In the play and movie of A Christmas Carol neither one seems to follow up with the other the whole time. Mr. Scrooge seemed to do things a little differently in each one. Some scenes and parts are exactly the same and some aren’t. A Christmas Carol is based on an old, grumpy man named Ebenezer Scrooge. The movie and play represent Mr. Scrooge’s past, present, and future.
In the play, Ebenezer is visited by his old, dead business partner, Marley. He warns him about his attitude towards Christmas. Marley says that three spirits will visit him and take him to his past, present, and future. (Dickens, 9) They were the spirit of christmas past, future, and past. First, Mr. Scrooge is taken to his past as a young boy. He is taken to his old little …show more content…
He went into his school and saw himself as a young boy sitting all alone reading. Ebenezer was a sad little boy because his father hated him because the mother died from having him. Ebenezer also witnessed himself as a teenager talking to his sister. She said to come back home because the father had changed and wanted to apologize. Next, he was taken to the present. He was taken to Bob Cratchit’s home with his three children and wife present. Scrooge got to see how poor Bob Cratchit was and yet the whole family was Merry on Christmas. They made little jokes here and there about Scrooge, but also made a toast to him. In his very last trip he was taken to future. The spirit took him into a room with people going through Scrooge’s belongings. Mr. Scrooge was furious about them going through his belongings. He saw a dead body laying there. He was surprised to realize it was himself dead. Ebenezer begged …show more content…
He was taken to Bob Cratchit’s home with his three children and wife. Scrooge got to see how poor Bob Cratchit was and yet the whole family was Merry on Christmas. They made little jokes here and there about Scrooge, but also made a toast to him. In his very last trip he was taken to future. The spirit took him into a room with people going through Scrooge’s belongings. Mr. Scrooge was furious about them going through his belongings. While they were going through belongings he saw a wrapped, dead body. The spirit takes him to Bob Cratchit’s home to see the sorrow and pity among them all. Tiny Tim, Bob’s son, had died. Ebenezer was sad and upset. He wanted to leave and go home. He begged the spirit to let him go home. The spirit snapped his fingers. But instead of returning home, Ebenezer arrived in a cemetery. (Dickens, movie) He asked who had been the dead man he had seen before. He was standing right next to a gravestone with a name. The name read was “Ebenezer Scrooge”. He panicked and started to burst into tears. He begged for the spirit to let him go home and said he will be jolly and nice on Christmas if he does. Ebenezer woke up screaming and crying in his bed. Ebenezer asked a little boy out the window to go buy the prize turkey in the window down the street for him. He paid the boy and sent the Turkey out to Bob’s house. Bob received the turkey and thought it must be a mistake. But, they cooked the huge turkey and the whole family
In the play, Ebenezer is visited by his old, dead business partner, Marley. He warns him about his attitude towards Christmas. Marley says that three spirits will visit him and take him to his past, present, and future. (Dickens, 9) They were the spirit of christmas past, future, and past. First, Mr. Scrooge is taken to his past as a young boy. He is taken to his old little …show more content…
He went into his school and saw himself as a young boy sitting all alone reading. Ebenezer was a sad little boy because his father hated him because the mother died from having him. Ebenezer also witnessed himself as a teenager talking to his sister. She said to come back home because the father had changed and wanted to apologize. Next, he was taken to the present. He was taken to Bob Cratchit’s home with his three children and wife present. Scrooge got to see how poor Bob Cratchit was and yet the whole family was Merry on Christmas. They made little jokes here and there about Scrooge, but also made a toast to him. In his very last trip he was taken to future. The spirit took him into a room with people going through Scrooge’s belongings. Mr. Scrooge was furious about them going through his belongings. He saw a dead body laying there. He was surprised to realize it was himself dead. Ebenezer begged …show more content…
He was taken to Bob Cratchit’s home with his three children and wife. Scrooge got to see how poor Bob Cratchit was and yet the whole family was Merry on Christmas. They made little jokes here and there about Scrooge, but also made a toast to him. In his very last trip he was taken to future. The spirit took him into a room with people going through Scrooge’s belongings. Mr. Scrooge was furious about them going through his belongings. While they were going through belongings he saw a wrapped, dead body. The spirit takes him to Bob Cratchit’s home to see the sorrow and pity among them all. Tiny Tim, Bob’s son, had died. Ebenezer was sad and upset. He wanted to leave and go home. He begged the spirit to let him go home. The spirit snapped his fingers. But instead of returning home, Ebenezer arrived in a cemetery. (Dickens, movie) He asked who had been the dead man he had seen before. He was standing right next to a gravestone with a name. The name read was “Ebenezer Scrooge”. He panicked and started to burst into tears. He begged for the spirit to let him go home and said he will be jolly and nice on Christmas if he does. Ebenezer woke up screaming and crying in his bed. Ebenezer asked a little boy out the window to go buy the prize turkey in the window down the street for him. He paid the boy and sent the Turkey out to Bob’s house. Bob received the turkey and thought it must be a mistake. But, they cooked the huge turkey and the whole family