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Stave Three (The Cratchit Family ('There was never such a goose'…
Stave Three
The Cratchit Family
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The ecstatic and hectic nature of the dinner, as conveyed by the use of exclamation marks and short, sharp sentences, indicates that it is a special event that the Cratchits have been anticipating all year- the only time when they can enjoy luxuries normally only for wealthier classes and see relatives (e.g. Bob Cratchit) that usually would be working long hours to sustain their families
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Ignorance and Want
Ignorance and Want are deprived children, used to symbolise that poverty and ignorance to suffering are the two greatest evils to society- he is challenging the establishment by suggesting that Ignorance is the greatest threat to the stability of society
'most of all, beware this boy [ignorance]'
The spirit is suggesting that the greatest danger and threat the lower class face is ignorance of their suffering and ignorance of their hardworking community spirit
'Factious purposes'
The Ghost is saying that Scrooge values his own insignificant material matters at the expense of the poor's suffering. Dickens also uses this as a message to the Victorian establishments who he believed at the time were delaying simple services for the poor such as public education because of minor disagreements.
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