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Other characters in A Christmas Carol (Fred ("A merry Christmas,…
Other characters in A Christmas Carol
Fred
"A merry Christmas, Uncle!"
This portrays that Fred is very jolly and joyful and cares about Christmas.
The adjective "Merry" implies that Fred is a foil to Scrooge and decorates his house and has lots of parties.
Before Victorian times, Christmas was not really celebrated as it is today. Prince Albert imported the Christmas tree and modern Christmas traditions were established.
Bob Cratchit
Toast to the "Founder of the feast!"
How Scrooge is the founder of the feast and how Bob is providing him with work.
The noun "Founder" implies that the toast was aimed at Scrooge, who was a miser.
The Cratchits represent poverty and the working class. This was common in Victorian Britain at the time.
Ignorance and Want
The ghost says "Beware of the children. The boy is ignorance. The girl is want. They are Mans'.
The ghost of Christmas Present reveals the children who look unloved, uncared for, malnorished, ill and wretched.
The imperative "beware" is the ghost warning Scrooge that ignorance(lack of education) leads to want(poverty)
Charles Dickens opened Urania Cottage to help fallen women get out of poverty.
Marley's Ghost
"I wear the chains that I forged in life."
Marley is talking to Scrooge about his chains and why he wears them.
The noun "Chains" implies that Marley does not have any freedom. He does not have any freedom because Marley was a bad person.
The time that Dickens was writing in had strong religious traditions. Marley represents doing bad deeds, paying for them in the afterlife.
Tiny Tim
"God bless us, everyone!"
Said it during the toast at Bob Cratchit's Christmas dinner and at the end.
The pronoun "Everyone" implies that Tiny Tim is very inclusive and Tiny Tim wants everyone to be blessed and involved in Christmas.
This is a juxtaposition to Scrooge's attitude. Dickens wrote "A Christmas Carol" during a religious time when Christian good faith was encouraged.
Fan
"She clapped her hands and laughed."
During the visitation of the ghost of Christmas past, Fan comes to visit Scrooge in his boarding-school.
The verb "laughed" implies that Fan is very excited to see Scrooge and is a good person.
Fan represents goodness and has childhood innocence. She is a juxtaposition of Ignorance and Want. She represents what Dickens would like to see children be like, so the opposite of Ignorance and Want.
The Fezziwigs
"Yo! Ho! My boys! No more work tonight!"
This is during the ghost of Christmas past's visitation. Scrooge gets to see the Fezziwigs at a Christmas party which everyone is invited to.
This sentence is an exclamatory sentence, implying that the Fezziwigs are showing enthusiasm.
Dickens is using the Fezziwigs as an example of good people who are kind, caring, inviting and inclusive to everyone. Dickens wants to use the Fezziwigs as an example of how good Christmas can be if you open your home to people.