Regret as a tool

• Regret as Tool

  Dickens uses regret as a tool to move the plot along to its final denouement which is Scrooge's eventual transformation. While regret is a negative emotion, Dickens manages to make it something that is used to initiate a positive transformation.
• Regret as a Tool: There are many emotions which are used to push Scrooge to his transformation, regret is a key element to this.


  The emotion is a thematic tool used to drive the plot line forward, an example of this is when Scrooge is taken to his past fiancee Belle and sees the family that he could have had.
• Scrooge becomes overwhelmed with emotion screaming "Leave me! Take me back. Haunt me no longer!"


  The short sentences express his anger, frustration and maybe even fear. Due to his emotions he takes action he seizes "the extinguisher-cap, and by a sudden action pressed it down upon its head. The Spirit dropped beneath it" thus, his emotions lead him to end his time with the Ghost.