A Christmas Carol - Themes
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- Created on: 09-05-17 09:29
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- A Christmas Carol - Themes
- The Christmas Spirit
- A time of happiness, kindness and generosity
- Christmas is a time when people "open their shut-up hearts freely"
- Fred refers to Christmas as a "kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time"
- Many characters see Christmas as a time to help those less fortunate than themselves
- Charity Workers
- Fezziwig
- Fred
- Has a more religious side to it too
- A lot of the spirit is linked to Christianity, he thought that helping others should be part of peoples faith
- The Christmas spirit is powerful enough to transform Scrooge
- First: "humbug" then by the end: "idiot" to anyone that doesn't like Christmas
- Scrooge promises to "honour Christmas in his heart
- Redemption
- In order for Scrooge to achieve redemption he needs to give up his mean and miserly ways
- By the end he is "glowing with his good intentions"
- Scrooge learned the value of empathy
- At first it seems impossible that Scrooge will change
- Chapter one: negatively portrayed as a misanthropist (attitude to charity)
- His journey through all the next chapters, by all the Ghosts, is his realization on how he needs to change
- Ghost of Christmas Past shows that he wasn't always so mean-spirited
- He did have relationships and close friends, even a good job that he enjoyed
- Ghost of Christmas Past shows that he wasn't always so mean-spirited
- Change starts with the choice
- Marley's Ghost said that he wears the "chain i forg'd in life"
- Marley's warning makes it seem more likely that Scrooge can change too
- Marley's Ghost said that he wears the "chain i forg'd in life"
- His redemption is due to his change in behavior towards people
- In order for Scrooge to achieve redemption he needs to give up his mean and miserly ways
- Poverty and Social Responsibility
- At first Scrooge only cares about himself and money
- "they had better do it" and "decrease the surplus population"
- Christmas Present reveals Ignorance and Want which are a product of society's neglect on the poor
- Ignorance will lead to the "doom" of society
- Tiny Tim
- Wealthy have a responsibility to make a difference to poor families lives
- At first Scrooge only cares about himself and money
- Family
- Tiny Tim
- Wealthy have a responsibility to make a difference to poor families lives
- A source of comfort, strength and joy
- A contrast between Scrooge's relatives and the Cratchits family
- Tiny Tim
- The Christmas Spirit
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