Setting
- Created by: KhadijahAkhtar
- Created on: 15-03-17 20:55
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- Setting
- DUAL SETTING
- London (where Dickens lived and saw worst of what is being presented)
- Spreads into the countryside to represent the universal nature of the theme
- ISOLATED PLACES
- Miners on a moor, lighthouse keepers and sailors out at sea
- People gain comfort through companion- ship and Christmas spirit
- The isolated dead man: 'plundered and bereft, unwatched, uncared for..'
- The graveyard; 'overrun by grass and weeds, growth of vegetation's death'.
- These scenes are warnings for Scrooge, demonstrating the dangers of isolating yourself.
- Links to Scrooge in Stave 1 (solitary as an oyster)
- Miners on a moor, lighthouse keepers and sailors out at sea
- Contrasting settings allows Dickens to convey his message
- Actions are more important than location and should always make the best in bad situations.
- Money doesn't create happiness
- HAPPY HOMES
- Belle's family 'full of joy and gratitude'
- Cratchit family 'happy, grateful, pleased with one another'
- Fred and his guests burst into 'a fresh roar of laughter'
- Dickens presents ideals of living
- The true essence of happiness comes from family and friends, not wealth.
- EACH STAVE
- STAVE 1: just the office and scrooge's 'melancholy' and 'dreary' house
- STAVE 2: school, Fezziwig's party, Belle's home
- STAVE 3: Cratchit's house, other places, Fred's party
- STAVE 4: ugly side of the city 'reeked with crime, filth and misery' and gravestone
- STAVE 5: streets, church, Fred's party, office again
- STAVE 4: ugly side of the city 'reeked with crime, filth and misery' and gravestone
- STAVE 3: Cratchit's house, other places, Fred's party
- STAVE 2: school, Fezziwig's party, Belle's home
- STAVE 1: just the office and scrooge's 'melancholy' and 'dreary' house
- DUAL SETTING
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