“A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens is a detailed rich story about a stingy old man that is visited by three ghosts whose visitations provide the old sour man with individualized life changing lessons. The story itself holds a deeper meaning engraved between the lines. As the reader one must think deeper about what the ghosts represented in the story and the value they hold. Each ghost has something symbolic on them.
The Ghost of Christmas Past carries a cap that if placed upon his brow will put out his bright jet of light that is projected off his crown. When one puts out a light or a burning fire we seem to forget about what it once illuminated. Many of us will forget the moments we shared in the past, or disregard them later on as we …show more content…
This is why, we must not forget the lessons we learned in our past. As well as lessons that are left behind so are meaningful people. In Scrooge’s case he left the memory of his kind sister in the past, as well as his lover. These women seemed to have kept Scrooge’s heart noble and kind, but once they left his side, he slowly became a cold hearted man.
The Ghost of Christmas Present seems to have had more depth in his persona. He exposes more symbols, and expresses his charisma in an unavoidable manner. When the Ghost of Christmas Present is introduced he is surrounded by a lavish spread of food, is clothed in a loose fitting green robe, and posses charming features. Our present is usually what we focus on and work hard to improve. As people we strive to be comfortable, and hope to surround ourselves in a blanket of security. …show more content…
The spirit moves slowly, stalker like even, just like our future. Our lives to be are disguised, the spirit’s deep black garment symbolizes just that. The only part that was visible of the spirit was it’s outstretched hand pointing Scrooge the path he had to take. Scrooge decided to go on a different path one time when he was with the mysterious spirit. The spirit didn’t follow Scrooge and remind where it was. While we go through our life we can follow any path we chose, there will always be a path that is instructed to us but we are free to make a quick dash to the path that provokes our curiosity deeply. Scrooge makes his way back to the spirit with questions that remained unanswered by it. Nothing in the future is written in stone. We can always change our future, perhaps that’s why the spirit remained
The Ghost of Christmas Past carries a cap that if placed upon his brow will put out his bright jet of light that is projected off his crown. When one puts out a light or a burning fire we seem to forget about what it once illuminated. Many of us will forget the moments we shared in the past, or disregard them later on as we …show more content…
This is why, we must not forget the lessons we learned in our past. As well as lessons that are left behind so are meaningful people. In Scrooge’s case he left the memory of his kind sister in the past, as well as his lover. These women seemed to have kept Scrooge’s heart noble and kind, but once they left his side, he slowly became a cold hearted man.
The Ghost of Christmas Present seems to have had more depth in his persona. He exposes more symbols, and expresses his charisma in an unavoidable manner. When the Ghost of Christmas Present is introduced he is surrounded by a lavish spread of food, is clothed in a loose fitting green robe, and posses charming features. Our present is usually what we focus on and work hard to improve. As people we strive to be comfortable, and hope to surround ourselves in a blanket of security. …show more content…
The spirit moves slowly, stalker like even, just like our future. Our lives to be are disguised, the spirit’s deep black garment symbolizes just that. The only part that was visible of the spirit was it’s outstretched hand pointing Scrooge the path he had to take. Scrooge decided to go on a different path one time when he was with the mysterious spirit. The spirit didn’t follow Scrooge and remind where it was. While we go through our life we can follow any path we chose, there will always be a path that is instructed to us but we are free to make a quick dash to the path that provokes our curiosity deeply. Scrooge makes his way back to the spirit with questions that remained unanswered by it. Nothing in the future is written in stone. We can always change our future, perhaps that’s why the spirit remained