Jacob Marley

The films Love Actually (2003) and Pirate Radio (2009) are both directed by Richard Curtis. Although both films are directed by Curtis, there are many differences between the two films that distinguish themselves from one another, such as directional style, the time period, and the plot. Love Actually follows the lives of eight couples during Christmastime in London, showing the audience that love can “actually” be found anywhere. Pirate Radio concentrates on a group of rock-n-roll DJs who defy…

Most people would think that “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens is about Christmas when it was originally written to prevent child labor. The novella tells the story of a wealthy and greedy man named Ebenezer Scrooge. He is not the nicest gentleman and he is mean to his poor servant whose name is Bob Cratchit. This book teaches us that money does not always make us happy. This message can still apply to us today. around the time that ACC was written, children did a lot of work in the mines…

“Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas” (Calvin Coolidge). To some people, Christmas Spirit means to be jolly, giving, and praising, but to the main character, Ebenezer Scrooge, in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Christmas Spirit is split into three forms: Past, Present, and Future. These spirits come to show Scrooge what his life was like, is like, and will be like without…

A Psychoanalytical Approach to “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” Christmas is a time of celebration, joy, generous offerings, spending time with loved ones, and most importantly, coming together as a community. For the most part, everyone loves Christmas; except for the Grinch. In Dr.Suess’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, the Grinch is portrayed as a bitter, vengeful, old man who hates the entirety of the Christmas season. His indignant attitude is especially evident when he overlooks the Whos…

Dim lights sitting by the fireplace listening to the the ghost story on christmas. Ghost stories weren't popular until the Christmas Carol came out and now the are told everywhere and at anytime but the Christmas Carol was the most popular ghost story in the Victorian Era. Ghost where someone's spirit coming back to haunt someone/something that they had a strong emotional connection to. In the Victorian era everything they learned about ghost was usually taught in churches. h In the…

The ghost of Christmas future was remarkably quiet it was exceedingly good at its job. The way that The ghost of Christmas future made Scrooge think about the way he was so isolated was by showing him what people will think about him in the future. Scrooge then saw that p To begin with, anyone in the world can change, all they need is the will to change. Now in the novel “A Christmas carol” written by Charles Dickens is a little more complicated than that. The main character, Ebenezer Scrooge…

death, it can change the way you talk to people. For example Scrooge, in the Christmas Carol, was mean, and always negative after Marley died because they were good work mates. They would work together and do a lot of things together.After Marley had died he was grumpy and didn’t celebrate Christmas like he use to in the past. He was grumpy for a really long time. Before Marley died he was merry, and deferential. But after he was bad-tempered, and discourteous. Then he changed back after the…

A Christmas Carole Scrooge is transforming from a bad to a good person in the novel A Christmas Carole. There are three spirits that take him to the past, present, and the future. The first spirits make him more giving, compassionate, and a thankful person. The second spirit makes him a caring, happy, and regretful man. The last spirit turns him even more of a thankful and caring person. Scrooge will slowly change as the spirits take him to places. Scrooge became more of a giving,…

two starts with Scrooge coming home to his big lonely house by himself but when he comes to the door the door knocker looks exactly like his only friend Marley who died seven years ago on Christmas Eve. Scrooge falls over backwards but when he gets back up the door knocker is back to normal he goes into his room and is greeted by the ghost of Marley who tells him he will be visited by three ghosts and if he doesn't change then when he dies he will have a big chain around him for all eternity.…

The novel starts off describing the death of Marley and the relationship between him and Scrooge. It then goes on to compare the importance of Marley’s death to supernatural occurrences in the Shakespeare play Hamlet. As if the ghost story presented were not enough to give off the gothic feel, Scrooge…