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      <title>A Christmas Carol Revision - Themes - 11-2 by </title>
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      <description>Made with wonder</description>
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      <pubDate>2018-03-19 10:39:06 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Family</title>
         <author>helen_self</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div><strong>Key Characters:</strong><br>The Cratchit family - show the family spirit between them all<br>Fred - SCROOGES LAST REMAINING FAMILY<br>Belle and her family - shows that Belle was Scrooge’s last opportunity for family and sees how he has missed out <br><br><strong>Settings/images :<br></strong>The Cratchits house<br>Belle’s house <br><strong>Context:</strong> At twelve, his father was arrested and sent to debtors' prison. Dickens' mother moved seven of their children into prison with their father but arranged for Charles to live alone outside the prison, working with other child laborers at a hellish job pasting labels on bottles in a blacking warehouse.<br><br><strong>Key Quotes<br>‘It was a small pudding for a large family’ stave 3, don’t have much money but still come together as a family at Christmas and make the most of it.<br><br><br></strong><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-03-19 10:52:11 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Isolation</title>
         <author>helen_self</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>KEY CHARACTERS:✌🏾🙈😜💩👻👻👻👻<br><br>Scrooge ~ isolatates himself from society and his family. He idolises money and therefore loses Belle<br>Marley~ isolated himself all his life and is forced to continue as a ghost to repent his sins<br>Scrooge’s family - His father abandoned him at boarding school while his friends went and played / went home<br>&nbsp;<br>QUOTES<br>“As solitary as an oyster” <br>“Hard and sharp as flint” he’s cold and stony to the outside but has the capacity to be warm.<br>“I wish to be left alone”<br>“A solitary child, neglected by his friends, is left there still”<br>“His partner lies upon the point of death... [He is] Quite alone in the world I do believe”, Belle talking about Scrooge at the end of stave 2. <br><br><strong>Settings</strong><br>The counthouse - Scrooge hides away from the outside world, with only Bob for company.<br>Scrooge’s house - where he is alone until the ghosts pay him a visit.<br><br><br><br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-03-19 10:52:17 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Guilt and Blame</title>
         <author>helen_self</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/helen_self/ss3y28bji6vr/wish/243400405</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>Key Characters:<br><br>Scrooge - feels guilty for how he used to be, for “idolising money” and loosing Belle<br>Cratchits (especially Mrs Cratchit) - Blames Scrooge for making life miserable and not paying Bob enough.<br><br><strong>SETTINGS/ IMAGES<br></strong>Belles breakup with Scrooge. - Belle blames scrooge for not caring about her and Scrooge looks and feels guilt over his actions<br><br>Tiny Tim’s death - Scrooge feels guilt over his death and the fact that he could have done something<strong><br><br></strong><br>QUOTES - “why do you delight to torture me” -Scrooge stave 2 - Scrooge feels guilt and regret over what kind of person he has become and his actions.<br><br><br><br><br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-03-19 10:52:26 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Transformation🙏🏽💍💋🤮</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/helen_self/ss3y28bji6vr/wish/243400412</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>Characters:&nbsp;<br>Scrooge-from dismissive to very acceptive. From selfish to giving, generous. From isolated to social<br>Tiny tim~ from ill to well&nbsp;<br>Ghosts~ trasnsform scroooge&nbsp;<br><br>"I don’t know anything! I’m quite a baby”- when Scrooge wakes up on Christmas Day he refers to himself as a baby suggesting he is a new man.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-03-19 10:52:28 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Compassion and Forgiveness</title>
         <author>helen_self</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/helen_self/ss3y28bji6vr/wish/243400452</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>Key characters;<br>- Scrooge - scrooge learns compassion throughout the play and at the end he is forgiven by those he has wronged.<br>- Cratchets-always welcoming and kind to Scrooge as they think he has the strength to change<br>- Fred - also thinks that Scrooge has the strength to change and will always invite him to Christmas just incase one day he accepts<br>- Belle-gives Scrooge a chance to win her back but <br>- Fezziwig<br>- Ghost of Christmas yet to come<br><br><strong>SETTINGS<br></strong>Fred’s house<br>The ghost of Christmas present blesses the cratchit house.<br><br><br><strong>QUOTES<br></strong>“Don’t be angry, uncle. Come! Dine with us tomorrow” -Fred stave 1- Despite Scrooge’s hostility Fred is offering him the chance to dine with them and he is showing compassion.<br><br>He spoke so gently to me one dear night when I was going to bed, that I was not afraid to ask him once more if you might come home-fan forgives her father for kicking Scrooge out and says he has changed<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-03-19 10:52:36 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Poverty</title>
         <author>helen_self</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/helen_self/ss3y28bji6vr/wish/243400564</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div><strong>CHARACTERS<br></strong>Bob Cratchit - hardworking yet still impoverished. He makes of what he can<br>Tiny Tim - he’s poor and unable to do anything, he depends on his family<br>Rag and bone man - takes what he can. Has to steal in order to survive.<br><br><strong>SETTINGS/IMAGES</strong><br>The cratchit house<br>The rag and bone man shop<br><br><strong>QUOTES :<br><br></strong><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-03-19 10:52:55 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Responsibility / Society</title>
         <author>helen_self</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/helen_self/ss3y28bji6vr/wish/243400625</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div><strong>Key characters:</strong><br>Scrooge - isolates self from society and doesn't care about social responsibilty<br>Fezziwig - model for Scrooge; takes care of workers with Christmas party<br>The Portly Gentlemen - men seeking charitable donations to help others at Christmas<br>Marley - delivers warning to Scrooge about his miserly ways<br><br><strong>Settings/images:</strong><br>Marley's chains - symbolic of the social responsibility of those with the means to help others less fortunate <br>The Pawn Shop - shows desperation of Londoners at the time (selling dead people's possessions to make money)<br><br><br><strong>Quotes:</strong><br>'No beggars implored him to bestow a trifle, no children asked him what it was o'clock' - Scrooge has a reputation of being uncaring that keeps him isolated from society<br>'Bah! Humbug!' - shows Scrooge's lack of social responsibility <br>'We should make some small provision for the Poor and Destitute' - the Portly Gentlemen believe in giving to those in need <br>'In came all the young men and women employed in the business' - Fezziwig invites everyone to the party, regardless of social rank<br>'he hoped people saw him going to church' - Tiny Tim hopes other people see him going to church so they are reminded of the meaning of Christmas - this shows social responsibility. <br><br><strong>Context:</strong><br>Scrooge's speech in Stave 1 about the state of the poor relates to the ideas of Thomas Robert Malthus in his 'Essay on the Principal of Population' (1798). This inhuman view shows a lack of social conscience and responsibility.&nbsp;</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-03-19 10:53:06 UTC</pubDate>
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