Christmas Carol
"Bah! Humbug!" "God bless us everyone!" These phrases draw both positive and negative images to mind. The two lines are famous phrases from Dickens' Christmas Carol. The first line belongs to Ebenezer Scrooge, and the second line was by Tiny Tim. In this famous story, which was written by Charles Dickens, there is a very obvious use of positive and negative characters. Dickens uses many different actions, words, characteristics, details and mannerisms to show how the character is positive or how the character is negative. One of the first characters that is introduced in the book is Scrooge's partner Marley. Marley is the type of man that loves money. When he was young, he received his first job working for a man in a counting house. From a young age Marley loved money, and knew he wanted to have a great deal of it in his life. It wasn't long after he had been working at this counting house that Scrooge joined Marley. Scrooge had been working for a man named Fezziwig, who ran an opposing counting house in town. Scrooge was offered more money elsewhere, and he left Fezziwig. After working together for a while, Scrooge and Marley worked a plan to undermine Fezziwig and get his business from him.
In contrast to Marley's negative demeanor there is the small voice of Scrooge's nephew. It wasn't until about the time when his sister passed on that Scrooge fell into his love for money. So really what the spirits are doing is a positive thing. But even though Ebenezer Scrooge processes all these negative qualities and characteristics, there are still signs that he may not be completely bad. All of these characters were portrayed with negative or positive attribute, or in one case, Scrooge's he was given both. By showing the bad side of Scrooge, Dickens exposes the greed, and love for money that is predominantly found in our society. Since by this time Scrooge has realized the error of his ways, and that money is not everything in the world, nor it should be. He walks into Scrooge's business and says "A merry Christmas Uncle! God save you," (Dickens 16) in a very joyful voice. The two were successful, and started their own counting house called Scrooge and Marley. By the end, it is Scrooge that is exemplifying positive attributes. The association with white is that of the "good team," or something that is right. To show Scrooge that wealth isn't everything, and to show him the lives of others in his life the three spirits are introduced. Now even though these spirits are at times showing Scrooge some negative scenes, they are in fact providing Scrooge with valuable insight into his own life, and the life he has been living. Scrooge may not reciprocate his nephew's happy spirit, but it doesn't stop his nephew from trying. There are many signs while Scrooge is traveling with the spirits that show positive characteristics that have lied, and may still lie within Scrooge.
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