Fire Symbolism in 'A Christmas Carol'

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  • Fire Symbolism in 'A Christmas Carol'
    • "From which no steel had ever struck out generous fire"
    • "Candles were flaring in the windows of neighbouring offices"
    • "He poked the fire, and extinguished the last frail spark"
    • "And has lighted a great fire in the brazier, round which a party of ragged men and boys were gathered."
    • "a lonely boy was reading near a feeble fire"
      • Young scrooge at school
    • "fuel was heaped upon the fire"
      • Fezziwig's party
    • "as if all the chimneys in great Britain had, by one consent, caught fire, and were blazing away to their dear heart's content."
    • "'Sit ye down before the fire, my dear, and have a warm"
    • "a cheerful company assembled round a glowing fire"
    • "The very lamplighter, who ran on before dotting the dusky streets with specks of light [...] though little kenned the lamplighter that he had any company but Christmas"
    • "Scrooge had a very small fire, but the clerk's fire was so very much smaller that it looked like just one coal."
    • In the novella the subject of fire is a recurring theme (a motif) throughout the whole story.
    • In the novella, fire symbolises the Christmas Spirit and therefore represents generosity and philanthropy.

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milliewhiteman1

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great source

Theo Riley

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Very nice work yes i like to read when im on the toilet :)

Theo Riley

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oh deary me it seems as if i have soiled myself

Theo Riley

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so warm and moist

Theo Riley

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i love BBC, it makes me complete

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