Category: A Christmas Carol

Essay on Bob Marley in ‘A Christmas Carol’ In the novella A Christmas Carol, Dickens uses each of the ghosts to guide Scrooge to change his attitudes and behavior differently. Marley instills fear in Scrooge, the Ghost of Christmas Past makes him remorseful, the Ghost of Christmas Present shows Scrooge the wider consequences of greed…

Essay on Why Did Scrooge Hate Christmas In this essay, I will be discussing how Dickens presents Scrooge as a reformed man. This is influenced by a clear combination of Scrooge’s willingness to make the most of his transient life, as well as his desire for warmth in his once cold heart. Therefore it can…

A Christmas Carol’ Redemption Essay A Christmas Carol follows the redemption of a rich and miserly character called Scrooge. He learns how important it is to be responsible for others in society. Dickens wrote the novella in 1843, just after the Poor Law Amendment Act which further worsened the conditions for those living in poverty.…

Theme Of Skepticism In A Christmas Carol, The Phantom Coach, And At Chrighton Abbey Skepticism is a key theme we observed over the progression of this term in our course in many of the ghost stories that we have analyzed. In its definition, skepticism is the opinion that real knowledge of any kind is unattainable.…

Social Darwinism And Its Role In A Christmas Carol Social Darwinism is a bias between social groups. The idea that the rich or those who have a higher quality of education are somehow better and more powerful than the poor or those who are unschooled or uncultured. There is also a misconception that the rich…

How Is a ‘Christmas Carol’ an Allegory: Analytical Essay Social reformer, Dickens, utilizes the theme of social responsibility to criticize the capitalist, yet supposedly Christian Victorian society he lived in. He wanted to haunt his readers with the social message of the importance of expressing the allegory within Dickins novella: lower classes can no longer…

The Factors Of Main Character Transformation In Christmas Carol The novel A Christmas Carol was written by Charles Dickens it describes the story of a mean-spirited and selfish old man Ebenezer Scrooge. Scrooge is afflicted by the Spirit of his former friend Jacob Marley and the Ghost of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come.…

The Picture And Issues Of British Empire In The Novel Christmas Carol The infamous novel, A Christmas Carol is a widely read book that was set during the Victorian era and sold about 6,000 copies; this novel shows the jubilance and warmth of Christmas time but additionally brings attention to the upsetting reality that people…

Scrooge as an Outsider in Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’: Character Analysis This essay explores ideas on how Scrooge is presented as an outsider throughout the novella and will identify and analyze techniques used by Dickens. Dickens presents Scrooge as an outsider through his initial description of the character. External heat had little influence on…

A Christmas Carol’: Compare and Contrast Essay In A Christmas Carol, Dickens presents the hope of redemption in the novel as a whole through the contrast and by using Scrooge from stave 1 to stave 5. At the start of the novella, we see how Scrooge has disconnected himself from society. He doesn’t allow Bob…