A Christmas Carol Essay Plans Flashcards
(7 cards)
How are different views of Christmas presented in A Christmas Carol?
Point 1: Christmas is shown as a time of generosity, goodwill and shared humanity.
Point 2: Dickens presents Christmas a time of family, joy and togetherness
Point 3: Christmas s initially seen as a time of nonsense and commercial waste by Scrooge
How are different views of the Poor and Poverty presented in A Christmas Carol?
Point 1: Dickens presents the poor as dignified and morally rich, contrasting their materialistic poverty.
Point 2: Dickens uses extreme imagery to show how society reflects the poor.
Point 3: Dickens shows that attitudes to poverty can be changed, and redemption is possible through generosity.
How is Scrooge presented in A Christmas Carol?
Point 1: Scrooges miserliness and lack of compassion
Point 2: Scrooge’s relationship with others
Point 3: Scrooges transformation an redemption
How is change and redemption presented in A Christmas Carol?
Point 1: Scrooge’s initial conditions and the need for a change
Point 2: Role of Ghost’s in Scrooges redemption
Point 3: Scrooges redemption and its impact on others.
How is the supernatural presented in A Christmas Carol?
Point 1: Supernatural forces Scrooge to confront his moral consequences
Point 2: Supernatural allows manipulation of time to show Scrooges actions of the past, present and future
Point 3: Reflect different moral ideas and guide scrooge through his transformation.
How is family presented in A Christmas Carol?
Point 1: Cratchit family symbolizes warmth, unity and moral strength beside their poverty
Point 2: Scrooges lack of family connection reflects his emotional and moral emptiness.
Point 3: Fred embodies the joy, forgiveness and resilience of family love.
How is the Cratchit family presented in A Christmas Carol?
Point 1: The Cratchits represent the dignity nd warmth of the poor
Point 2: The Cratchits are used to show the importance of family and love.
Point 3: Dickens uses the Cratchits to critique social injustice and inspire change
