As a materialistic man with deep capitalist ideologies
Miserly
Obssesed with money
Preoccupied with accounting wealth
misanthropist (someone who dislikes humankind)
isolated
outside in society
"hand at the grind stone"
within him"
through the crowded paths of life"
he is a misanthropist, and repells everyone who comes close to him, including fred and Bob
metaphor for his frosty soul with no warmth or compassion or love his life is just unpleasant and awkard
His cold word towards his nephew fred, bob cratchit and the portly gentlemen
merry christmas
merry
To show him a different way of life, that there a better life when your ice cold deminer is melted. he doesnt see what his mum may have saw, in scrooge it could be his Fang in fred trying to ressurect the lost scrooge.
it was penurious, tourtureous and un unimagineable years od discomfort
Idle- lazy its their fault that their poor (malthusian ideology)
they better do it and decrease the surplus population
they ideas had by themas malthus agains the poor who he thought saw them as also surplus, Dickens presents scrooge with that ideology throughot the play
Fezywig is kind fair and cares more about people rather than profit witch directly contrasts our friend scrooge.
expsoses ignorance to those in society that are less fortunate than himself.
Scrooge is a phillanthropist
Scrooge’s initial materialism and money-hoarding can be contextualised against this backdrop, but rather than advocating charity and benevolence, one interpretation is that Dickens was encouraging higher consumer spending as a way back to health (exemplified by Tiny Tim) and prosperity. Scrooge then is seen not as a miserly sinner, but as a reflection of his times: a wealthy man who has learned to spend what money he has in order to bolster the economy for everyone.
"Are there no workhouses"
"Are there no prisons"
"the clerk put his white comforter, and tried to warm himself with a candle"
“Scrooge was his sole executor, his sole administrator, his sole assign, his sole residuary legatee, his sole friend, and sole mourner”
"God bless us everyone"
"i am no the man i was
i am as light as s feather as merry as a schoolboy as happy as an angel i am as giffy as a druken man" "every idiot who goes about merry Christmas with their lips diserves to be boild in ther own pudding"
"My little child cried bob, my little child"
show no more"
Redemption as we are exposes to an eager side of scrooge
Despite the harships he faces scrooge is still verry inportant and prayd for him showing a religious strength of him.
Ghoast of chrismas present shags to figure why scrooge a human want to extinguish the flame that appears on his head.
ghoast of Christmas past poinst out the redemptionin scrooge the melting of his cold arrogance.
ignorance and want mankind will endup in hell
Fredsybolises goodwill, family unity and the joyous, redemptive nature if Christmas. he is also a foil to scrooges bitterness
Dickens presents fred as warm hearted, generous, and jovial directly opposing scrooges miserly and isolated character. this contrast highlights the the theeme of redemption
as a good time charitable oleasent time"
Fred responds with kindness and forgiveness laughing off scrooges refusal snd persistently inviting him each year.
Fred's cheerful Optimism and emotional warmth contrasts with scrooges cokd misanthropy, allowing dickens to emphasize the possibility of personal transformation.
he does no gos with it
an i have nothing to say against him
Fred expresses moral wisdom and non judgement, suggesting that lonliness abd bitterness are punishment enough, echoes Christmas forgiveness