Corinne West
How does dickens' use of colour help to set the scene and help the reader understand the transformation that Scrooge undergoes?
Introduction
Charles Dickems was born in Portsmouth 1812. He had a tough childhood which is potrayed in many of his novels. With the serialization of oliver twist (1837-9) dickens began his indictment of the cruelty that children suffer at the hands of society. Dickens began work as a reporter and followed his dreams to become one of the most well known victorian authors and wrote as many as 178 stories. Dickens sadly died in 1870. In 'The Christmas Carol' Dickens uses both overt and sublimenal colour to set the scene and establish the characters. The book was set in winter were there are not may varies of colour, but the colours Dickens does use are significant because they are important and predominant because they are Cold, bitter and frosty which compliment scrooges personality.
