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    A Christmas Carol Setting There are multiple locations and time periods to this play.There is no set country so no accents are needed. The narration takes place in a living room during a storm and a black out in the modern times( 2000-now). Scrooges’ story takes place in the 1920’s (depression era),The Spirits bring him back to 1900’s,and the “future” maybe 5 years ahead from the main story. Characters 6M/4F/10either doubling option/Extras optional There are 3 Narrators in the present( 2000-now)

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    The Ghost of Christmas is most responsible for fixing Scrooge’s tattered personality.These were the words in my heart when I concluded reading A Christmas carol.The ghost of the Christmas present showed Scrooge that the salary that he thought was bountiful, was actually forcing the Cratchits to live in poverty.The Ghost of Christmas past also showed Scrooge that even in poor times Christmas can be celebrated.The Cratchits didn’t have an expensive meal, it was all they could afford.Despite how poor

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    Live without Regret “The magic of Christmas is not in the presents but in His presence”- Unknown. The story A Christmas Carol is the story of an elderly man named Ebenezer Scrooge. The story takes place in London, England in 1843, in the beginning of the story Mr.Scrooge is a grumpy old man until three spirits visit him. Throughout the story Scrooge changed his outlook on life, he gained sympathy and he became more giving. In this essay I will be talking about how Scrooge's attitude changes throughout

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    A Christmas Carol, what an interesting novel. Emotions rise and plunder from the different situations and attitudes involved in this book. Yet while all different emotions wave on and off like a disturbed sea, the Christmas mood still lingers. Scrooge is an extremely interesting man… one nobody really wishes to be around. The attitude and personality of Scrooge greatly has the ability to bring the readers personal feelings into the novel. He is a character, though fictional, that is disturbing

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    was redemption. No matter what era were in people tend to give others another chance. Redemption was shown in both “A Christmas Carol” written by Charles Dickens in the year 1843 and the movie “A Diva’s Christmas Carol” directed by Richard Schenkman in the year 2000. The timeless theme, redemption also appeared in multiple plays and books, for example, “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas” directed by Ron Howard

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    The film “The Christmas Carol” and the film “A Divas Christmas Carol” share the same timeless theme but because of the different times the story took place it is totally distinctive. The Christmas Carol setting took place in a poor section of London England, during the Industrial Revolution. In the 18th hundreds poverty played a big role in that time period. The rural and urban poor areas were unsanitary and there were overcrowded housing, low wages, insecure employment, and not very good diets.

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    A Christmas Carol at Playhouse in the Park in Cincinnati, Ohio has continued to entertain and surprise its audiences since it’s first production in 1991. A Christmas Carol is a story that can live on for decades as it’s theme and message will always universally apply to people. The director, Michael Even Haney, discussed his reasons for returning to Playhouse in the Park each year in the director’s notes of this year’s program. He says, “But the major reason I return every year to tell this perfect

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    The classic play “A Christmas Carol” written by Charles Dickens in 1843 showed a timeless theme, redemption, throughout the whole play. It is a timeless theme that we study through literature throughout human civilization regardless of time. Redemption was brought to our attention by Charles Dickens showing a second look in life, especially when you committed a sin in which you are literally unaware until someone or something walks you through your sin, and spark self-realization.The following “A

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    How do you view Christmas ungrateful and greedy or giving and geneset? Charles Dickens wrote a play called the Christmas carol it was published on December 19, 1843. One of the main characters was Ebenezer Scrooge. On Christmas Eve Ebenezer Scrooge was haunted by three spirits the names were spirits Christmas Past, Present, and Future. Scrooge change through the three spirits. Scrooge did not like Christmas but in the end, he was very giving. Scrooge did not like Christmas.Scrooge had no family

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    Greed in Christmas Carol Guy Madison Dec. 7th, 2017 Imagine an old man who is overflowing with wealth, he has bad relations with his nephew, does not donate to charity, won’t let employee’s of work for christmas, that is Ebenezer Scrooge. Scrooge is full of greed, one of the main themes in the story Christmas Carol written by Charles Dickens. Christmas Carol is a book based on greed and other themes, here is details on why there’s greed in the story. Scrooge is a wealthy greedy elder, he only

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