Ebenezer Scrooge

Present, and Future of his Christmases. In the play A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Ebenezer Scrooge is haunted by three spirits that show him Past Christmases, present Christmases, and future Christmases. In Past, Scrooge is shown his old boss Fezziwig and how he stopped their work to hold a dance on Christmas. He is shown his younger sister Fan and how she wants him to move back home. In present, Scrooge sees his employee Cratchit’s family and their meager meal, but he sees how happy…

How is Scrooge presented in a Christmas Carol - What is he like? Are we sympathetic to him? Does he change? What language features are used to do this? Ebenezer Scrooge This essay is looking at the character, Ebenezer Scrooge throughout…

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 play and the film both introduce the characters Jacob Marley, Ebenezer Scrooge, Bob Cratchit, and Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future. Although both the play and film contain the same characters, I personally think the play does a better job of describing each individual character. I can read at my own…

Then, Ebenezer told a boy that if he brought back the prize turkey with the man in charge, he would pay him a shilling, if he did this in less than five minutes, Ebenezer would give him a half-a-crown. He even wore nice clothes and went to church to celebrate Christmas for it was the time of year to be joyful and happy. Next, Ebenezer stopped at his nephew’s house to join him on this wonderful holiday while everyone was shocked and surprised to see him in their house. I believe that Ebenezer…

In Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol stave 1, Ebenezer Scrooge is a grumpy old man that is isolated from the rest of the world and he cares only for money. “The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shriveled his cheek, stiffened his gait, made his eyes red, his thin lips blue, and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice” (3). Since his sole partner in life, Bob Marley, has died Scrooge has gone into a recession of loving money more than anything. While in the office…

friend of Ebenezer Scrooge) is telling us about him and Scrooge. Then we see Scrooge and other men in his office. When Scrooge goes home and wakes up at one o’clock, he is visited by the ghost of christmas past to show him his past. While visiting the past, Scrooge remembers his younger sister and how he loved her. They then move to where he was apprenticed by his old master Fezziwig. Scrooge and past go to when he fell in love but didn't get married. The ghost of Christmas past leaves and…

Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, the main character, Ebenezer Scrooge, an inhumane miser, was unable to realize that if he wanted to change, it was completely up to him. Luckily by the end of the play and the help of some great people and spirits, Scrooge is slowly…

Do you think he will change? In the book Ebenezer Scrooge was a grump, stingy, mean man all he cares about is his money! In the novel Scrooge thinks his business is all about his money instead of caring for others. In A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens shows us that one’s business is helping and taking care of others through the three ghosts. Scrooge's business in Stave 1 is all about his money. For example Scrooge doesn’t want to give his clerk a day off for Christmas with his family. On page…

there is a problem within the households of the characters, Ebenezer Scrooge, from “A Christmas Carol,” and Miss Furnivall from “The Old Nurse’s Story”. In both stories the music played, centres on families and is shared through supernatural means. This later highlights the idea that both characters have behaved wrongly towards their families, and have been uncompassionate. While both characters later repent for their behavior, only Scrooge is able to correct his mistakes. Music is shown to be a…

starts off with the author showing the reader that Scrooge is a bad person. For example, at one point in stave one Scrooge is described as a "cuvits old sinner" and also Dickens writes "no one stopped him in the street to say, my dear Scrooge, how are you?" This shows that he has been so horrible to everyone they have all given up on trying to be friendly to him. Also when his uncle comes to visit him and invites him over for Christmas dinner Scrooge says "good afternoon" in a tone that shows he…