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- Scrooge hates Christmas because he views it as a crime against oneself. He resents that people spend money they don't have at Christmas.
www.thenational.academy/teachers/programmes/english-secondary-ks4-aqa/units/nineteenth-century-text-first-study-200/lessons/stave-1-the-characterisation-of-scrooge'A Christmas Carol' Stave 1: The Characterisation of Scrooge
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2 days ago · Scrooge character development. Stave 1. Stave 3. Stave 5. Scrooge as an isolated miser: Scrooge is presented as a callous and mean-spirited employer, who shuns and is shunned by Victorian society, both rich and poor. His stubbornness and sense of righteous indignation are displayed his reaction to the visitation by Marley’s ghost, who comes ...
In the allegory that is A Christmas Carol, Scrooge is the very antithesis of the Christmas spirit, symbolizing selfishness and apathy. His character serves as a vehicle by which Dickens is able to critique a more general, but no less cruel, upper class.
Dickens uses Scrooge’s character to highlight the ideal way of celebrating Christmas by introducing an emotional element to the celebration. He promotes the idea that Christmas is a time for charity and compassion through Scrooge’s behaviour in the final stave.
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In Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge undergoes a profound transformation from a miserly, isolated, and cold-hearted man to a generous and warm-hearted...
What do the verbs 'nipped' and 'shrivelled' suggest about Scrooge in 'A Christmas Carol'? They reflect his callousness and cruelty, as he refuses to donate to the poor. They reflect his success as a businessman, as he and Marley ran a company.
The narrator reveals that when readers first meet Ebenezer Scrooge, he lives an entirely self-contained life. Not even the cold weather affects him, because—metaphorically—he has a cold heart. Scrooge made the decision, over a lifetime, not to allow external forces to influence his feelings or behavior.
In Stave 5, we see Scrooge as liberated from his emotional repression and overwhelmed with newfound positive emotions. Dickens juxtaposes his use of similes in Staves 1 and 5 to show Scrooge's positive character development.
