Ghost of the Christmas present

• "ivy"

  • symbolises 'God's gift', thus as there was ivy surrounding the ghost it compounds his God like portrayal
  • he could be seen as a recipient of God's message as he is trying to enlighten Scrooge morally, spiritually and religiously

  GOD-LIKE RELIGIOUS FIGURE

  The triple adjective "kind, generous, hearty. nature" could be seen to have biblical pals ioned. the holy tr, tity in which is thredy spirit. The three adjectives could be an allusion

  to how the ghost is there to bring Scrooge back

  Christmas
• "kind, generous, hearty nature"

  • Triple adjective could be seen to have biblical allusions to the holy trinity in which is three parts of God: the father, the son and the holy spirit.
  • The three adjectives could be an allusion to how the ghost is there to bring Scrooge back to his religious moral foundations
• allegorical characters aim to highlight the unjustified abuse on innocent children as a result of poverty

  "yellow"

  • The colour could imply that children are physically sick and malnourished because of the neglection of society and the obliviousness of individuals to social injustice
  • connotes sickness mirroring how the upper class believed that poverty was almost alike to a contagious illness or sickness.

  "scowling" and "wolfish"

  • feral and animalistic portrayal of the children- poverty dehumanises individuals, stripping them of their humanity and reducing them to less than an animalistic
• A religious portrayal of the ghost of the Christmas yet to come is salient. Dickens draws parallels between the ghost and Father Christmas and arguably God. It's omnipotent presentation could allude to how the ghost is a recipient of God's message of
• The ghost of Christmas present is an emblem of abundance and hope. As it holds a torch and sits on a plethora of enticing food, both symbols of abundance, it indicts the Malthusian idea that supplies are scarce. Thus, the ghost is a pivotal tool in Dicken's social commentary as through the ghost, Dickens can be didactic about the upper classes contribution to social ills.
• Dickens' allegorical characters of ignorance and want are used to further his scathing criticism on the dehumanising and animalistic treatment of the poor. He makes Scrooge, a microcosm of the upper class, directly face the impoverished children to evoke a sense of justice- the ignorant rich are being forced to face the consequences of their obliviousness.