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Ebenezer Scrooge

• "Bah! Humbug!" - Scrooge's dismissive attitude towards Christmas.
• "Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?" - Scrooge's callous view of the poor.
• "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year." - Scrooge's transformation and redemptive promise.

Bob Cratchit

• "God bless us, every one!" - Tiny Tim's hopeful outlook.
• (About Tiny Tim): "He told me, coming home, that he hoped the people saw him in the church, because he was a cripple, and it might be pleasant to them to remember upon Christmas Day, who made lame beggars walk, and blind men see." - Bob's tender care and concern for his son.
• "I'll give you Mr. Scrooge, the Founder of the Feast!" - Bob's loyalty and gratitude towards Scrooge, despite his mistreatment.

Jacob Marley

• "Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business." - Marley's regret for his life's neglect.
• "I wear the chain I forged in life," replied the Ghost. "I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on of my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it." - Marley's warning about the consequences of selfish actions.
• "You have yet a chance and hope of escaping my fate." - Marley's hope to direct Scrooge towards redemption.

Ghost of Christmas Past

• (Describing Scrooge as a boy): "A solitary child, neglected by his friends, is left there still." - Highlighting Scrooge's lonely childhood.
• (Regarding Belle): "Another idol has displaced me… a golden one." - Belle explaining why she had to break off her engagement with Scrooge.
• The overall theme is to show Scrooge's neglected past

Ghost of Christmas Present

• (About the Cratchit family): "If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, the child will die." - Warning Scrooge about Tiny Tim's impending fate.
• (Quoting Scrooge's earlier words): "Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?" - Present using Scrooge's words against him.
• Overall theme of showing the current state of peoples lives

Ghost of Christmas Future

• (Showing Scrooge his own grave): This silent scene is the ultimate destination if Scrooge doesn't change his ways.
• (Depicting people discussing Scrooge's death with indifference): Highlighting the lack of love and connection in Scrooge's life.
• The overall theme is to scare Scrooge into changing.

Themes in A Christmas Carol

• Redemption: Scrooge's journey from miserliness to generosity.
• Social Injustice: Dickens critiques Victorian society's treatment of the poor.
• The Importance of Charity and Compassion: The story emphasizes the need for empathy and helping others.