Sources: Biography.com, Charles Dickens Museum, The Dickens Encyclopedia by Arthur L. Hayward, IMDb, The Telegraph

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Jacob MarleyGhost of Scrooge’s business partner;

carries heavy chains

FredScrooge’s nephew;

loves Christmas traditions

Bob CratchitScrooge's underpaid clerk;

poor, good-hearted man

Tiny TimBob Cratchit's son; kind boy

with a physical disability

ScroogeMiser obsessed with his

own wealth

Themes

Tiny Tim, Stave 3

od bless us, every one!

A Christmas Carolby the Numbers

Weeks it took Dickens to write A Christmas Carol

6

Miles Dickens walked at night to clear his head while writing the novella

~15

Year of Dickens's first public reading of A Christmas Carol

1853

Copies sold over the Christmas season in 1843

~6,000

As an appreciator of Christmas festivities, Dickens was inspired to write A Christmas Carol after witnessing children in extreme poverty in London. His goal was to encourage those with resources to help and educate those without. The classic holiday story has delighted generations of viewers and readers.

CHARLES DICKENS1812–70

Marley's Chain

Symbolizes Marley'slifetime of greed

Tiny Tim

Represents society's poor,neglected children

Symbols Author

Main Characters

Redemption

Scrooge starts out as a greedy, miserable man but becomes a

loving, generous friend.

Wealth vs. Poverty

Scrooge represents the very richin society, while Bob Cratchit

represents the very poor.

Time

Scrooge must fight against time—his own and Tiny

Tim's—to make a di�erence before it's too late.

Charles Dickens 1843 English

Novella

Author Year Published Original Language

Allegory

A ChristmasCarol

Ghost of Christmas Present

Shows Scrooge the Cratchits' poverty and

hardship

Ghost of Christmas Past

Shows Scrooge in his younger years

Ebenezer Scrooge, owner of a London accounting firm, has no patience for friends, family, or Christmas; all he cares about is money. He is greedy and hateful toward the poor, including his impoverished, shivering employee. One night the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come visit Scrooge and completely transform his outlook.

A ChristmasMiracle

OVERVIEW

Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come

Shows Scrooge hislonely death