A Christmas Carol- Stave 2

Key events
1. The ghost of Christmas Past appears to Scrooge.
2. The ghost takes Scrooge to the village where he grew up, and Scrooge sees his younger self at school, where he's spending Christmas alone.
3. Scrooge then sees some happier Christmases: his sister Fan coming to take him home from school, and a party organised by his old boss, Mr Fezziwig.
4. Next, Scrooge is taken to see the moment when his fiancee, Belle, broke off their engagement because Scrooge's obsession with money.
5. He then sees Belle grown up with a family of her own. Scrooge struggles with ghost to make it stop the visions and he's transported back to the bedroom.
Key quotations
1. "It broke upon his listening ear"
2. "Like a child: yet not so like a child as like an old man" "It held a branch of fresh green holly in its hand" "Would you so soon put out, with worldly hands, the light I give?"
3. "A solitary child, neglected by his friends, is left there still."
4. "There was a boy singing a Christmas Carol at my door last night. I should like to have given him something: that's all"
5. "The happiness he gives , is quite as great as if it cost a fortune"
  1. "No. I should like to be able to say a word or two to my clerk just now! That's all."
6. "Our contract is an old one"
7. "No more. I don't wish to see it. Show me no more!"
  1. "Though Scrooge pressed it down with all his force, he could not hide the light"
Characters and how they are presented
1. Scrooge: he is seen to have changed slightly in his urge of care towards seeing what the ghost shows him, however, he is still trying to snuff out the truth. He is also presented as quite regretful.
2. Ghost of Christmas Past: presented as old yet young and he is like a flickering candle with a light protruding out from his head. He does not really have a personality because he is just there to show Scrooge what he needs to see so that he will change his ways.
3. Little Fan: She is presented as young and excitable towards Christmas. She was the little spark in Scrooge's childhood.
4. Fezziwig: He is presented as a kind man. He spreads happiness to everyone and he makes Scrooge realise that he has treated his Clerk wrongly.
5. Belle: She is presented as quite honest and brave for speaking to Scrooge about the issues in the relationship.
Dickens intentions for the plot/themes
1. Dickens wanted to use the ghost to show how Scrooge was not always how he is now and that it is money that has made him get like this.
2. Dickens is also trying to show that Scrooge's past has shaped him. As well as this, he highlights the theme of family and how important it is.
3. Dickens was also trying to further highlight the fact that you do not need to be rich to be happy through the people that the ghost took Scrooge to see.

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