Model Group Essay: Dickens' depiction of Scrooge's fears by https://padlet.com/sarah_mcswiggan/bgt75s5tdqp1 en-us 2019-01-31 08:51:36 UTC 2019-02-05 09:52:21 UTC hello@padlet.com Introduction: sarah_mcswiggan https://padlet.com/sarah_mcswiggan/bgt75s5tdqp1/wish/326172931 The reader gains an insight into Scrooge's shifting fears throughout the novella 'A Christmas Carol'. At first, he is preoccupied with...

In the extract, his fears are focussed on... 

Dickens later suggests that Scrooge now ultimately fears...

Dickens emphasises to the reader through Scrooge's fears that... ]]> 2019-01-31 08:53:20 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_mcswiggan/bgt75s5tdqp1/wish/326172931 In this extract, Dickens highlights Scrooge's fear of death. This fear is epitomised in the figure of the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, which resembles... sarah_mcswiggan https://padlet.com/sarah_mcswiggan/bgt75s5tdqp1/wish/326173069 2019-01-31 08:53:56 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_mcswiggan/bgt75s5tdqp1/wish/326173069 Dickens highlights that a significant fear for Scrooge in this extract is the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come itself. Unlike the other ghosts, it is... sarah_mcswiggan https://padlet.com/sarah_mcswiggan/bgt75s5tdqp1/wish/326174128 silent, unresponsive and is a symbol of death and evil. For example it is “shrouded in a deep black garment,” which has strong connotations with death and suffering. Dickens also uses imagery to compare the Ghost Of Christmas Yet To Come to the Grim Reaper. The phantom seemed to “scatter gloom and mystery” and this could symbolise Scrooge’s dark future unless he changes his ways and becomes “another man”. Dickens shows Scrooge is motivated to change as he is fearful of being doomed to eternal damnation , as most people in Victorian England where strict Christians, is. He wishes to do better and not have to “wear the chains” he forged in life, as the ghost of Marley does. Dickens emphasises that fear can therefore prompt positive change.

]]> 2019-01-31 08:58:26 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_mcswiggan/bgt75s5tdqp1/wish/326174128 When the reader first encounters the character of Scrooge, his fears are much more superficial and materialistic. For example his miserly nature and greed. This is displayed by sarah_mcswiggan https://padlet.com/sarah_mcswiggan/bgt75s5tdqp1/wish/326174466 2019-01-31 08:59:55 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_mcswiggan/bgt75s5tdqp1/wish/326174466 Stave 5 shows the marked contrast between Scrooge's earlier fears and his attitude in the final stages of the novella. sarah_mcswiggan https://padlet.com/sarah_mcswiggan/bgt75s5tdqp1/wish/326174613 2019-01-31 09:00:28 UTC https://padlet.com/sarah_mcswiggan/bgt75s5tdqp1/wish/326174613 Through the structure of the novella, which highlights Scrooge’s dramatic transformation, Dickens emphasises that fear can be a powerful tool for... sarah_mcswiggan https://padlet.com/sarah_mcswiggan/bgt75s5tdqp1/wish/326176501 Dickens’s depiction of Scrooge’s fear in the extract highlights his vulnerability, encouraging the reader to sympathise with him. Elsewhere in the novella… 

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