A Christmas Carol THEMES

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GCSE English (A Christmas Carol) Mind Map on A Christmas Carol THEMES, created by libbie jones on 24/04/2017.
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A Christmas Carol THEMES
  1. Christmas
    1. The theme of a christmas is clear from the beginning of the novella from the title 'A Christmas Carol'
      1. This also refers to the traditional carols that are sung at christmas time. The theme of Christmas carols is also shown by the fact that the novella is written in staves rather than chapters relflecting the link to singing and christmas
      2. Scoorge's nephew Fred is persistant in his christmas cheer and he enjoys celebrating with his friends and family.
        1. 'its good to be children sometimes, and never better than at christmas'
          1. Fred is presented as being the opposite of scrooge and is able to enjoy himself, in some ways this reflects Scrooge's attitudes at feeziwigs party later on the book'
      3. Redemption
        1. At the start of the novel scrooge all rejects Christmas cheer from everyone he meets
          1. This is shown when scrooge addresses Christmas as a 'Humbug'
            1. From this we see scrooge rejecting all the compassion that Christmas offers, this also shows how scrooge isolates himself from the people and how he does not have any compassion towards anything in his life apart from money.
          2. In the middle of the novel Dickens uses the ghost of christmas present to show how awful scrooge has been in his life since Marley's death
            1. 'Scrooge hung his head to hear his own word spoken by the spirit and was overcome with penitence and grief'
              1. This is one of the first turning points towards Scrooge's redemption, the fact he is showing some remorse towards what he has done shows this. Furthermore the word 'grief' demonstrates further his redemption as at the start of the novel he is described as 'hard and sharp' as flint which means that he doesn't like to show his emotions but the fact he is now overcome with grief is showing his start of change.
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