Discuss the development of Ebenezer Scrooge in Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens wrote the novel 'A Christmas Carol' in the 1800's.
'A Christmas Carol' focuses on a very mean character called Ebenezer Scrooge, who unnaturally receives a chance to make amends for his actions towards his clients.
Life in Britain in the 1800's was very dark and gloomy, also its population was increasing rapidly. At this time and age, Britain's industrial revolution was in full flow, thus making Britain's population explode. Charles dickens had uncountable financial problems and was in in huge dept. In addition to this, in the fall of 1843 dickens and his wife were expecting their fifth child. Supporting his large family was difficult for Dickens. Requests for money from his family and a large mortgage had left Dickens seriously short of cash.
In a way Dickens most cherished and most read books was created as a result of his own desperate need of money. Charles Dickens routinely walked the city streets, 10 or 20 miles at a time, observing the life. The descriptions in his writing seem like an exact replica of what he observed and experienced during these times. Evidence of this shown in the text. Descriptions such as 'a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching,' may show how Charles Dickens might have behaved when he had his desperate money problems.
In this essay, I will be discussing the development of Ebenezer Scrooge's character in Christmas Carol whilst going through each stave.
Stave 1 clearly introduces Scrooge's character to the reader. At the beginning of the stave, the first description we see is where it says:
'The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker and the mourner. Scrooge signed it.'
Charles Dickens wrote the novel 'A Christmas Carol' in the 1800's.
'A Christmas Carol' focuses on a very mean character called Ebenezer Scrooge, who unnaturally receives a chance to make amends for his actions towards his clients.
Life in Britain in the 1800's was very dark and gloomy, also its population was increasing rapidly. At this time and age, Britain's industrial revolution was in full flow, thus making Britain's population explode. Charles dickens had uncountable financial problems and was in in huge dept. In addition to this, in the fall of 1843 dickens and his wife were expecting their fifth child. Supporting his large family was difficult for Dickens. Requests for money from his family and a large mortgage had left Dickens seriously short of cash.
In a way Dickens most cherished and most read books was created as a result of his own desperate need of money. Charles Dickens routinely walked the city streets, 10 or 20 miles at a time, observing the life. The descriptions in his writing seem like an exact replica of what he observed and experienced during these times. Evidence of this shown in the text. Descriptions such as 'a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching,' may show how Charles Dickens might have behaved when he had his desperate money problems.
In this essay, I will be discussing the development of Ebenezer Scrooge's character in Christmas Carol whilst going through each stave.
Stave 1 clearly introduces Scrooge's character to the reader. At the beginning of the stave, the first description we see is where it says:
'The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker and the mourner. Scrooge signed it.'