“No space of regret can make amends for one life’s opportunity misused”

― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

Report Of:
Acelo, Angelean Rose M. & Albarico, Allysa Colleen
ϧ Charles John Huffam Dickens
ϧ an English writer novelist and social
critic.Generally considered the Greatest of
the Victorian era or Symbol of Victorian time
ϧ Born February 7, 1812, Portsmouth, Hampshire,
England
ϧ Died at the age of 58 on June 9, 1870, Gad’s
Hill, near Chatham, Kent
ϧ Charles Dickens died of an apparent stroke
All About

ϧ His father’s spell in debtors’ prison that resulted in

12-year-old Charles working in a factory producing
shoe blacking (Warrens Blacking Factory)
ϧ Had ten children with his wife Catherine Thomson
"Kate" Dickens
ϧ In 1827, he took a job as a legal clerk
ϧ He then worked as a reporter in courts and in
Parliament
ϧ Dickens wrote 15 major novels
Major THEMES in
ϧ Loneliness of childhood
ϧ Oppression of poverty
ϧ Uncertainty of love and marriag
ϧ Indifference of social institutions
ϧ Sustaining joy of family life
ϧ Perseverance and sacrifice in face of untold hardships and
injustice
ϧ Many autobiographical links between life and writings of
Dickens
Famous and Successful books of
ϧ FULL TITLE: A Christmas Carol, in Prose: Being a Ghost
Story of Christmas
ϧ Published on December 19, 1843. By 1844, the novella had
gone through 13 printings and continues to be a robust seller
more than 175 years later.
ϧ Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol in just six weeks
ϧ A Christmas Carol was written as a work of social
commentary.
ϧ Upon publishing the first edition of A Christmas Carol,
Dickens had his 66-page heavily revised handwritten
manuscript bound in crimson leather and decorated in gilt
 • A Christmas Carol has inspired almost
countless adaptations, with literally
hundreds of versions across theatre, radio,
television, opera, and even video games.
Cinema alone has delivered
approximately 57 adaptations

• SETTING: This story takes place in

London, England on a Christmas Eve
• THEME: Greed, forgiveness and
tricky concepts of time, as well as
themes of generosity and compassion.
THE MAIN
Is the anti-heroic protagonist, he is a very
cold-hearted, selfish elderly man, who has
no love for Christmas, children, family, or
anything that even resembles happiness.
Jacob Marley was the business partner of Ebeneezer
Scrooge. In A Christmas Carol, Jacob Marley is said
to have died seven years earlier on Christmas Eve
(as the setting is Christmas Eve 1843, this would
have made the date of his passing December 24,
1836). It would be his ghost who would be
Scrooge's first visitor (before the three other spirits
to come).
 Is the ghost who shows Ebenezer Scrooge his past
and childhood. The angelic spirit shows Scrooge
scenes from his past that occurred on or around
Christmas, in order to demonstrate to him the
necessity of changing his ways, as well as to show
the reader how Scrooge came to be a bitter,
coldhearted miser. the Ghost of Christmas Past
appears to Scrooge as a white-robed, androgynous
figure of indeterminate age. He had on his head a
blazing light, reminiscent of a candle flame. He
carried with him a metal cap, made in the shape of a
candle extinguisher.
The Ghost of Christmas Present is the second of
the three spirits (after the visitations by Jacob
Marley and the Ghost of Christmas Past) that
haunt the miser Ebenezer Scrooge, in order to
prompt him to repent. The Ghost of Christmas
Present appears to Scrooge as "a jolly giant" with
dark brown curls. He wears a fur-lined green
robe and on his head a holly wreath set with
shining icicles. He carries a large torch, made to
resemble a cornucopia, and appears
accompanied by a great feast.
 It is the third and final spirit to visit the miser
Ebenezer Scrooge on Christmas Eve. Scrooge
finds the Ghost Of Christmas Future the most
fearsome of the Spirits; it appears to Scrooge as a
figure entirely muffled in a black hooded cloak,
except for a single spectral hand with which it
points. Although the character never speaks in
the story, Scrooge understands it, usually through
assumptions from his previous experiences and
rhetorical questions.
is the deuteragonist of A Christmas Carol. He
is the abused, underpaid clerk of Ebenezer
Scrooge. He is also the husband of Emily
Cratchit and the father of Tiny Tim Cratchit.
Timothy "Tiny Tim" Cratchit is the tritagonist
of A Christmas Carol. He is the crippled and
youngest son of Bob Cratchit and Emily
Cratchit.
 Fred is Ebenezer Scrooge's nephew and
only living relative in A Christmas Carol.
Fred is also a gentleman of some means,
but unlike his miserly uncle, he is a kind-
hearted, generous, cheerful, and
optimistic man who loves Christmas.
 A
Christmas Carol

By: Charles Dickens

 A mean-spirited, miserly old man named
Ebenezer Scrooge sits in his counting-
house on a frigid Christmas Eve. His clerk,
Bob Cratchit, shivers in the anteroom
because Scrooge refuses to spend money on
heating coals for a fire. Scrooge's nephew,
Fred, pays his uncle a visit and invites him
to his annual Christmas party. Two portly
gentlemen also drop by and ask Scrooge for
a contribution to their charity. Scrooge
reacts to the holiday visitors with bitterness
and venom, spitting out an angry "Bah!
Humbug!" in response to his nephew's
"Merry Christmas!"
Later that evening, after returning to his dark,
cold apartment, Scrooge receives a chilling
visitation from the ghost of his dead partner,
Jacob Marley. Marley, looking haggard and
pallid, relates his unfortunate story. As
punishment for his greedy and self-serving
life his spirit has been condemned to wander
the Earth weighted down with heavy chains.
Marley hopes to save Scrooge from sharing
the same fate. Marley informs Scrooge that
three spirits will visit him during each of the
next three nights. After the wraith disappears,
Scrooge collapses into a deep sleep.
He wakes moments before the arrival of the
Ghost of Christmas Past, a strange childlike
phantom with a brightly glowing head. The
spirit escorts Scrooge on a journey into the
past to previous Christmases from the
curmudgeon's earlier years. Invisible to
those he watches, Scrooge revisits his
childhood school days, his apprenticeship
with a jolly merchant named Fezziwig, and
his engagement to Belle, a woman who
leaves Scrooge because his lust for money
eclipses his ability to love another. Scrooge,
deeply moved, sheds tears of regret before
the phantom returns him to his bed.
 The Ghost of Christmas Present, a majestic giant
clad in a green fur robe, takes Scrooge through
London to unveil Christmas as it will happen that
year. Scrooge watches the large, bustling Cratchit
family prepare a miniature feast in its meager home.
He discovers Bob Cratchit's crippled son, Tiny Tim,
a courageous boy whose kindness and humility
warms Scrooge's heart. The specter then zips
Scrooge to his nephew's to witness the Christmas
party. Scrooge finds the jovial gathering delightful
and pleads with the spirit to stay until the very end
of the festivities. As the day passes, the spirit ages,
becoming noticeably older. Toward the end of the
day, he shows Scrooge two starved children,
Ignorance and Want, living under his coat. He
vanishes instantly as Scrooge notices a dark,
hooded figure coming toward him.
 The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come leads
Scrooge through a sequence of mysterious scenes
relating to an unnamed man's recent death.
Scrooge sees businessmen discussing the dead
man's riches, some vagabonds trading his
personal effects for cash, and a poor couple
expressing relief at the death of their unforgiving
creditor. Scrooge, anxious to learn the lesson of
his latest visitor, begs to know the name of the
dead man. After pleading with the ghost, Scrooge
finds himself in a churchyard, the spirit pointing
to a grave. Scrooge looks at the headstone and is
shocked to read his own name. He desperately
implores the spirit to alter his fate, promising to
renounce his insensitive, avaricious ways and to
honor Christmas with all his heart. Whoosh! He
suddenly finds himself safely tucked in his bed.
 Overwhelmed with joy by the chance to redeem himself and grateful that he has been
returned to Christmas Day, Scrooge rushes out onto the street hoping to share his newfound
Christmas spirit. He sends a giant Christmas turkey to the Cratchit house and attends Fred's
party, to the stifled surprise of the other guests. As the years go by, he holds true to his
promise and honors Christmas with all his heart: he treats Tiny Tim as if he were his own
child, provides lavish gifts for the poor, and treats his fellow human beings with kindness,
generosity, and warmth.
“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.
I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all
Three shall strive within me.’’

THE END
 The moral of A Christmas Carol is that
the pursuit of money will not make a person happy.
The purpose of our existence is to love, give, cherish, and not to
hate, take and despise. Every new day is a chance for a new
beginning, Scrooge devotes his life to amassing wealth, but in doing
so misses out on the joys of family and friendship.
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