Christmas carol

The movie, A Christmas Carol (2009) animated-version (also a novel written by Charles Dickens) illustrates the story of the cold-hearted, greedy, and bitter character of Ebenezer Scrooge. Who cares only about money and has a narrow perspective of Christmas. However, he gets visited by the following ghosts of Jacob Marley (Scrooge’s business partner), Christmas past, present, and future (also known as “yet to come.”) Throughout, this journey…

The play, ‘A Christmas Carol’, was performed at South Bend’s Civic theatre on Wednesday December 09. The play was directed by Kevin Dreyer, David Chudzynski, and was based off of the novel written by Charles Dickens. The main theme was about an older man, Ebenezer Scrooge; and his interactions from his past, present, and future ghosts. The encounters with these ghosts led him to transform into a kinder and admirable gentleman. South Bend Civic Theatre’s replication of ‘Christmas Carol’ was…

On December the 2nd of 2014 I went to go see Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol A Ghost Story of Christmas at Alley theatre in the University of Houston. This work of art included a bit of many things such as ballet, choral music, musical theatre, and even a violin solo recital. The Composer of A Christmas Carol is Charles Dickens. Charles Dickens had been born Portsmouth, England on February 7th of 1812 and he died on the 9th of June in the year 1870 having lived about 58 years long. Charles…

Charles Dickens in his work, "A Christmas Carol" discusses about the true meaning of giving, receiving and sharing. The reason is that the narrator seems to be interested in telling the story since rich people did not appreciate poor people especially during the industrial Revolution whereby the gap was widened for both rich and poor people in which poor people were totally forgotten. After watching the Christmas Carol I understand that it is an allegory which delivers messages concerning the…

The Influence on The Christmas Carol on How the Grinch Stole Christmas A strong story can become many others. The traditional work of A Christmas Carol written by Charles Dickens is based in the 1800’s, in a town of England. The main Character Ebenezer Scrooge is an old miser who hates the Christmas celebration in the town. Scrooge is haunted by 3 ghosts, The Ghost of Christmas Past, The Ghost of Christmas Present, and The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. The three ghosts haunt Scrooge because…

In “ A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens and “A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley” by Israel Horovitz only greedy people were present at the end of a greedy life. As a matter of fact, at the end of Scrooge's funeral, there were three businessmen trying to sell his belongings. The three businessmen are considered greedy to steal and sell a dead man’s things.(Horovitz, 789-790) Scrooge was also a very greedy man always wanting money and other tangible items for himself and reluctant to give…

The rich refused to accept any responsibility to help the poor, or even be kind to them, seeing them as “another race of creatures bound on other journeys”. Dickens challenged this outlook, and was disgusted by it, so he wrote the novella A Christmas Carol with the intent to change people’s views of the poor and society’s responsibility to them. Scrooge, who represents the richer class, is introduced as the personification of winter, after which Dickens uses Fezziwig who is the antithesis of…

On December 19th, 1843, Charles Dickens published “A Christmas Carol.” The novella received high acclaim and is widely known. Fast forward to today, the novella has received several adaptations in both play and film form. Which begs the question, what adaption represents “A Christmas Carol” more accurately? While both the play and the film present Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol accurately, there are differences and similarities in the presentation of the characters, setting, and tone. The…

In the book A Christmas Carol, the characters of the story symbolize the many realisms of the British Industrial Revolution henceforth making the story an allegory. For example, Bob Cratchit, Ebenezer Scrooge’s clerk, incarnates the poor. He was a hardworking man being the epitome of the hardworking and uncomplaining working class. Tiny Tim, Bob’s son, symbolized hope. However, Ebenezer Scrooge is the quintessence of all things evil of the Industrial Revolution as he embodied the “ignorance…

Similarities and Differences A cold Christmas, 1843, Ebenezer Scrooge never saw what being a roadkill had in store for his lifetime. A Merry Christmas can have its pros and cons in a story. Reading two different things, a script and a play can mean many different things. They can have similarities and differences. They can be completely different, and they can still have a great turnout. The good point in having similarities and differences is the outcome. The knowledge of learning something…