It has been suggested that, in writing A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens was being a social reformer as well as being a novelist, Explain how Dickens tried to reform Victorian society through writing and publishing this novel In the story of A Christmas Carol Dickens describes Ebenezer Scrooge as living in London, a rich lonely and very mean man. His partner Marley had been dead for seven years. Dickens describes how Scrooge hated Christmas was unkind and refused to celebrate Christmas; he would not give to charity and would not join in with the Christmas spirit. London was a very dreary place with smog and a lot of poor people; it was Christmas eve and very cold with people trying to keep warm. Only rich children went to school, poor
Before Scrooge had a change in personality he always had to say Bah humbug Scrooge reverted to bah humbug when ever he didn’t like something or someone. From reading the second stave ‘the first of the three spirits’ the reader would feel sympathy for scrooge as the ghost of Christmas past revealed Scrooges childhood, before the first of the three spirits visited Scrooge, the reader would be able to distinguish that Scrooge was rather mind boggled and confused and still wouldn’t believe if he dreamt Marleys ghost, so Scrooge waited in suspense to find out if everything that was happening was real or not. Dickens uses descriptive language when describing the first of the three spirits “it was a strange like figure….. Which it now held under it
One ongoing theme throughout the play is that every character seems to change the direction of the conversation by mentioning the tree (which is a dramatic device and also symbolism). On page 7 Frank says, ‘Hey, what happened to your tree?’ On page 10 Lydia says ‘Oh, did the wind get your tree?’ this is significant because the tree that blew down was Larry’s tree. It is clear that Keller is trying to erase Larry’s death from his mind because he knows deep down that he is partly responsible by allowing his company to ship out faulty parts. So the purpose of the multiple references to the tree link to the theme of guilt. Keller is trying not to let his past haunt him, but he can’t escape from it.
A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens tells a tail that’s set in London about Scrooge who is an old miserable, bitter miser who cares about no one who is visited by ghosts that help Scrooge understand that he must reach out to others if he is to achieve redemption. In Stave One Marley who was Scrooge’s old business partner who had passed away seven years ago warns Scrooge about the three ghost spirits of Christmas. Marley spoke to Scrooge to help Scrooge understand that he must reach out to others if he is to achieve redemption, while Marley never had the chance and would have been a better man if he could’ve changed things. ‘Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business.’ Scrooge then saw all the ghosts as
Did Kett’s Rebellion fail as a result of poor leadership? Explain your answer – 15 MARKS You should include the following in your answer, and any other information of your own * Kett’s followers camped outside Norwich for six weeks * King Edward VI offered the rebels a pardon * Robert Kett was hanged in chains from the wall of Norwich castle I believe Kett failed due to his poor leadership. Although; this wasn’t the only reason why he failed, there were many reasons why he failed and reasons for his poor leadership, as well. In July 9th, Kett and the followers camped in the biggest city in the region- Norwich. Several people around the country joined the protest, and; later on there was many camps scattered across Norfolk and Suffolk.
Nicholas was a wealthy Christian priest and later bishop, who traveled the country helping people, giving gifts of money and other presents. He did not like to be seen when he gave away presents, so the children of the day were told to go to sleep quickly or he would not come. Nothing has changed, and Santa Claus will not arrive this Christmas unless the children go to sleep early. The author points out that Clement C. Moore wasn't writing for publication, but to delight his own six children. He refused to have the poem published despite its enthusiastic reception by everyone who read it.
English 3 Period 8 10-17-13 Hello, I am Holden’s doctor and I have been speaking with Holden for some time now while listening to his story of what happened during Christmas, so here is my analysis of the situation. Holden seems to have a preference to those that could be considered as “pure”, or how Holden compares everyone to his dead brother Allie because I think that Holden was never able to get over his brother’s death, especially since he wasn’t able to attend the funeral or how it didn’t go as how he thought it would have went. Holden seems to have a very strong preference to those that he would consider as “pure” or “innocent”. To start off that point I have been noticing how there are obvious signs that Holden seems like children
I can’t help what’s past.’ She began to sob helplessly. ‘I did love him once — but I loved you too.’” (140) Gatsby expects that Daisy will be happy to leave Tom behind and break off her marriage with him. Gatsby's dream has been to build a fortune and reclaim the love that he once lost because, as he sees it, he was too poor for Daisy when they first met. This proves my claim because this displays, in Daisy’s words, that Gatsby did expect too much, he expected for her to make a big deal in front of Tom. This proves my thesis because we can see that he expects a lot of Daisy.
Boy is the last character that felt guilt at the end of his life. That is how guilt rids the character in the novel “Fifth Business”. Dunstan is the first of the characters to experience the guilt. Dunny Ramsay feels extremely guilty because the snowball that Boy threw was intended for him, but he dodged it and it hit the pregnant Mary Dempster. Fears and guilt in Dunny rid him even when he wants to sleep he thinks that he is going to hell for his involvement.
Marley is also there to explain to Scrooge his bad deeds and wrong doings and warn him of the terrible fate that will come if he does not change his ways, such as when he informs Scrooge on his "ponderous chain" he has forged, he says, "The weight and length of the coil you bear yourself? It was full and heavy as this, seven Christmas Eves ago. You have labored on it since." Marley was also Scrooge's only friend and now that he died, the reader is shown Scrooge's loneliness. 3.