Ghost of Christmas Past

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    depicts how the ghost has decorated Scrooge's room with "bright gleaming berries…crisp leaves of holly, mistletoe and ivy". He furthermore describes the food heaped around the Spirit's throne. By using words such as "luscious", "cherry-cheeked", "seething" and "delicious", Dickens makes the food literally leap out of the page and make the readers mouth water. He is describing all the traditional food you have at Christmas and is making the point that Christmas is a…

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    Greed is something that affects us all. It can change a person completely weather it’s for the good or the bad. In A Christmas Carol, Scrooge was a greedy, rich, and lonely man. When 3 ghosts visited him, they presented Scrooge’s past, present and future. Scrooge realized that he needed to change in order for a better future. In It’s A Wonderful Life, George Bailey and his bank lost $8,000. George started to only care about the money and took his family and friends for granted. His guardian…

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    A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, is a beloved tale that people of all ages have loved for its emotional and moral appeal. It is a story focusing on the life of Ebenezer Scrooge, a greedy and cold-hearted money-lender, who is visited by four ghostly apparitions who convince him together to change his merciless ways. At the beginning of this tale, Scrooge does not recognize the effects of his greed, so the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future take it upon themselves to show him how…

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    The “Christmas Carol” is very-well known around the world. Both the movie and book is loved by most people, but they have many differences. All families with children usually watch it, or read it around the christmas season. Yes, some people think it’s dumb, but it shows a lot of potential to what Christmas is truely about.It’s not about spending money, or who has the most Christmas lights and decorations up, it’s about a special time of year when god had showed his great love for us. It’s a…

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    Charles Dickens’ allegorical novella, A Christmas Carol, was written to spread awareness of the everlasting Christmas Spirit throughout the year. Ebenezer Scrooge, a fictional character, brought to life/fabricated as he represents the social hierarchy troubles that were going on in Victorian England. Scrooge lives his life as a less fortunate pauper and holds money as his golden idol; however, by letting avarice consume him, it almost lead to his ultimate downfall. Fortunately, four specters pay…

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    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…

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    greedy. He is visited by four ghosts: Jacob Marley, The Ghost of Christmas Past, The Ghost of Christmas Present and The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come. The Ghost of Christmas Past goes back in time to his childhood on christmas and how his money hungry ways led to a separation with his fiance, Belle. The Ghost of Christmas Present shows him what it is like to have a real life outside his own which is gloomy and run by his desire for wealth. Finally, The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come shows him…

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    the ocean, no matter how overwhelming it can become, everyone can learn to cope with their grief. For the main character in A Christmas Carol, however, he strives to take on his grief without learning to swim. Throughout the story, three ghosts visit Ebenezer Scrooge and help him realize that he needs to change how he acts toward other people. The Ghost of Christmas Past shows the readers that Scrooge has lost three women, whether it was by death…

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    The movie, A Muppets Christmas Carol is based on Charles Dickens Christmas Carol novel. The theme of the story is how you're supposed to be nice don't be mean or greedy and just be in the moment. Your life experiences make you who you, but change is possible. Ebenezer Scrooge is a good example. Ebenezer Scrooge was a very mean and greedy person, but when he sees the ghost of Christmas past he sees his old self and he sees that he used to be really happy with his life. But then he got a…

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    The Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens suggests that true redemption is seized when you accept future consequences of your past mistakes. This novel follows an avaricious man named Ebenezer Scrooge and his route to redemption. Charles Dickens used a lot of illustrations to describe many things surrounding Scrooge. He incorporated images like family, joy and parts of the Christian religion. As you will read in my essay, Scrooges journey to redemption was a rather bumpy than smooth; it was one…

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