analysis

• marxism - political ideology which looks at the world as a constant struggle between two classes of people: capitalists and proletariats
• constant struggle between employees and employers - those who have wealth and those who do not
• ACC published at a time where poverty was abundant due to industrialisation
• scrooge seen as the capitalist exploiter who takes advantage of his employees
• bob cratchit as the exploited worker - highlight social injust
• scrooge represents the exposure of the moral decay of those with economic power
• scrooge as 'the master' - controlling/powerful and bob as the 'clerk' - lesser in title/worth
• 'cant afford to make idle people merry' - 'afford' suggests he lacks emotional availability rather than means of money
• 'surplus population'- scrooge views them as statistics which is why its easier for him to manipulate and exploit them
• epithany of marley showing the selfish nature of capitalist people
• bob as a victim of capitalist exploitation
• abundance (of love and gratitude) in the cratchit house highlights the emptiness felt in scrooge's life due to his greed and capitalist ideologies
• bob as morally superior to his 'master' regardless of being inferior due to exploitation and poverty
• scrooge as a slave to wealth - love of money goes far beyond practical need