Cause/Effect Essay Rough Draft An old miser, trapped by the scent of wealth and greed refuses to even dare give away anything to anyone if it even costs him as much as a dime. This miser goes by the name Ebenezer Scrooge. He is one of the most miserable beings alive. Yet he will find redemption in one way or another. Anyone can truly be forgiven if they just try to stop their ways of wrong doings. Now for one he is commanding. You can see that in Act 2, Scene 3, paragraphs 55-56 it says, Scrooge. Spirit, tell me if Tiny Tim will live. Present. I see a vacant seat.. In the poor chimney corner, and a crutch without an owner, carefully preserved. If these shadows remain unaltered by the future, the child will die. It is obvious Scrooge asks this question, hoping that Tim be spared. Then in paragraph 57 it states, Scrooge. …show more content…
If you were to look in Act 2, Scene 4, paragraph 112-113 the dialogue states, Old Joe. One pound six for the lot.[He produces a small flannel bag filled with money. He divvies it out. He continues to pass around the money as he speaks. All are laughing.] That’s the end of it, you see! He frightened every one away from him when he was alive, to profit us when he was dead! Hah ha ha! All. HAHAHAHAhahahahahahah! He hears them just casually talking about grave digging and selling off his goods which is leading just as bad a life as Scrooge will supposedly live. But thank god for Scrooge stating in Act 2, Scene 4, paragraph 114 Scrooge. OOoooOOoooOOOoooOOOoooOOoooOOoooOOOooo! [He screams at them.] Obscene demons! Why not market the corpse itself, as sell its trimming??? [Suddenly] Oh, Spirit, I see it, I see it! This unhappy man--this stripped-bare corpse… could very well be my own. My life holds parallel! My life ends that way now! You can see he just wants his suffering to end, but even though this seems horrible this does in fact help him regain his
Dickens displays guilt as the main form of how Scrooge’s character develops into a compassionate person by the end of the novella. As Scrooge feels this quilt, it's purely based on the visions that the ghosts provide which further causes Scrooge to realise the consequences of his actions. His alienation from specific characters that he used to love such as Belle, “...has displaced me…” whom left Scrooge, due to his desire for money and wealth which grew. This desire grows with him as he is rejecting the christmas joy and spirit as he continuously states that Christmas is a “humbug,” but by stating this it provides comparison. Dickens depicts that Scrooge has become a better person because of fear but in the end he has become kinder. As the
Scrooge was and owner of a factory and made a whole bunch of money, but he did not care about anyone else. “Merry Christmas said his nephew, what right do have to be merry you are poor enough”. This shows that scrooge is mean to family and does not care about Christmas.
The last reason he would have said this is because of what the Spirit of Christmas Future showed Scrooge. The spirit shows him his worker's house again but the worker is really depressed because his son had died. This made Scrooge very sorrowful that he had caused this. The next thing he showed Scrooge was a dead body. This made him miserable because deep down, he knew exactly who it was. He asked the spirit who was it and the spirit brought them to grave. It said Scrooge, and that scared Scrooge the most. That is when he said his
In the beginning of the play in spite of being selfish Scrooge is also cheap, cold-hearted, and cruel. Scrooge behaves in this manner to his nephew, Fred. One way of proving this is when Fred said “Merry Christmas.” Scrooge replied salty saying “Humbug Christmas is just a time for spending and wasting money.” Not only he treats Fred badly but many more people. For instance take one of his quotes towards the Gentleman Visitor, “Are there no Jails for the poor, are there no
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
Ebenezer Scrooge is the major character in the story, A Christmas Carol written by Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol is about how a “cold-hearted, tight fisted, selfish” money grabbing man is offered an opportunity of a life time, to change his behaviour, attitude... to have a second chance in life.
Ebenezer Scrooge is the major character, the miserly owner of a London counting-house, a nineteenth century term for an accountant's office, in the story, A Christmas Carol written by Charles Dickens.
Scrooge hates christmas, but he doesn't see the love and joy in it, because he is filled with greed. “Fred: A merry christmas to you uncle! god save you. Scrooge:Bah! Humbug!” this is just one example of how scrooge is so negative, and that greed has taken over. This also shows how Fred is filled with love, and is merry and happy even though he is pore. Unlike Scrooge who is financially loaded and miserable. But will Scrooge ever be burdened or punished by his greed? he doesn't think so. Jack marley, his partner certainly was. on page 396 he rises from the dead as a spirit to teach Scrooge a lesson. “ You will walk where I do, burdened by your riches.” This statement shows how being greedy is not a good thing, and it will haunt you, if you
First off, if you are not one of the thousands of people who have already read this parable, I will give you a brief synopsis. Let us start with the two main characters. There is a rich man (not named) and a poor man named Lazarus. Lazarus is on the ground with sores and injuries. Since he is poor, he begs for food and comfort. Beside him is the rich man. He is dressed in fine, purple linen, but pays not even the slightest attenti...
A lot of people were talking about the dead man, sharp, bitter, old Scrooge. Throughout the story, Scrooge has proven himself to be a very harsh, solitary man. No one cared about him and can be proven in these examples and quotes. In the text it states that the woman says, “He can’t look uglier than he did in that one.” This proves that she thought he was a very ugly man and he looked even uglier in that picture. On page five in Stave four the woman says, “This is the end you see. He frightened everyone away when he was alive, to profit us when he was dead.” That quote states that the woman believed he scared everyone away when he was alive, so that when he was dead they could take his belongings.According to the text Mrs.Dilber says, “Why
On page 64, we see how Scrooge shows sympathy in the quote, “There was a boy singing a Christmas carol at my door last night. I should like to have given him something. That 's All.” After being shown a memory of himself as a boy, Scrooge regrets being harsh to the boy caroling and not giving him any money. Seeing his own sadness as a child made him realize it would have been nice to give the boy something to make him happy. He will probably do nicer things in the future because he now realizes that the boy would have been upset because of how Scrooge turned him away so harshly. He is changing his actions, and regretting bad actions in the past. He wants to fix what he did wrong, and he feels sympathy for the boy. People want to be shown compassion, so in the future if he helps people out and is kind, he will not be as isolated. Another quote to show how he becomes less detached from humanity is on pages 92-93, ‘”Spirit,” said Scrooge, “Tell me if Tiny Tim will live.” Scrooge feels sorry for Bob Cratchit because the spirit says if the future remains unaltered he will die. He feels upset that Tiny Tim will die, and sympathy for Bob because his son will probably die. He probably regrets not giving Bob more time with his son. He had made a comment earlier that if someone will die they better go and die to decrease the population, when the donation collector
As the scene closes, the undertaker holds out his hand to Scrooge, asking for a tip. Scrooge is reluctant to comply, but after some consideration, hands him one coin. When the undertaker shoves his hand closer, Scrooge hands him another coin. Scrooge then proceeds to take the coins off of Marley’s eyes and states “Tuppence is Tuppence” (Zemeckis, A Christmas Carol (2009).) Now that wasn’t an actual part in the original story, but I think it’s a perfect example of how Scrooge reacts towards giving away money. He never gave to the poor, paid his only worker, Bob Cratchit, a very small amount, and he even locked up the coal used to fuel the fire in order to save money. Scrooge’s only goal in life was to make more money. That’s how his engagement to Belle ended, he was too addicted to
During the story, Scrooge is visited by the Ghosts from Christmas past, present, and future, who shows the ill-tempered Scrooge how to be feel compassion towards others human beings. A large quantity of the story revolves around money, and it plays a large role, to contrast how generosity is viewed in society. Scrooge is incredibly wealthy, as he lives a l...
Although he didn’t reach this point his business partner Jacob Marley did. When Marley died he had to wear a chain link for every bad deed he did. So his punishment was bearing the weight of his actions. Scrooge was also headed down this path but lucky for him Marley and the ghosts helped him to shun his path. The ghost of Christmas yet to come showed him the reaction of people when Scrooge was going to die. This was one of consequences, since he was mean and cold-hearted to everyone people seemed happy and joyous at the fact of his death. Some people said they would only go to his funeral if there was food and because they could wear their fancy black gloves. “It's likely to be a very cheap funeral,'' said the same speaker; ``for upon my life I don't know of anybody to go to it. Suppose we make up a party and volunteer?'' ``I don't mind going if a lunch is provided,'' observed the gentleman with the excrescence on his nose.” In the end though Scrooge was able to shun his path and started treating people kinder with more respect. His was able to change his attitude towards people from being rude and nasty to being kind and found that people liked him a lot better that
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.