Forgiveness is used as a vessel to show without it there cannot be change. Dickens uses it as it is the main pillar of Christianity, to show it is crucial to displace avarice and misanthropy
Dickens demonstrates to a Malthusian society why forgiveness is integral to change
all in a glow
Why cannot we be friends?
littlecell
I can't afford to make idle people merry
Incessanttorture of remorse
Ponderouschain
Regret is a consuming construct without accountability and forgiveness - Scrooge isn't able to process this so ends in emotional turmoil
Solitarychild
Shaking hands with every person individually
I should like to say a word or two to my clerk
Another Idol has displaced me
Why do you delight to torture me?
He could not hide the light
It is only through forgiveness we can change and progress
I pity him
Tell me if Tiny Tim will live
Started back appalled
They are Man's
Forgiveness is a strength that allows us to grow
Tell me I may sponge away the writing on this stone
I will live in the Past, Present and Future
By forgiving himself and being forgived by others Scrooge is able to change his life and those in the wider society