Responsibility
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- Created on: 13-04-17 12:51
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- Responsibility
- Dickens felt that every individual had a responsibility for those around him or her
- Fred expressed that Christmas is a time when men and women "think of people below them as if they really were fellow-passengers to the grave and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys"
- "Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business" - Marley
- Fezziwig's small contribution made a big difference to his workers "The happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it cost a fortune"
- Dickens wanted to provide greater awareness of the issues in Victorian London, to the reading masses
- Stories abound of factory workers and merchants being so affected by readings of A Christmas Carol that they sent their workers gifts and changed harsh conditions.
- "The Treadmill and the Poor Law are in full vigour, then?" said Scrooge.
- Ignorance and Want are the responsibility of all mankind
- "Have they no refuge or resource?" cried Scrooge."Are there no prisons?" said the Spirit, turning on him for the last time with his own words. "Are there no workhouses?"
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