A Christmas Carol- Themes Verified Answers

A Christmas Carol- Themes Verified Answers Christmas Spirit ️️•The title and structure of the novel •Scrooge's nephew Fred •Tiny Tim's generosity and kindness Redemption ️️•Scrooge is miserable and mean. •Scrooge sees the error of his ways from the visits of the three Spirits. •Scrooge transforms himselfs into a better man. Social Injustice/Poverty and Wealth ️️•Scrooge refusing to donate money to the poor. •The characters of Ignorance and Want •Thieves dividing up Scrooge's belongings and selling them after his death. The Importance of Family ️️•The Cratchit's family Christmas dinner shown to Scrooge by the Ghost of Christmas Present. •Fred's Christmas party with family and friends. •Scrooge becoming a "second father" to Tiny Tim. •The broken engagement and solitary childhood (the lack of family and love, which has caused Scrooge to become cold). Transformation ️️•Scrooge is described as mean and compared to ice and cold by Dickens. •He refuses to give money to charity. •Scrooge has been abandoned all his life, which can be seen at the school where Scrooge spends Christmas alone as a child. •His fiance Belle breaking off the engagement. Guilt ️️•Scrooge feels guilt when he realises that Tiny Tim may not survive to see another Christmas. •Scrooge feels guilt and regret as he sees his argument with Belle. •He raises Bob's salary to make up for the unfair treatment for all his time that he worked with Scrooge. •He gives money to the charity, which he refused to do in Stave 1. •He spends Christmas with his nephew and family as he feels guilty for rejecting him for all the previous years. Memory/Identity ️️•The Ghost of Christmas Past shows him his lonely childhood and Belle breaking up with him, which could have caused him to live life alone in the future. •He also sees his old apprentice, which gives the audience an insight into what Scrooge's life and personality could have been like if he worked with Fezziwig instead of Marley. •Scrooge spent Christmas alone in the past, which may suggest its insignificance to him as he has distanced himself from the celebrations. •His memories show him the man and child he used to be, and influence his change in identity as he begins to realise all of the mistakes he has made in his lifetime. Charity ️️•Scrooge rejects the charity man at the start of the novel, showing social injustice and how the rich did not care about the poor. •Dickens shows the importance of charity and caring through Tiny Tim, which would have died if Scrooge did not start being kinder to him and his father.