A Christmas Carol - Analysis of the story
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dicken
Analysis of the story
By: Saudah
Short story elements
Setting
Place: England
Time: Christmas Eve in 1843.
Weather: cold is the main, otherwise, on Bob and Scrooge´s nephew houses, the weather is warm.
Social conditions:
Rich: Ebenezer Scrooge
Poor: Scrooge´s Nephew and Bob
Mood: cold for Scrooge and joyful for Bob and Fred(Scrooge’s nephew)
Plot
Introduction:
It starts describing how cold Scrooge is and his opinion about Christmas, which he calls “Humbug”.
He is visited by his friend’s ghost, Jacob Marley. Marley’s ghost announces that Scrooge will be visited by three ghosts, each at a time.
Rising actions:
Scrooge is visited by the first ghost, The Ghost of Christmas Past. He travelled all over his past; his unhappy childhood, and how his ambition destroyed his relationship with her fiancée and friends.
Scrooge is visited by the second ghost, The Ghost of Christmas Present. The ghost takes him to his nephew and Bob’ house, and made him realize the joyful life there were living despite the circumstances.
Climax:
When the ghost of Christmas past shows him two little poor kid and he can’t bear. And when the last ghost, The Ghost of Christmas Future led him to the cemetery to this grave he saw that nobody cares about his death.
Falling actions:
After, Scrooge is visited by The Ghost of Christmas Future, he asked, desperately, to the ghost to return him because he needs to change. He realized that beauty of life and that money isn’t everything.
Resolution:
Scrooge is a new person, he joined the Christmas and was happily enjoying with the people. He visited his nephew and Bob’s family, offering them his help.
Characters:
Main characters:
Ebenezer Scrooge: protagonist. It is dynamic, because in the beginning he was a very cold man but after the visit of the ghost he changed; and round, because we get to know everything about him, his life, and the way he used to be.
Fred: Scrooge’s
Charles Dicken
Analysis of the story
By: Saudah
Short story elements
Setting
Place: England
Time: Christmas Eve in 1843.
Weather: cold is the main, otherwise, on Bob and Scrooge´s nephew houses, the weather is warm.
Social conditions:
Rich: Ebenezer Scrooge
Poor: Scrooge´s Nephew and Bob
Mood: cold for Scrooge and joyful for Bob and Fred(Scrooge’s nephew)
Plot
Introduction:
It starts describing how cold Scrooge is and his opinion about Christmas, which he calls “Humbug”.
He is visited by his friend’s ghost, Jacob Marley. Marley’s ghost announces that Scrooge will be visited by three ghosts, each at a time.
Rising actions:
Scrooge is visited by the first ghost, The Ghost of Christmas Past. He travelled all over his past; his unhappy childhood, and how his ambition destroyed his relationship with her fiancée and friends.
Scrooge is visited by the second ghost, The Ghost of Christmas Present. The ghost takes him to his nephew and Bob’ house, and made him realize the joyful life there were living despite the circumstances.
Climax:
When the ghost of Christmas past shows him two little poor kid and he can’t bear. And when the last ghost, The Ghost of Christmas Future led him to the cemetery to this grave he saw that nobody cares about his death.
Falling actions:
After, Scrooge is visited by The Ghost of Christmas Future, he asked, desperately, to the ghost to return him because he needs to change. He realized that beauty of life and that money isn’t everything.
Resolution:
Scrooge is a new person, he joined the Christmas and was happily enjoying with the people. He visited his nephew and Bob’s family, offering them his help.
Characters:
Main characters:
Ebenezer Scrooge: protagonist. It is dynamic, because in the beginning he was a very cold man but after the visit of the ghost he changed; and round, because we get to know everything about him, his life, and the way he used to be.
Fred: Scrooge’s