A Christmas Carol

• Fred serves as a foil, highlighting the theme of Christmas and Scrooge's transformation
• Marley serves to be a catalyst for change as he is one of the first spirits that visit Scrooge and is responsible for the first signs of emotion we see in Scrooge

  Perhaps reflective that the passing of his 'late business partner' was the step over the edge that locked away all of his emotion
• Dickens uses Marley to push forward Christian ideologies as he shows that the actions done in this will have an impact on your afterlife

  Marley did not live as such and so has to suffer in Purgatory
• Tiny Tim is a construct to represent social injustice and the impact that generosity can have
• Dickens wrote 'A Christmas Carol' at the end of the Industrial Revolution
• Mechanisation of industry meant that there was less demand for workers as machines were able to do their jobs

  Britain going through an economic boom had a detrimental impact on the working class as they were no longer needed
• The end of the industrial revolution only exacerbated the inequalities within society
• Inequalities within society made it increasingly difficult for the working class to earn enough to support themselves and their families