagonist Ebenezer Scrooge from a cruel and and greedy miser to a kind and benevolent human being. Throughout this “ghostly” tale, Scrooge is placed on a psychological continuum that allows readers to observe his gradual progress from a recluse to a man of compassion to highlight the abundance of life's riches when material gain does not become one's “golden idol”. Through characters such as Jacob Marley, Dickens not only emphasises on the inevitable doom of those who act selfishly as they will lead a life full of regret and isolation from those they love but also highlights how selfish actions can lead to devastating consequences that not only affect one's life but also the lives of those less fortunate. However, Dickens also conveys the moral message to his readers that through guidance and the willingness to be enlightened by others, we all have the capacity to change ourselves, and in the process better our lives and the lives of others. Fixated with materials goods at the expense of human connection, Scrooge's lack of morality is evident in the novella through his Malthusian mindset regarding the poor, as he claims that “if they be like to die, then they had better do it and decrease the surplus population” as well as his refusal to donate to charity. As such, Dickens realises the need for such people like Scrooge to alter their behaviours and values for the betterment...
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...“He who is greedy is always in want”. (Horace). That was a characteristic of a man named Ebenezer Scrooge. The script and movie of “A Christmas Carol” tells the story about him. On Christmas Eve Scrooge is visited by three spirits of Christmas Past, Present, and Future. Over the three visits, Scrooge sees how he will die alone if he doesn’t stop caring about money and himself. “A Christmas Carol” script and movie have their differences, but they do have the same moral. In the play when Past visits Scrooge, Past renews memories of Scrooge’s childhood, which contained of only preparing to have financial success when he grew up. Past also shows when Scrooge is a middle-aged man and his girlfriend breaks up with him because he spends all his...
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