Although Scrooge does not ask Belle to break the relationship, he does not even protest her decision of separation. Followed by this, he is shown the scene when his younger sister, Fan picks him from the school to go home and spend Christmas together.įurther in the story, the spirit also shows Scrooge how Belle, Scrooge's fiancee, was desperate for love and could not stand Scrooge's growing obsession for money. The Ghost asks Scrooge to come along and takes him to his old boarding school where he wasn't even bothered to go home for Christmas vacation, but substitutes his celebration with books. Following this, the Ghost of Christmas Past makes an appearance and takes Scrooge on a journey along memory lane. After he returns home one night, Scrooge is visited by the Ghost of Jacob Marley. Scrooge does not possess any feelings of kindness, compassion, charity or sympathy and calls Christmas a 'humbug'. The story begins on the Eve of Christmas in 1843, which was exactly seven years after his business partner, Jacob Marley passed away. Scrooge is a person who hates to celebrate Christmas and lives a lonely life. In most of the dramatic adaptions, this character is displayed as a woman, whereas in the story, Dickens describe the Ghost as 'it'. It carries a metal cap in the shape of a fire extinguisher and has a blazing head light to symbolize candle light. The Ghost of Christmas Past appeared to Scrooge as an androgynous middle-aged figure clad in a spooky white robe. It reminded him of the events of his past Christmas celebrations and takes the reader through the life of Scrooge and shows how Scrooge changed from a Christmas loving young man to a cynical and lonely old man.
Scroll further and figure out how the Ghost of Christmas of Past meets Scrooge and what changes in Scrooge after this encounter.Īmong the three ghosts which haunted Scrooge, Ghost of the Christmas Past was the first to meet him and took him to his past. He then regrets his rude behavior and each of the Christmas ghosts leave him a little changed.
Scrooge also figures out how he became a heartless moneylender and re-examines the way he has lived his life. After he met the three spirits, the Ghost of Christmas Past, Present and Yet To Come, Scrooge's ideas and character undergo a huge transformation. The story speaks of the character Ebenezer Scrooge who was very selfish, stingy and insensitive. A well-known work by Charles Dickens, this novella was published during early Victorian era when new traditions like greeting cards and Christmas trees were being introduced. Like many Christmas novels by prominent authors such as 'Sharpe's Christmas', 'When Santa Fell to Earth', 'A Jolly Good Fellow', etc., 'A Christmas Carol' is a must tell Christmas story.
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