“A Christmas Carol Is Nothing More Than A Children’s Fairytale?” How Far Do You Agree With This Statement?

If one was to read Christmas Carol it can be arguably interpreted as having some characteristics of what a children’s fairytale would contain. If one was to analyse what was a children’s fairytale it would contain things such as; it being a short story, a happy ending, being set in a land of make believe, stereotype good versus evil approach, a simple plot, simple language, character caricatures, themes of the supernatural and the most important is that it would contain a morale. However if one was to interpret the Christmas Carol and start to analyse the varied language structures of metaphors, similes and imagery this novella becomes far from a simple fairytale but a stunning piece of literature.

The Christmas Carol does have some elements of a fairytale such as a simple plot in which an old miser is visited by four supernatural beings and manages to change in the course of a night into a warm human being. The Christmas Carol is also arranged quite simply in the fact that for each visit by the Ghost represents a chapter. The Christmas Carol ends happily with Scrooge saying ‘the spirits of all three shall strive within me’, which shows a clear characteristic to a fairytale.

The third phantom ghost who visits Scrooge is probably the most heavily ...