stave summary's

• stave one

  • Marley is dead
  • scrooge owns a counting house
  • scrooges clerk, bob Cratchit
  • scrooges nephew (Fred) invites him to Christmas dinner, scrooge rejects
  • charity worker ask scrooge for money, he refuses
  • sees Marley's face in door knocker
  • Marley's ghost enter room (chains)
  • scrooge will have the same fate if he doesn't change
  • three spirits
• stave two

  • visited by ghost of Christmas past
  • shows scrooge childhood
  • sister, fan , who died
  • shown his younger alone self
  • Fezziwig's christmas part
  • shown belle she left him because all he cared about was money
• stave three

  • ghost of Christmas present
  • visits Cratchits - happy despite poverty
  • Freds Christmas party
  • two children - ignorance and want
  • mirror greed of upper class
• stave four

  • ghost of Christmas yet to come
  • people debating whether to go to funeral
  • three employees stealing and selling his things
  • couple happy as they are no longer in debt
  • scrooge will not be missed
  • tiny Tim died - scrooge feels guilt
  • taken to own grave
  • decides he needs to change
• stave five

  • needs to make amends
  • sends Cratchits a Turkey
  • donates money to charity workers
  • goes to Fred's party
  • gives bob a raise
  • becomes second father to tiny Tim
  • anthesis of himself