What Is The Climax In The Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens started the famous story A Christmas Carol in October of 1843 and wrote with compulsion for six weeks. He ended the narrative at the end of November so that it would be published when it was Christmas. It came out on December 17, 1843 and sold out in only three days. “Bah! Humbug” was one of the most famous lines in the story, and was said by a miserable and bitter fellow named Ebenezer Scrooge it was repeated many times throughout the story, he hated Christmas and happiness, and was very greedy, until a trio of spirits haunt Scrooge to show him the wrongfulness of his doings by the ghost of Christmas Past, Present, and Future, also known as Ghost of Christmas yet to come.The story took place in and around the city of London, on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and the morning after Christmas, 1843. Although there are a few variations about this famous story, there are many similarities and differences in the conflict, climax, and resolution of the play and the movie of The Christmas Carol.

The play of the Christmas carol begins with an introduction by Jacob Marley’s ghost that does not appear as an introduction in the movie. It shows more of speaking and interacting with the audience of the play. The three spirits that haunt Scrooge are Past, Present, and Future. The first ghost, the ghost of Christmas Past enters the scene by revealing just his hand, then revealing himself, a child-like but at the same time an old man. He first shows Scrooge an open field, familiar to him, covered by a

soft downy snow: a country road. This is Scrooge’s past, and he sees a younger version of himself, four times, each from a different time in his past. All scenes are sad, and Scrooge wakes up in his bed after the visit of Past. The second spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Present appears to Scrooge in a simple green robe. The room is decorated for Christmas, with leaves of holly, mistletoe, and ivy. By touching the spirit’s robe, Scrooge is taken to the city’s streets, and into the home of Cratchit, Scrooge’s worker. He learns from Christmas Present that the son of Mr.Cratchit will soon pass away if “these shadows remain unaltered by the future…” Scrooge doesn’t want the child to die, but Christmas Past quotes a phrase that he has said before, “If he be die, he had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.(Dickens 22)” Two children of man are revealed under Present’s skirts, one girl named Want and a boy named Ignorance. He tells Scrooge to beware of them both. Scrooge asks him, “Have they no refuge or resource?” Present replies with another phrase quoted from him of “Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?(Dickens 26)” The last spirit to appear, Christmas Future is the Phantom, and appears to Scrooge in all black, but only his hand is visible under his ghostly garment.They are surrounded by fog, and the trees turn dark. Future leads Scrooge to three businessmen talking to each other about one's death and money. Scrooge is confused, thinking it is the death of Jacob Marley, but Future leads him into a room where Mrs. Dilber and a woman are talking about someone’s belongings, and who they are to sell it too. He realises it’s his, and is led to a corpse, his corpse. Future shows Scrooge one more scene, from Cratchit’s family, but one person is gone, Tiny Tim. After, Scrooge is shown to a tomb, his very own. He pleads to have learned his lesson, and calls out for the spirit. Soon he wakes up in his bed, untouched. He is full of joy and happiness, and yells to a boy on the street to buy the turkey to bring to Bob Cratchit. Scrooge goes to his Nephew’s place to celebrate Christmas as a family. The play ends with Marley telling the audience about the ending, how Scrooge became a good friend and man, and that Tiny Tim did not die.
Similar to the play of The Christmas Carol, the movie is also about a rich and greedy man named Ebenezer Scrooge.

This is easily shown by the clothing on him, and the expression on his face of hatred. Marley does not show up until a little later in the movie, but there are more real-looking effects to his costume such as the locks around his body and the fog surrounding him. Scrooge is also warned by this ghost that three spirits are to haunt him for his wrong

doings.
Even if the play and movie of The Christmas Carol are very similar, there were some differences in the two. One of the main differences was Marley the ghost. In the play he was mainly used as an introductory and narrator of the play more than a character role. The movie shows him as a character with no view to the audience. He does not speak to the audience as he does in the play.