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    Ebenezer Scrooge We are gathered here today to mourn the loss of Ebenezer Scrooge. Scrooge was 61 years young when he deceased. He bit the dust 3 months after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. He was born January 15th 1835 in London. When Scrooge laid to rest he left his fortune to his nephew Fred. Ebenezer spent most of his time reading at school.The family Scrooge had during his childhood were his sister Fan and and his father.When Scrooge was younger were younger he worked for a man with the name of Fezziwig. Scrooge had a young love. The love of his life was Belle. Before the first spirit arrived Ebenezer behavior was very much nasty and mean. His attitude was worser. It was stubborn and selfish attitude. Scrooge was very…

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    “We can change our future by merely changing our attitude to the positive. Simple yet powerful!” - Zeenat Merchant Syal. In Frederick Gaines’ drama, A Christmas Carol, adapted from Charles Dickens’ novel Scrooge learns that if he does not have a change in heart he will die in the near future. Ebenezer Scrooge changes from the exposition of the play to the denouement. Ebenezer Scrooge is mean and heartless in the exposition; by the middle of the play Scrooge becomes scared, and by the denouement…

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    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…

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    On December 11, 2015, I attended the Granite Hills Acting Workshop production of the play “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens. The play was directed by the phenomenal Sherri Allen, and was performed in The Little Theater at Granite hills High School. The play “A Christmas Carol” is about a tight-fisted old man named Ebenezer Scrooge who is cruel to those around him. Especially to his clerk, Bob Cratchit. On Christmas Eve, Scrooge is haunted by several ghosts that tell him he must change his…

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    Today marks seven years since Ebenezer Scrooge's business partner, Jacob Marley, has died. Scrooge is an old man that hates happiness and Christmas. Today happens to be Christmas Eve. While Scrooge is sitting at his desk, his nephew, Fred, comes in the door singing carols. Ebenezer is not very happy about it. Fred proceeds to ask his uncle to attend his party tomorrow but is quickly turned down. Once he leaves, Scrooge turns to his clerk, Bob Cratchit, and gives him the day off paid, which he…

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    Ebenezer Scrooge was a grouchy man every day even at Christmas. He was filled with greed and meanness all he really carried about was money. One night he was visited by three ghost. The three ghost were the the ghost of Christmas past, Ghost of Christmas present, and the Ghost of Christmas future. But I believe that he was most touched by the ghost of Christmas future. He touched him the most because he scared him, Showed what people thought about him, and showed him his death bed. The…

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    occured in the life of Ebenezer Scrooge. Scrooge is a mean spirited old man who only cares about himself, and his money He has little concern about any of his surrounding or the people in his life. In the story Scrooge is visited three unlikely guests, they are the ghosts of Christmas past, present and the yet to come or the future. As a result of these visits Scrooge turns his life around and finds the true meaning of Christmas. The ghost of Christmas past is the first ghost to visit Scrooge.…

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    Who was Ebenezer Scrooge? He was the main character of “The Christmas Carol”. Scrooge takes the readers through his couple of days of him being haunted by ex-business partner Jacob Marley. Jacob is trying to help Scrooge to be nice, so he won’t end up tied in chains in the afterlife like him. Ebenezer Scrooge was an old cold-hearted man. He didn’t like anything and loved to save his money even though he is rich. His nose is always bloodshot red. That is because he doesn’t want to spend the…

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    A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens shows the theme that anyone can become a better person if they look upon their past. The reader learns that even someone like Scrooge can become a great man. At the beginning of the story, Ebenezer Scrooge is a greedy, rude man. On pages 17 and 18 he refuses to donate any of his money (Which he has plenty of) to the poor. On page 20 a caroller comes to his door and Scrooge makes them run away. On page 15 he refuses his own nephew’s Christmas meal invitation.…

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    A Christmas Carol, written by Charles Dickens, is a story about Ebenezer Scrooge, the protagonist, who learns to change his attitude towards life. First off, Ebenezer Scrooge’s main conflict is that he has to learn how to become a better person, which makes the type of conflict person vs self. In the beginning of the story, he is described as being a harsh fellow, “No wind that blew was bitterer than he, no falling snow was more intent upon its purpose, no pelting rain less open to entreaty. . .…

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