Jacob L. Moreno

“A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens is a detailed rich story about a stingy old man that is visited by three ghosts whose visitations provide the old sour man with individualized life changing lessons. The story itself holds a deeper meaning engraved between the lines. As the reader one must think deeper about what the ghosts represented in the story and the value they hold. Each ghost has something symbolic on them. The Ghost of Christmas Past carries a cap that if placed upon his brow will…

It is mainly shown through the symbolism of the chains on Jacob Marley’s ghost and the bell tolls. This article will show how the symbolization of chains and bell tolls lead to the overall theme of choices. For instance, Jacob Marley was Ebenezer Scrooge’s business partner and he had died seven years before this story took place. Seven years after he died Ebenezer Scrooge went home on Christmas Eve and was sitting by the fire when Jacob Marley’s Ghost appeared, covered in chains. The story…

Ebenezer Scrooge does not understand or know what the true meaning of business is. He thinks that business is only about money. In a Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens shows that one’s business in life is changing the way Scrooge takes care of others, through the experiences of the three ghosts. While the ghosts help Scrooge through his unbelievable life, Ebenezer Scrooge becomes merrier from being mean. Scrooge’s definition of a man’s “business” in Stave 1 and its impact on Scrooge was money.…

The myth of Persephone is an interesting one, especially when considering how the original myth has influenced many modern novels that have been written in todays’ century. Certain aspects of the myth, such as Persephone falling in love with Hades, and the affects Persephone’s being in the underworld has on her mother are being rewritten in new ways and incorporate in popular novels such as the Twilight Saga by Stephanie Meyers. This paper will look at the Twilight Sega and how the myth of…

O. Henry is a well-known writer for his short stories, and one of his most famous short stories is called the “Gift of the Magi”. Although this piece centers around the Christmas holiday, the meaning of it transcends the Christmas season and can be put into everyday life. In some instances throughout the “Gift of the Magi,” irony is used to drive the central themes. O. Henry emphasizes the themes of love, selflessness and the practicality of gifts given at Christmas time. The story centers…

Being considerate and helpful to others is what makes you have a humanity. “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens is a story about a man named Ebenezer Scrooge who was tremendously greedy and was visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future to make him see what his selfishness had caused him.This story has multiples themes, such as social justice, the true meaning of humanity, etc. Greed overtakes the humanity of those who possess it because it pushes away everyone you love and…

There was once an old, avaricious, mean, cold hearted man named Ebenezer Scrooge. He lived in London, England. And he hated Christmas more than anything. He thought that Christmas was humbug. The only thing he hated more than Christmas was love. And while the city prepared for christmas, singing christmas carols and buying food and presents for Christmas was the next day, Scrooge remained in his counting house. His nephew went to see him to invite him to a christmas dinner. But Scrooge although…

Gift Giving – Among Hobbits it’s custom for the one who is celebrating their birthday to give presents to their guests. A theory I favour is that this custom has its origins from when the Hobbits still dwelled in the upper vales of the river Anduin and Sméagol (later called Gollum) murdered his brother over the One Ring. The details of that story were lost to the Hobbits, but the custom remained to remember that giving is always better than taking. Nori, of course, doesn’t have a clue about any…

“We are in danger of destroying ourselves by our greed and stupidity. We cannot remain looking inwards at ourselves on a small and increasingly polluted and overcrowded planet.” (Hawkings) Greed can cause a man to become self-centered and be one who cares only about his money. He may care less concerning the welfare of the poor. But what most don’t know or think about is how different and similar A Christmas Carol, the movie is to the written play.There are lots of similarities, but there are a…

Title Modern art is often called a masterpiece when it is usually off of a traditional piece of art. A Christmas Carol from around 1800s in England and How the Grinch Stole Christmas in an imaginary land called Whoville are two stories that are very alike mostly by the two main characters. The Grinch from How the Grinch Stole Christmas who hates Christmas, and Scrooge who needs to redeem himself from A Christmas Carol. A Christmas Carol has become such an influential work that modern authors…