A Christmas Carol Themes
- Created by: Pippa Meredith
- Created on: 17-03-22 18:11
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- A Christmas Carol Themes.
- Redemption.
- The novella focuses on Scrooge's redemption.
- The novella shows the contemporary audience the possibility of change for the better.
- There are signs that Scrooge will change, early on in the novel.
- Scrooge is transformed by learning the value of empathy.
- Scrooge isn't forced to change.
- Social Responsibility.
- Scrooge is an allegory for the arrogant rich.
- The Cratchits are an allegory for the desperate poor.
- Dickens wants the contemporary audience to feel empathy toward the poor.
- Dickens wants the contemporary audience to take responsibility for the poor.
- Fred takes responsibility for the poor.
- Despite living in poverty, the cratchits are grateful for all that the have.
- "Want" and "Ignorance" are allegories for the rich and poor.
- The Cratchits value emotional riches instead of material possesions.
- Family.
- Dickens portrays the importance of family with A Christmas Carol.
- The Cratchit's represent a close-knit family.
- Scrooge's home life with his family is described as being isolating, even as a young boy.
- Family is associated with warmth and happiness.
- Scrooge begins to wish for a family
- The Ghost of Christmas Past shows what Scrooge's life could have been like if he had married Belle, all those years ago.
- At the end of the novel he has a family.
- Christmas Spirit.
- It brings out the best in everyone.
- Fred is the embodiment of Christmas Spirit.
- Christmas Spirit helps to transform Scrooge.
- Christmas is a charitable time of year.
- Supernatural.
- Marley's Ghost warns Scrooge of his miserly ways.
- The Ghosts help Scrooge to change his ways.
- The Ghost of Christmas Past shines a light on scrooges past.
- Scrooge's past brings him so much pain that he tries to shut it out by extinguishing the Ghost's light.
- The Ghost of Christmas Present shows Scrooge how others celebrate christmas.
- The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, shows Scrooge how other people percieve him.
- Redemption.
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