Have you ever heard of someone being mean and selfish to being someone kind and giving? Well in the play “A Christmas Carol” By Israel Horovitz, A grumpy old miser living in the city of London He was greedy and selfish and only cared about money. He hated Christmas and he thought it was a waste of money. Now this is the story of how Scrooge's life changed. One day on Christmas Eve, His nephew Fred, came to Scrooge’s workplace He came to ask Scrooge if Scrooge wanted to celebrate christmas with his family and wish him a merry christmas, Scrooge said no like he always does and goes back to work after that he told his nephew to leave after he left Cratchit the coworker, was asking for christmas off scrooge said yes but, Cratchit has to come early to work early on the morning after christmas. Scrooge went home and he was visited by Marley Scrooge's only friend that passed away, Marley said that Scrooge had to change into a better person or else he will be wearing a heavy and long chain in his afterlife. Then Marley sent three spirits to change Scrooge’s future, the three spirits are, The Ghost of Christmas past, The Ghost of Christmas Present, and The Ghost of Christmas Future. That night he was visited by The Ghost of Christmas Past, He brang Scrooge to see himself when he when he was a little boy. It shows little boy Scrooge being …show more content…
The Ghost of Christmas Present brang Scrooge to the Cratchit’s house. Scrooge saw the whole Cratchit's family celebrating Christmas. Scrooge heard them talk about Tiny Tim and saw him with crutches he knew that Tiny Tim wouldn't live long Scrooge feared that Tiny Tim wouldn't live so he thought to himself that he had to do something. After The Ghost of Christmas Present then sent Scrooge to his nephew’s house, Scrooge's nephew Fred was talking with his wife about Scrooge, about how he allowed them to have a laugh on Christmas Eve and gave him a
Landon Kiely Mrs. Shearer Language Arts - 7A 30 January 2023 Scrooge Character Analysis Is there someone who hoards money and is very cheap? Well, that person is Scrooge from the play, A Christmas Carol by Israel Horovitz, Scrooge is a very successful businessman who cherishes the money he makes so much that he refuses to do anything to help others. Mean and disrespectful, Scrooge even underpays and mistreats his employee, Bob Cratchit. His dead business partner, Jacob Marley, comes back to haunt him in hopes of changing Scrooge’s character. If Scrooge does not change his ways, he is doomed and will be trapped by his earthly sins for eternity.
Scrooge returns home to find the ghost of his old business partner, Jacob Marley confronting him, Marley shows Scrooge the chains and the torture of the afterlife that Scrooge will experience if he doesn’t change his ways, Marley says that 3 spirits will appear once the bell tolls at a certain time, The Ghosts Of Christmas Past, Present, and Future, Marley says that these spirits will haunt Scrooge to change his horrible personality. Scrooge initially asks if he can have all three at once, which angers Marley and causes him to lash out a bit. This terrifies Scrooge and he promises to take the spirits. A bit after this incident,
"Change is not a threat, it is an opportunity, survival is not the goal, transformative success is” why is scrooge so mean? In the play, a Christmas Carol Scrooge went through a transformation because he had trauma from his childhood, became angry, and learned to adjust. Scrooge had a hard childhood and was neglected and forgotten. He wasn't cared for and had lots of loss. In the play, the Christmas carol Scrooge's older self is mean and cold-hearted compared to his younger self when he was generous and kind In the play a Christmas Carol Scrooge had a bad childhood, his father was abusive and he was sent to boarding school to be forgotten.
In the play A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, Scrooge was guided by 3 spirits teaching him he needs to change to keep people close to him and love him. At first he was a inconsiderable selfish person. For example when the gentleman visitor can he only was worried if his operation was stopped I knew this when he said “from what you said, I was afraid someone had stopped its operation. When his nephew Fred can over to ask him to come to Christmas dinner, Scrooge said “I’ll dine alone.” This implies that scrooge doesn’t like to spend time with his nephew.
In “A Christmas Carol”, by Charles Dickens, Scrooge is taught a very important lesson by the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. The ghost brought him tomany different places throughout the night, with his first stop being two families that show different feelings after finding out that Scrooge has passed away. The first place they visit is a family who is very poor and owes Scrooge money. As they find out that Scrooge has died, they are very happy, because they have a child to raise, and they don’t have any spare money. The ghost also brings Scrooge to Bob Cratchit's house, who is his employee.
The play A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley is written by Israel Horovitz from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. This play was about a grumpy character, Scrooge. Scrooge hated Christmas and was nasty towards others. He was visited by 3 ghosts that changed how he acted and thought. By the end of the story he is a very generous man.
After this, The Ghost of Christmas Present shows the mean old man what people who are part of his life are doing on Christmas Eve. Lastly, The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come leads Scrooge to a future Christmas. All these spirits had the power to change Scrooge by using memory, compassion,
By looking back on his past makes Scrooge realize why he truly hates Christmas time. It is because his lover, Belle, left him for money. This ironically parallels Scrooge’s future with love ones. He pushes others away and even holds back money from his own family. The Ghost of Christmas Present just makes Scrooge worse, by showing that his actions are slowly killing Bob Cratchit and the rest of his family.
At the beginning of A Christmas Carol,Scrooge is mean,selfish,and greedy. He is mean, because on pg.9, he never donates to the poor,and he always yells at little kids. Scrooge is also selfish because on pg.12, he never pays a day wages for no work. They say “it's a poor excuse for picking a man’s pocket every twenty-fifth of december!”Also,another word is he is greedy,on pg.17, says he is caustic and cold as ever and never gave anything to anyone. He said “what do you want with me.
The Spirit takes Scrooge to Bob Cratchit’s house, where they meet Tiny Tim, Bob’s son. Tiny Tim is a cripple who has a big, loving heart. The Ghost tells Scrooge that, in the future, Tiny Tim will die. Scrooge then replies, “ ‘Oh, no, kind Spirit. Say that he will be spared’ ”
The ghost of Christmas future shows Scrooge what happens after his possible death, and 3 people are seen selling his items that he needed to live and rest. One of the 3 people say ‘he died with no one by his side’ which leads to the fact that Scrooge loves nobody but his coin. The ghost lets Scrooge also see that Tiny Tim has died, significantly telling Scrooge that he has to change or he will die and so will Tiny Tim. However, Scrooge decides to change his ways once and for all, and he finally pledges to be a kind man to others, with no potential signs of threat or vile manners. The whole point of the spirit’s visit was to use the final blow on Scrooge’s Arctic organs and give him a few more scenarios of what happens in the possible future.
One night, in a dream, he is warned by his deceased friend, Marley, that three spirits would come to him. The first spirit is the spirit of Christmas past, and it shows him an event from his past. In the event, Scrooge is seen leaving his lover because she is too poor. Scrooge regrets this decision greatly. The next spirit tells him about the present, and it shows him how his employee, Bob Cratchit, is suffering.
Compare and Contrast A Christmas Carol is full of many twists and turns, and has been written in many different versions. Writers have taken artistic liberties and have added or taken away to the beloved Christmas story to make it their own. No two versions are going to be exactly similar, and most definitely are going to have many differences. The play and the movie both follow the basic plotline of the classic novel, A Christmas Carol.
At 1:00 a.m. the night before Christmas, Scrooge was visited by the ghost of Christmases before. This ghost showed scrooge how happy he was then. The ghost also showed him where he started to go in the wrong direction. Later that night at 2:00 a.m., the ghost of Christmas present showed scrooge how Christmas would go that morning. The employee for Scrooge had a very sick son and would not make it much longer and Scrooge did not realize how bad he was until the ghost showed him.
When the ghosts started coming he started changing , each time one ghost came he changed little by little . In the book “ a christmas carol “ by charles dickens , the theme is influenced by the process of change by scrooge 's character , and the ways he changed through the ghost 's appearance in the story. In the beginning of The story, Scrooge’s selfish behavior is evident until he meets the Ghost of Christmas Past. Two charitable