What are the differences between the script of A Christmas Carol, and the movie
A Christmas Carol? Having seen the movie and read the script, I can tell you that there is many similarities and differences between the two. They are very alike in some ways, but also very different in some ways.
In the script Ebeneezer Scrooge is a man of greed. He wants nothing to do with anything except for money. His life was hard because nobody liked him except his nephew whom he was a jerk to him. His old business partner Jacob Marley, who had recently passed away, visited him(Dickens 8) and told him three ghost’s were going to come and show him his Christmas past, present, and future. Each time they would visit him he would get wiser and wiser.
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The first ghost, the ghost of Christmas past was very gentle and kind, and made Ebeneezer feel good. The second ghost, the ghost of Christmas present was kind of rude, and a little mean to him, but the last ghost, the ghost of Christmas future gave you the chills he wasn’t necessarily mean, but he acted scary. The day after he acted pretty happy and was very nice because of his change of heart brung to him by the three ghosts. In the movie, Ebeneezer Scrooge, just like in the script he is a greedy old man who just likes himself and money, so the ghost three ghosts of Christmas came to Ebenezer Scrooge's rescue.
The ghost of Christmas past was a girl that showed him how lonely he was when he was younger which was a big factor of why he turned out so bad also a factor was when his girlfriend dumped him. The ghost of Christmas Present was a large ugly looking man who showed him his recent business partner Bob Cratchit. Ebenezer did not pay him very good so he doesn’t have enough money to pay to help his son who is sick. The ghost of Christmas future was a scary looking creepy guy that gives you the chills. He shows Ebeneezer that there is no Christmas future for him he will die on Christmas and nobody will respect him or care about him, and that the people would rather him be dead than alive and making everyone's lives miserable. They just steal his stuff right out of his house with absolutely no respect whatsoever. When he wakes up Christmas morning in the movie everything changes. He is jumping up and down like a schoolboy, and saying good morning and Merry Christmas to everybody. He even buy a gigantic turkey and sends it to the Cratchit's house with an anonymous name. He makes his life worth living in the
end. The script and the movie, although having many similarities they are not exactly the same. In the movie Ebeneezer Scrooge acts like a schoolboy, but in the script, he just acts like he is excited to be alive, and happy that it’s Christmas. In the script, Jacob Marley is in the script throughout the whole script, but in the movie Marley only shows up for around 10 minutes. The movie shows him and his girlfriend a lot more than it talks about them in the script. Ebeneezer is more of a downer in the movie than you would picture him being in the script.There is also more characters in the script than there is in the movie, and the script is more detailed than the movie because it would make the movie too long. Ebeneezer Scrooge made it alright in the end after being showed that he should live his life as good as he can, and in the end he’ll be okay. If he would’ve continued his life the same way he was living it nothing would’ve ended well for him. His greed consumed him just as it did Jacob Marley, but Jacob didn’t have a chance to fix it and Ebeneezer Scrooge will live happily ever after because of second chances.
On Christmas Eve , Scrooge is gone by a progression of ghosts,starting with his old business accomplice, Jacob Marley. The three spirits follow,the Ghosts of Past , Christmas present and Christmas future ,show how his ,mean conduct has influenced everyone around him. Toward the finish of the story ,he is soothed to find that there is still time for him to change and we see him changed into a liberal and kind hearted person.
How do we know when or how to change ourselves as people? Sometimes, we all need a shove from something or someone to help us better ourselves. The most dominant factors are kindness, fear, and regret. These three things can make us willing to go through the hassle and hard work of breaking out of a habit, whether it be putting your feet on the couch, or your attitude.
In the play, Mr. Scrooge is a greedy man who thinks Christmas is “Bah Humbug!” (Dickens 3). His family has always wanted him to join them for a Christmas feast, but Mr. Scrooge has never wanted anything to do with Christmas. Marley, Mr. Scrooge’s old business partner, didn’t want Mr. Scrooge to end up like him with chains of greed attached to him when he died, so he sent Mr. Scrooge three spirits: Christmas Past, Present, and Future. Those three spirits visited each day to haunt him about his Christmases. Eventually, he traveled with two of the three spirits, but when the spirit of Christmas Future arrived, Mr. Scrooge realized that he would die in a few years. Ebenezer begged for mercy and promised to celebrate Christmas with joy and festivity. (Dickens 7-32) After the haunting with the spirits, Mr. Scrooge woke up and asked a boy what day it was. When the little boy, Adam, replied that it was Christmas, he ordered the boy
Little did Ebenezer Scrooge know, this was going to be the kickoff to a substantial journey on his night of Christmas Eve. The ghost of Christmas past had the appearance similar to a child, yet it had some characteristics comparable to a lit candle. This ghost took Scrooge to all of his most painful memories leading up to his present day position. After brief reminders of these incidents, Scrooge started to get melancholy. Events from his schooldays, his engagement, and even his happy apprenticeship with his former boss Fezziwig provided enough insight for the main character to visit his childhood. Scrooge then got an unexpected visit from the ghost of Christmas Present. He took the display of a gigantic man, dressed in a green robe. This ghost helped provide an insight for Scrooge on what his acquaintances were doing on Christmas Eve night. Bob Cratchit, had a dinner with his family and could barely afford any food due to his low wage from Scrooge. Lastly, Ebenezer received a visitation from the ghost of Christmas yet to come. The ghost was strictly straightforward with Scrooge’s future if he kept acting similar to what he did. The three ghosts provided a prolonged climax to the story, giving Ebenezer a direct turning point in his actions and beliefs. He had adjusted to not making
The Ghost of Christmas Past shows Scrooge the kindness of his former employer Fezziwig. Scrooge realizes how he has been a terrible employer to his own clerk Bob Cratchit. Scrooge denied Cratchit even simple pleasures and showed him no kindness or generosity. Scrooge is later visited by the Ghost of Christmas Present and is shown the effect of his greed on the Cratchits. Scrooge learns that Bob Cratchit has an ill child called Tiny Tim. He is grieved to find out that if the future is not changed then Tiny Tim will die. Scrooge wants to change the future for Tiny Tim, but the Ghost of Christmas Present reminds Scrooge of what he said to the collectors when they came to ask for a donation for the poor, by saying “If he like to die, he had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.’” (pg. 52). Seeing Tiny Tim makes him realize that he was wrong and that those he might consider to be unnecessary, could very well be like Tiny Tim. Scrooge is later visited by the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come and finds that Tiny Tim has died. Scrooge regrets having not treated Bob Cratchit better and for having a hand in the death of Tiny Tim. He regrets that his lack of generosity will have resulted in the death of the sweet child and probably others who needed his
Just like the play, Ebenezer Scrooge is the main character in the story. He is a mean, cold-hearted man that has no Christmas spirit whatsoever. All that Scrooge cares about and will ever care about is his wealth until he is taken on a journey. He is lead by 3 ghosts of his past, present, and future as he was in the play. These ghosts show him what Christmas spirit is and try to force it upon him. All of this finally hits him once he is taken to the future and witnesses his own grave. Scrooge pleads for a second chance to change his bad ways. Once he wakes up in his bedroom after all of this craziness, he jumps for joy and makes many new friends while mending with some old friends. He fixes many of his wrongs and lives out the rest of his life as a happier, friendlier, and a generous
A big similarity from both stories are that they are visited beings from the other side, an angel for George Bailey and three spirits for Scrooge. It is also at that point which they are visited they characters undergo a major change in there lives and experience sorrow. After this visit, both change their views on their lives before much worse could happen. Scrooge had a wife that he loved dearly, but she left Scrooge because of his lust for wealth and power. Similar to Scrooge, George has a wife that he loves dearly, but George is in a similar path like Scrooge because George’s job is causing issues with spending time with his family, hurting his relationship with his wife. At the end of the stories, George and Scrooge managed to see how they have changed peoples’ lives since they changed their views on life. Those were just three of the major similarities that make the characters very similar and relatable to each
The play “A Christmas Carol – A ghost story of Christmas” by Charles Dickson, directed by James Black in Houston, TX was performed in a similar way in “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickson, directed by Michael Wilson in Washington, D.C. The both plays had similarities and differences throughout the play in which demonstrated different creativity from the different directors. The rating that was given by the reviewer of the play in Washington gave a 5 out of 5 star rating. For the play that I went to watch the rating I would give it would be a 5 star rating.
In summation the Novella A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Ebenezer Scrooge was an unhappy man who was given the chance to change. The ghost that prompted this the most was the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. The ghosts all showed us something different about Scrooge, but the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come was literally the final nail in the coffin of Scrooge’s humbuginess! In the end Scrooge was a changed man, who was more merry than could be. He never again question the spirit of
First, Scrooge is taken to when he was a little boy and still in school. He is shown himself when his sister comes to see him and tells him that he is able to come home. He remembers how much he loved his sister and the Ghost of Christmas Past reminds him that she had a child, his nephew. Scrooge regrets the way he treated him earlier and now knows he should have been kinder. Next, he sees a young version of himself at work, working for Fezziwig as an apprentice. He remembers how much he enjoyed working for him and realizes how he treats Bob Cratchit. He realized that he needs to treat Bob with the same respect that Fezziwig gave him. Lastly, he is taken back to when his ex-fiance is breaking up with him. He watches with horror as she lists all the reasons why the relationship would not work out. When his fiance stops speaking and is heading for the door, he pleads to his younger self not to let her go, and not to be such a fool, but it was no use as he was technically not there and not able to be heard. All of these scenarios show that Ebeneezer is on the road to becoming a kinder person, but we still know he is not quite there yet. I know this because when speaking to ghost of Christmas Present he says, “I went forth last night on compulsion, and learnt a lesson which is working now. Tonight, if you aught to teach me, let me profit by it.” (664) This
How can one truly be happy? According to psychologist Karyn Hall, radical acceptance of oneself is the only way to live a happy, healthy life. In Charles Dickens’s novel, “A Christmas Carol”, the main character, Ebenezer Scrooge, declares that he will live in the past, present, and future. By the end of the story, Scrooge radically accepts himself, learns to love others, and copes with his anxiety. Scrooge’s declaration to live in the past, present, and future demonstrates his ability to overcome his suffering and become empathetic of the world. Although it is not possible for Scrooge to completely overcome his anxiety, he learns to radically accept it.
The novel and the movie version of The Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens have both similarities and differences. Some of the similarities are character development, the setting and the plot. Some of the differences are character development and added or deleted scenes.
It is hard to believe that there is anyone on the planet that hasn't heard of the story "A Christmas Carol". Although it isn't hard to believe that people do not realize that there are differences between movies and novels. In this case, that fits right into that subject. Here are some of the differences between the movie and the novel.
It’s December of 1801 and the whole town is decorating, dancing, singing, and laughing as they get ready for a near holiday: Christmas. All but one pessimistic, obdurate cripple of a man. His name is Ebenezer Scrooge, an undermined old male swathed in dark clothing. He is typically found strolling the streets on Victorian London with poor posture, eyes locked on the cracked sidewalk beneath the soles of his shoes. Slumping along, carolers cease to sing near him and nobody speaks when in his presence. Scrooge is a prejudging business man who hurries to be left alone and disregards cheer. He is obdurate and blind to the consequences of his actions. Sudden wealth brings a snobbiness when his business partner dies, and as a result, his one true love divorces him, sending him into a state of hatred and regret. With this evidence to back it up, Scrooge can be perceived as a negative, crippling man with little tolerance to change. However, things are bound to change with the visitation of the wraiths: the Spirits of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come, an inevitable change that be...
In "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, Ebenezer Scrooge undergoes a transformation as a result of his encounters with three ghosts and becomes a kind, happy, and generous man. His greedy, cruel, and grumpy demeanor is replaced seemingly overnight, but he doesn’t just wake up and decide to be nice. It takes three Spirits to change his outlook on life - The Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present, and Future. The Ghost of Christmas Past makes Scrooge begin to regret his selfishness, and the Ghost of Christmas Present begins to teach him about others. This second Ghost helps to make him realize that money doesn't buy happiness. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, however, teaches the most profound lesson of all: unless he changes, no one will care if Scrooge dies. Because of the Ghosts, by Christmas morning Ebenezer Scrooge is a completely different person from the man who went to bed on Christmas Eve.