Alan Slinn 10 I
Comment on Scrooge's transformation in the Christmas Carrol. Look at the visit of each ghost and comment on the tone and style of each of the writings
"If I could work my will...Every idiot who goes about with merry Christmas should be boiled with his own pudding." This is a quote from Scrooge before the ghosts visit him. It shows that Scrooge doesn't like Christmas and doesn't like other people enjoying themselves at Christmas. Scrooge wasn't just miserable and bad tempered at Christmas, he was like that all year round. He was a cold heartless man "No warmth could warm...No wind that blew was bitter than he." Scrooge hated the idea that on Christmas day his workers were allowed the day off and Scrooge still had to pay their wages. "A poor excuse for picking a mans pocket every twenty-filth of December."
Scrooge dislikes people who try and raise money to help the poor, when the charity workers tell Scrooge some poor people would rather die than work in a work house Scrooge replies. "If they would rather die...They had better do it, and decrease the surplus population." This quote shows that Scrooge doesn't care about other people apart from himself. He doesn't care that other people are worse off than he is and he doesn't care if they die.
Near the beginning of the book Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his old partner Marley. The start of strange things happening to Scrooge is when his doorknocker turns into the face of Marley. Even though he saw this happen he didn't believe it and entered his house. As Scrooge climbed up the stairs he saw a locomotive hearse. Scrooge still didn't want to believe anything strange was happening and he carried on walking up the stairs. Scrooge just thought it was the dark playing with his mind. "Darkness was cheap and Scrooge liked it." When Scrooge sat down by the small fire the cellar floor blew open with a booming sound, still Scrooge wouldn't believe anything strange was happening. "Its still humbug...I wont believe it." When the ghost of Marley appears before Scrooge he still doesn't accept what he's seeing. The ghost asks Scrooge "Why do you doubt your senses?" Scrooge replies "Because a little thing effects them...there's more of gravy than of grave about you." Marleys ghost explains to Scrooge that he is forced to travel around the world, he sees people suffering and cant do anything to help them. Marley's ghost explains to Scrooge that he is forced to do this in death because of the way he was in life. Marley tells Scrooge that his punishment after life will be even greater because Scrooge was just as bad as Marley and has had an extra seven years of life to do bad things. Marley told Scrooge that unless he changes his ways he will be punished. He tells Scrooge that three spirits will visit him. "Expect the first tomorrow when the bell tolls one."
Comment on Scrooge's transformation in the Christmas Carrol. Look at the visit of each ghost and comment on the tone and style of each of the writings
"If I could work my will...Every idiot who goes about with merry Christmas should be boiled with his own pudding." This is a quote from Scrooge before the ghosts visit him. It shows that Scrooge doesn't like Christmas and doesn't like other people enjoying themselves at Christmas. Scrooge wasn't just miserable and bad tempered at Christmas, he was like that all year round. He was a cold heartless man "No warmth could warm...No wind that blew was bitter than he." Scrooge hated the idea that on Christmas day his workers were allowed the day off and Scrooge still had to pay their wages. "A poor excuse for picking a mans pocket every twenty-filth of December."
Scrooge dislikes people who try and raise money to help the poor, when the charity workers tell Scrooge some poor people would rather die than work in a work house Scrooge replies. "If they would rather die...They had better do it, and decrease the surplus population." This quote shows that Scrooge doesn't care about other people apart from himself. He doesn't care that other people are worse off than he is and he doesn't care if they die.
Near the beginning of the book Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his old partner Marley. The start of strange things happening to Scrooge is when his doorknocker turns into the face of Marley. Even though he saw this happen he didn't believe it and entered his house. As Scrooge climbed up the stairs he saw a locomotive hearse. Scrooge still didn't want to believe anything strange was happening and he carried on walking up the stairs. Scrooge just thought it was the dark playing with his mind. "Darkness was cheap and Scrooge liked it." When Scrooge sat down by the small fire the cellar floor blew open with a booming sound, still Scrooge wouldn't believe anything strange was happening. "Its still humbug...I wont believe it." When the ghost of Marley appears before Scrooge he still doesn't accept what he's seeing. The ghost asks Scrooge "Why do you doubt your senses?" Scrooge replies "Because a little thing effects them...there's more of gravy than of grave about you." Marleys ghost explains to Scrooge that he is forced to travel around the world, he sees people suffering and cant do anything to help them. Marley's ghost explains to Scrooge that he is forced to do this in death because of the way he was in life. Marley tells Scrooge that his punishment after life will be even greater because Scrooge was just as bad as Marley and has had an extra seven years of life to do bad things. Marley told Scrooge that unless he changes his ways he will be punished. He tells Scrooge that three spirits will visit him. "Expect the first tomorrow when the bell tolls one."
