Scrooge

• The cold within him froze his old features-internal apathy and detachment is so omnipotent alters his physical features.a metaphorical barreier
• The cold within him froze his old features-internal apathy and detachment is so omnipotent alters his physical features.a metaphorical barreier
• Scrooge is an emblem for victorian upper class
• Scrooge struggles to assimilate but instead ostracizes himself from the rest of society
• 1873-1879-The fog in london killed many people .The weather has the ability to destroy lives just like upper class
• The weather is a reoccurring motif like 'Fog and Darkness'to mimic thebelakness of society
• Scrooge embarks on a pathway of redemption and salvation as he adopts a new liberating outlook on life
• Dickens uses prolepsis (hints at what will happen in the future) to create Scrooge to have a proleptic death
• Scrooge resists his chance of redemption, as the light symbolises revelation and reminiscence, Scrooge wants to exterminate this due him unable to confront his pain from the past
• a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner!'


  Stave 1 - description of Scrooge.

  The third person, intrusive narrator delivers an explicit judgement on the character of Scrooge, ensuring that we cannot misinterpret Dickens' message that he is a bad person. The listing of verbs here are all synonyms which emphasise the extreme desperation by which Scrooge will hold on to every penny and show the lengths he will go to.

  Dickens creates an archetypal wealthy, selfish man in Scrooge to represents the poor treatment by the wealthy of the poor. His explicit message is that the wealthy need to change their views and behaviours.
• a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner!'


  the seven negative adjectives mirror the seven deadly sins also known as the cardinal sins a which are the foundations of Victorian morality which is religion
• Yellow ,Meagre ,ragged


  Physical sickness and malnutrition of the neglected children and the sonsequences of social neglect.Animalistic imagery show poverty dehumainses people and the only remedy of societal ills is for the rich to step up
• DICKENS IN THE ALLOGORICAL NOVELLA ' A CHRISTMAS CAROL' WITH A DIDACTIC PURPOSE AIMING TO SEND A MESSAGE ABOUT THE HARMFUL CONSEQUENCES OF AVARICIOUSNESS AND FRUGALITY In society.CRITISES THE UPPER CLASS LACK OF APATHY AND ENVOLVEMENT IN BREAKING DOWN THE SOCIETAL STURDYURES AND DEHUMANISING LAWS
• I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future!'


  Biblical allusion of the holy trinity .Scrooge has been rebirthed symbolising renewal of the soul.The spirits have acted as God incarnates
• Pathetic fallacy


  Technique used by Dickens to resemble the stagnancy and progression of Scrooge's character
• Fog


  • Symbolises institutionalised oppression in conjunction with Scrooge's obstruction to his own redemption
• Scrooge resists his chance of redemption


  The light of the ghost of the past symbolises revelation and reminiscence, Scrooge wants to exterminate this due him unable to confront his pain from the past
• Dickens evokes a strong sense of pathos from the reader in act 2
• Scrooge's solitary existence


  Dickens uses his social commentary to show how misanthropic misers do have the emotional capabilities to change and contribute to social reform
• Scrooge and his broken relationships

  Dickens uses as a cautionary tale in regards to the detrimental effects of materialistic pursuit
• Materialistic pursuit


  The pursuit of money and materialistic items is synonymous with the break down of relationships