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- Arrogant
- Stubborn
- Pessimistic
- Bitter
- Miserly
- Self-centered
- Ignorant
- Greedy
- Cruel
- Selfish
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- A metaphor for the dark side in all of us.
- A metaphor for all the rich people during the Victorian era, who wouldn't give money to charity.
- He is used to teach the readers that money doesn't buy happiness.
- He gives the novella an allegory.
- He embodies all that dampens Christmas spirit--greed, selfishness, indifference, and a lack of consideration for one's fellow man.
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- With A Christmas Carol, Dickens hopes to illustrate how self-serving, insensitive people can be converted into charitable, caring, and socially conscious members of society through the intercession of moralizing quasi-religious lessons.
- Warmth, generosity, and overall goodwill, overcome Scrooge's bitter apathy as he encounters and learns from his memory, the ability to empathize, and his fear of death. Memory serves to remind Scrooge of a time when he still felt emotionally connected to other people, before he closed himself off in an austere state of alienation.
- Empathy enables Scrooge to sympathize with and understand those less fortunate than himself, people like Tiny Tim and Bob Cratchit. The fear of death hints at imminent moral reckoning--the promise of punishment and reward.
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- Acts as the "second father" to Tiny Tim.
- He changes from being fearful to accepting his mistakes; this showed change as he was staring to see where he went wrong.
- Scrooge sees Tiny Tim being so joyful and optimistic even though he is crippled and poor which gave him hope and taught him that life is more than just business and money.
- With each Ghost's tale functioning as a parable, A Christmas Caroladvances the Christian moral ideals associated with Christmas--generosity, kindness, and universal love for your community--and of Victorian England in general. The book also offers a distinctly modern view of Christmas, less concerned with solemn religious ceremony and defined by more joyous traditions--the sharing of gifts, festive celebrations, displays of prosperity.
- The religion theme is particularly important as Christmas was just starting to become popular and widely celebrated in Victorian England.
- Coming from Tiny Tim, the one who was often left out because of his delicate condition and the one who was in danger of not being present to celebrate another Christmas, his comment emphasizes the love and joy of sharing family time with others that was so lacking in Scrooge's existence. The extra two words remind every reader of the story that the blessings of Christmas are meant to be extended to all persons, every one of them, everywhere- "God Bless Us, everyone
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