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Just then, Scrooge jumps— Bob Cratchit has said Scrooge's name, in a toast. Mrs. Cratchit says she doesn’t understand how her husband can act so grateful to that miser. She says that it's only on Christmas that someone so cruel can be toasted.
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The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come keeps pointing, now it is...
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What does Scrooge do on Christmas day in A Christmas Carol? Quick answer: In stave 5, "The End Of It," of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, a redeemed and revitalized Ebenezer...
Ebenezer Scrooge is the protagonist (main character) of ‘A Christmas Carol’. He is a banker or ‘moneylender’ of sorts who owned his own ‘counting house’ alongside his late business partner Jacob Marley.
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- Ebenezer Scrooge. The miserly owner of a London counting-house, a nineteenth century term for an accountant's office. The three spirits of Christmas visit the stodgy bean-counter in hopes of reversing Scrooge's greedy, cold-hearted approach to life.
- Bob Cratchit. Scrooge's clerk, a kind, mild, and very poor man with a large family. Though treated harshly by his boss, Cratchit remains a humble and dedicated employee.
- Tiny Tim. Bob Cratchit's young son, crippled from birth. Tiny Tim is a highly sentimentalized character who Dickens uses to highlight the tribulations of England's poor and to elicit sympathy from his middle and upper class readership.
- Jacob Marley. In the living world, Ebenezer Scrooge's equally greedy partner. Marley died seven years before the narrative opens. He appears to Scrooge as a ghost condemned to wander the world bound in heavy chains.
Apr 9, 2018 · Scrooge and the ghost visit Bob Cratchit’s family on Christmas Day – they are enjoying Christmas and are very grateful for their tiny feast. Scrooge learns Tiny Tim will die if nothing changes for the Cratchits.
A Christmas Carol is the Broadway adaptation of Charles Dickens’ 1843 festive novella. It tells the tale of the curmudgeonly Ebenezer Scrooge. A prosperous businessman, he believes that personal wealth and heartless financial tactics are much more valuable than the friendship, happiness, and comfort of those around him.
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Tiny Tim is a symbol of Scrooge’s selfishness and cruelty, as well as hope for his transformation. Dickens uses the Cratchits to humanise the poor and illustrate the direct (and personal) consequences of selfishness.
