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A Christmas Carol - Characters Stave 1 (Scrooge (Greedy (He is tight (He…
A Christmas Carol - Characters Stave 1
Scrooge
Greedy
"miserly"
He is tight
He doesn't allow Bob a decent fire
Doesn't want to pay Bob for Christmas day
Miserable
"Bah! Humbug!"
Unsympathetic towards the poor
"they had better do it and decrease the surplus population"
Negative
Rude
Refuses to give money to charity
Uncharitable
"I wish to be left alone
Solitary/lonely
"Every idiot that goes around with 'Merry Christmas' on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart"
"melancholy"
sadness with no obvious cause
"He was as solitary as an oyster"
wealth
soft and pleasant inside
Hard exterior
Intimidating
Poor relationship with family
Declines Fred's invite to his Christmas party
"Good afternoon"
Misanthropic
Doesn't like people
Fred
Complete opposite to Scrooge
Foil
Dickens uses Fred as a foil to Scrooges character. The differences between the two emphasise Scrooge's negative qualities
Scrooge's nephew
wealthy
Bob Cratchet
Wants to celebrate Christmas