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Mind Map by Lynn Roberts, updated more than 1 year ago
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A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
- Primary Characters
- Ebenezer Scrooge
- Jacob Marley
- The Ghost of Christmas Past
- The Ghost of Christmas Present
- The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
- Ebenezer Scrooge
- Secondary Characters
- Bob Cratchit
- Tiny Tim
- Belle
- Ignorance & Want
- Scrooge's father
- Mr Fezziwig
- Fan
- Bob Cratchit
- Background
- English writer, social critic, regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian Period
- Born: Feb 7. 1812 and Died: June 9, 1870
- Created the most memorable fictional characters of all time
- Heavy in biblical references - reward vs punishment - no way of making amends
- Imagery - light vs dark, cold vs warmth
- Didactic tale with the purpose of teaching a lesson
- Doom - french revolution - "a bloody mess"
- English writer, social critic, regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian Period
- Genre
- Novella
- Parable - like an analogy
- Social criticism
- Ghost story
- Morality tale/fable
- Novella
- Themes
- Festivity and Celebration
- Family and Friendship
- Poverty and Charity
- Social Responsibility
- Death and Afterlife
- Generosity and Altruism
- Capitalist time and Epiphanies
- Critique of Victorian Society
- The true spirit of Christmas
- True humanity
- The importance of Memory
- Redemption
- Festivity and Celebration
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