A Christmas Carol Ignorance and Want analysis

Not quite finished but still has several detailed points.

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  • Ignorance and Want
    • Under the cloak of the ghost of Christmas present
      • Shows how ignorance, want and what they symbolise are hidden from society and forgotten.
      • Reinforces that the problem is a present thing and needs dealing with.
      • Contrasts with how the ghost of Christmas present is always shown with plentiful amounts of everything.
        • Portrays the contrast and inequality in society.
    • They are children.
      • "Children" of the unfair society and they are what society has created.
        • "Spirit! are they yours?" "They are Man's,"
      • Makes the imagery created more dramatic and impactful as children usually have connotations with innocence and purity.
      • Could actually represent actual poor children at the time. Many children looked and lived like they did.
    • Dickens believes ignorance is the biggest problem and is worse then greed.
      • "But most of all beware this boy, for on his brow, I see that written which is Doom."
        • Unless people become aware of the problems and become educated, bad things will happen.

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