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    beginning of the drama performance was Jacob Marley and is a ghost who comes to Scrooge so he won't have to go what Marley went through. The beginning of the movie they begin in Mr. Scrooge’s office. In the drama and movie Scrooge gets mad at Mr. Cratchit for using coal and wasting it on fire. Scrooge keeps saying Humbug after his nephew says Merry Christmas. Scrooge is a old man who has a lot of money. He thinks Christmas is a waste of time and money. Scrooge doesn't waste his money and spend…

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    A Christmas Carol tells the tale of Ebenezer Scrooge a man who, despite the cheerful spirit of Christmas, turns to solitary and secrecy throughout this period. The selfish attitude Scrooge portrays correlates to the manifestation of four spirits that present themselves as a warning of what shall occur if he continues on the path of self-interest. Self-interest lives within all of us, it gives us the inclination to put ourselves in front of others. However the spirit of Christmas lives to curtail…

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    A Steampunk Christmas Carol was exhibited on Sunday December 6th, by Pendulum Space. It was a professional show that added a new twist on the classic “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens. The play incorporated the storyline of the classic “Christmas Carol” with a steampunk twist that referenced Nikola Tesla and portrayed Scrooge as a counting house mogul who also deals in mechanical bits and pieces. The story also incorporates elements of the classic “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley in one of…

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    Charles Dickens once said, “Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.” Dickens was a very influential and outstanding writer and this quote perfectly describes the moral of A Christmas Carol. In the novella, a man named Ebenezer Scrooge goes through a huge transformation from having no feelings or remorse for anything or anyone to a merry and kind man spreading joy. The story is set in the 1800’s while Queen Victoria was having her reign the…

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    Charles Dickens was the most famous writer in the 19th century. One of his most famous writings is “A Christmas Carol”, this was about a mysterious old man named Ebenezer Scrooge. Over the years his writing got more and more popular. It got turned into novels, stories, graphics, and movies. “A Christmas Carol” and “Christmas Carol 2009” is different and alike in many ways. One way they are different by “A Christmas Carol” is a passage that he wrote, and it is the original thing, “Christmas…

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    In the movie, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, the Grinch is a creature who plans to steal Christmas away from Whoville. The Grinch wants to take the presents, trees, decorations, and tradition away from the town. This then creates conflict throughout the town and Cindy Lou comes into the story and tries to save the Christmas tradition in Whoville. In the beginning of the story, you can see flashbacks and get background information of events from the Grinch’s childhood. He was constantly…

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    I like the movie version better than the book version of A Christmas Carol. The reason I liked the movie better was because, you can better visualize what is going on in it. It also had the music so you knew when things would get exciting and better. I also liked the movie better because you could see what the characters looked like and how they felt. They are the same because it always had to be cold instead of hot everywhere Scrooge went. All the ghost took him places in the past present, and…

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    Act 1 Rodger - Ian, don’t say that. All this time I thought you were a great officer and partner. I even let you know what to bring for the police Christmas party. Ian - Rodger, You’re not listening man! I don’t hate you, I hate him. Rodger - Who do you hate? Ian - Omar! Omar got advised by three of the top police chiefs to choose me as the next detective. And I know I’d be a great detective. But apparently not to Omar. Instead of a guy who has been out on the field, he chooses a guy…

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    greed doesn’t bring happiness is. “And he took a child and set him in the midst of them.” (scene 5, lines 70-80 Mr. Cratchit). The Spirit Of Christmas Yet To Come showed Scrooge how his greed is killing people around him. For example, Tiny Tim, after his father Mr. Cratchit couldn’t afford the medication he needed to heal Tim thank’s to Scrooge not giving not even close the wage Mr. Cratchit deserve’s. It also feels like Scrooge doesn’t care about Mr. Cratchit’s trouble beforehand. This caused…

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    to the poor Scrooge says if there are no workhouse and there are no prisons. Then the Gentleman visitor came and said if they don’t have a place to stay and don’t have food and water they will die and Scrooge responded with that was let them die. Cratchit is Scrooge's worker, and he is poor and has a family and a crippled boy, and he asked if he could stay at home on Christmas Day, and Scrooge says no and tells him to be extra early on that day. Scrooge initial behavior is being a jerk, selfish,…

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