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Themes In Christmas Carol, Greed - Coggle Diagram
Themes In Christmas Carol
Isolation
Characters
Scrooge - he lives in an isolated world where money is the most important thing in life.
Christmas
Context
When the novella was published, Christmas traditions were rapidly changing. In the 1840s, most businesses remained open on Christmas Day, and it was rare for employees to be given the day off
Where?
Characters
Quotations
Ghosts
Context
The victorians were quite superstitious
Where?
In every stave Stave 1 pg 28
Characters
Marley
Past
Present
Future
Quotations
'You will be haunted,' resumed the ghost 'by Three Spirits.'
Love
Family
Context
The cratchit family a typical family of the era they were poor but Bob had a job and he was able to provide for a large family.
Where?
Stave 3
Characters
Fan is Scrooges sister.
Cratchit Family
Quotation
The cratchit family enjoy and get so much from a tiny meal of which they eat with the tiny pay which scrooge gives them.
Romantic
Context
Where?
Characters
Belle
Quotations
Poverty
Context
Poverty was rife in that time most people in england were in some form of poverty. So in many way the Cratchit family is a representation of a typical family in England at the time.
Where?
Stave 3 pg 64
Characters
The Cratchits
Quotation
'there was nothing highmark in this. They were not a handsome family; they were not well dressed; their shoes were far from being waterproof; their clothes were scanty.
Money
Context
Money was your class how much money you had was normally your class there was working class, middle class and first class and you had to be happy with your class it was also hard to change.
Where
Stave 2 pg 44
Characters
Scrooge
Cratchit
Ghosts
Quotations
"what idol has displaced me?"
"a golden one"
Greed
Characters
Scrooge
Context
the class system meant that the richer where more likely to be greedy than the working class
Where
Stave 2
Quotations
"what idol has displaced you?" "a golden one"