Ebenezer Scrooge Character Analysis: A Christmas Carol
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- Created on: 27-07-20 18:20
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- Ebenezer Scrooge
- Stave One
- ‘Hard and sharp as flint’
- Introducing Scrooge as a cold-hearted character
- Flint, used to make fire, could suggest warmth inside Scrooge
- Inflicts pain
- ’as solitary as an oyster’
- Could have some good inside of him, like a pearl inside an oyster (foreshadowing)
- Alone and isolated
- Hard exterior
- ‘A frosty brine was on his head’
- Introducing Scrooge as a cold-hearted character
- ‘Sole [...], sole[...], his sole [...]’
- Alone and isolated
- 'more of gravy than grave about you, whatever you are!'
- Scrooge has a sense of humor which makes the character more engaging
- ‘Hard and sharp as flint’
- Stave Two
- 'solitary child, neglected by his friends'
- Reminder of 'solitary as an oyster'
- Empathy towards Scrooge
- The reader starts an interest in Scrooge's transformation.
- 'and Scrooge sobbed'
- Empathy towards Scrooge
- The reader starts an interest in Scrooge's transformation.
- Empathy towards Scrooge
- 'solitary child, neglected by his friends'
- Stave Three
- 'tonight if you have aught to teach me, let me profit by it'
- Scrooge's attitude changing
- 'profit' Scrooge still obsessed with money
- 'tell me if Tiny Tim will live'
- contradicts Scrooge's previous statement about the surplus population
- Scrooge's attitude changing
- contradicts Scrooge's previous statement about the surplus population
- 'tonight if you have aught to teach me, let me profit by it'
- Mr Bruff Scrooge Analysis
- Stave Four
- 'I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future
- Scrooge taking a lesson from each ghost
- Solemn statement emphasizing the climax
- 'I will honour Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all year'
- Scrooge embracing the Christmas Spirit
- 'I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future
- Stave Five
- 'I'm as light as a feather, as happy as an angel, as merry as a schoolboy'
- His chains of the afterlife have been lifted
- Scrooge is no longer a sinner, and is angelic
- Scrooge's spiritual journey has been completed
- 'I'm as light as a feather, as happy as an angel, as merry as a schoolboy'
- Stave One
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