A Christmas Carol - Scrooge analysis
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- Created on: 26-04-19 14:42
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- Scrooge ~ Analysis
- "Ebenezer" - Hebrew word meaning 'stone of help'
- Opening stave = "hard" to give image of a stone - also helped by ghosts
- Dickens purposefully sets him up for a large transformation to encourage the wealthy to realise their mistakes but also know that they can be amended still
- Protagonist - "ogre of the family"
- Represents the rich in Victorian society to highlight gap between rich and poor
- Selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend (miserly - "grasping... old sinner") - pun on his name
- Scrooge obscure English verb meaning to 'squeeze' or 'press' - presses Bob to work harder despite his own financial security - squeezes poor of all the have
- "Ebenezer" - Hebrew word meaning 'stone of help'
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