Essay on The Characters of the Three Ghosts in A Christmas...

How does Charles Dickens present the characters of the three ghosts in A Christmas Carol. In this essay, I will find out how Charles Dickens presents the characters of the three ghosts in ‘A Christmas Carol’. This story is about Scrooge. He was a selfish man who had a solely friend, called Jacob Marley. After seven years of Marley’s death, on Christmas Eve, Scrooge saw Marley’s ghost dragging chains of cashboxes that Marley forged in life. Marley told Scrooge that three spirits would visit him and change his fate. Dickens’ early life had influenced his view on the importance of helping others. In Dickens’ early life, he worked in a workhouse and his job is to paste labels on bottle which is a boring and hellish job. He became†¦show more content†¦Besides, the ghost is holding ‘a branch of fresh holly’ but it also has its dress ‘trimmed with summer flowers’. The combination of these contrasting season’s flowers, could reveal time, year by year and memories of all the past. Apart from its appearance, what it has done is remarkably successful. Scrooge is softened and he regrets what he has done in the past. Scrooge realises that he has to change as he sees his selfishness, cruelness and coldness towards other people. The second ghost, the Ghost of Christmas Present is a cheerful ghost. Dickens presents it in ‘one simple deep green robe’ which is one of the colours for Christmas. It has lots of fresh Christmas food besides it, such as sausages, oysters, pies, puddings’. It seems like the ghost is celebrating Christmas merrily. Its eyes were ‘clear and kind’, its ‘cheery voice’ and its ‘unconstrained demeanour’ exposes that it is a cheerful and jolly ghost. The horn that is carrying is called the horn of plenty, meaning a lot of goodness. The ghost causes Scrooge to understand there are poor families like Bob Cratchit’s who need help. Additionally, he learns that money can’t buy happiness and warmth from a family. 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