characters

• Ebenezer Scrooge

  • Scrooge is at first miserable and miserly
  • He contrasts with Bob Cratchit
  • Refers to all christmas celebrations as ‘Humbug!’
  • Visited by a series of ghosts
  • By the end he is changed
• Bob Cratchit

  • Works for Scrooge as his clerk
  • Afraid of Scrooge and is timid about asking to go home for christmas
  • Humble and hardworking family man and doesn’t complain about unpleasant working conditions
  • Welcomes Scrooge’s friendship at the end, shows him as forgiving
• Fred

  • Scrooge’s nephew
  • Cheerful, generous and kindhearted
  • Enthusiastic and invited Scrooge in for christmas dinner in the end
  • Represents the celebratory spirit of the season
• Tiny Tim

  • Bob Cratchit’s son who is crippled and a burden to his family
  • Cheerful and loving, despite his illness
  • Represents the terrible hardships suffered by the poor and the inequality of wealth
  • Tiny Tim’s future death shocks Scrooge into change
• The Ghost of Christmas Past

  • Shows scrooge scenes from his youth
• The Ghost of Christmas Present

  • Takes Scrooge to the Cratchit household
• The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come

  • Shows Scrooge his own grave