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    This essay will be comparing and contrasting the written version of The Christmas Carol to the play of The Christmas Carol. The essay will explain why the author used a different medium and what affects that has on the audience. It will also explain through out the scary parts of the story there is still humor. Scrooge says, does, and reacts the same way in the written version as he does in the play. Although a lot of things are the same, some things are different. The differences are that, in

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    In stave two of Charles Dickens’ novella, A Christmas Carol, the greedy and pessimistic Ebenezer Scrooge meets the Ghost of Christmas Past and re-experiences his Christmases both prior to becoming a “scrooge” and at the onset of his pessimism and greed. Scrooge describes the Ghost of Christmas Past in the phrase, “that from the crown of its head there sprung a bright, clear jet of light,” (Dickens 30) and this light itself is the symbol of knowledge and truth from the spirits. Scrooge, after spending

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    A Christmas Carol, written by Charles Dickens, is novel about how much a person can change. In this story, Ebenezer Scrooge takes the reader through 19th century London. Scrooge became a grumpy old man when his only companion, Marley, died seven years ago. Scrooge is depicted as a tightly wound person who does not share with anybody. When Marley visits him through a series of three spirits, the Ghost of Christmas past, present, and future, many changes begin to boil. The settings that surround Scrooge

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    Theme Analysis of A Christmas Carol Throughout the novel A Christmas Carol, many themes can be chosen to describe the book. While Ebeneezer Scrooge is looking at what the future beholds for him and his peers, he realizes because of the choices he made during his life, people are not going to miss him. Scrooge realises that people will not care when and if he dies, and they definitely will not spend much time morning over his passing. Through the Ghost of the Future, Dickens is explaining that success

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    As a student that watched and read the Christmas Carol, I prefer the play more than the text. First of all, it helped me visualize the characters and scenes better. But also, some of the characters didn’t meet the descriptions that the text gave. Most of the time in the play there was more physical and visual emotion. There was a big result of singing in the play that didn’t fit in a small handful of scenes. The play was obviously shorter that the text which is good if you don’t reading. My favorite

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    is always a good thing and it will improve you as a person. The cause may not be a good but the effect you get in return will change you for the better.. In “A Christmas Carol” Scrooge improved his life by changing in many ways. Scrooge changed in many different ways. One way Scrooge changed was by being giving.When the ghost of Christmas past, present, and future visited Scrooge he was a sting man. He gave his workers as little as he could and he didn't give anything to charity. After the spirits

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    Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol, which took place in 1843. The main character, Ebenezer Scrooge was very wealthy and greedy. Three ghosts try to help him become a kinder and generous man by haunting him. A Christmas Carol is the story of how Ebenezer Scrooge transformed from an uncaring greedy man to one who realized there was more to life than money. In the beginning of the novel, Ebenezer Scrooge was a mean, greedy, and selfish person. Some examples of his meanness, greed, and selfishness

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    In the blistering cold of a dim Christmas Eve, a man with a frozen heart of stone was able to find a spark of warmth and goodness through the three spirits that guided him to hope and happiness. In A Christmas Carol, a classic tale by Charles Dickens, Ebenezer Scrooge, a man with a cold empty heart who had learnt a lesson of a lifetime. He never could comprehend and seem to understand why people were so joyous on this one specific day, as he preferred to live his life alone and in the dark. When

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    Scrooge's Metamorphisis Charles Dickens wrote the inspiring novella, A Christmas Carol; an allegorical story centered around the miserly moneylender Ebenezer Scrooge, who is in need of the Christmas Spirit. He is known for his truculent ways towards humanity, including his last living family member, Fred. After an ominous visit, Scrooge receives visits from three apparitions, showing him appalling glimpses of his past, present, and future, Scrooge alters his disreputable life when he realizes his

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    named Ebenezer Scrooge on different nights throughout the book A Christmas Carol, written by Charles Dickens. This happened because of Scrooge’s terrible mood and how he would treat everybody. Each of these ghosts were very influential to him about changing into a kinder person, but there was one who obviously did more than the others to help change Scrooge. The one that was the most influential, is known as the Ghost of the Christmas Future. There were multiple things that it does to Scrooge throughout

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