Stave Three Analysis

Quotes

‘Jolly giant’ – kind, Christmas spirit, welcoming, calm, joyous

‘Plenty’s Horn’ – having enough, spending money, enjoying yourselves, not thinking about money but family, paganism, opposite to Scrooge’s miserly methods, hierarchy, feasting, having fun/ enjoying yourselves

‘Unconstrained demeanour’ – carefree, effortless, playful, relaxed, contrasts to Scrooge, reminds Scrooge of how he used to be when he worked for Fezziwig

‘Reverently/ submissively’ – not being arrogant and prideful/ overconfident, difference in his character, willing to listen and change, giving up some of the moral high ground, wants to be taught/ cares about what he is going to be taught

‘Mad delight’ - they are the poorest in hope and wealth yet seem to find the most joy, idea that money doesn’t buy happiness, happy, excite/ having fun, together

‘Twice-turned gown, but brave in ribbons’ – grateful, appreciative, make the most of everything they have, not defeated by their poverty, frayed, worn out, old, lack in money but not spirit/ bravery

‘Overcome with penitence and grief’ - regretful, fearful for the future of Tiny Tim, helplessness, interjection, despair, shock, dread, on the road to salvation, valuable, affection, consideration, empathy

‘Founder of the feast’- grateful to Scrooge although he has been cruel and is undeserving of forgiveness, Christian quality of forgiveness, appreciative, kind to those who don’t deserve it

‘Odious, stingy, hard, unfeeling man’ describing Scrooge

‘Fiery red/ glared upon the desolation/ sullen eye’ alludes to the connotations of hell, punishment and suffering, loneliness, cold hearted, future fated, greed

‘Stale and shrivelled hand’- tarnished by society and its misconducts, personification of poverty, damages the image of youth and innocence children should have, they are hideous and disgusting from the outside but innocent like children from within

‘They are man’s’ – man’s wrongdoings have created such ghastly dreadful carnivorous creatures that seem almost inhumane, stressing the lack of humility in humanity and how far it has gone, they do not belong to any individual, but it is society’s responsibility to bring them back to health and well-being

Summary

The Ghost of Christmas Present takes Scrooge to visit Christmas preparations at the Cratchits’ house. Scrooge learns that Tiny Tim will not survive unless the future changes. This knowledge upsets Scrooge. The Ghost takes Scrooge to see different groups of people enjoying themselves at Christmas. Scrooge sees his nephew, Fred, with his family. They are discussing Scrooge and Fred is full of pity for him. At the end of the night the Ghost shows Scrooge two children: a boy, called Ignorance, and a girl, called Want. The Ghost says they belong to Man and warns Scrooge to beware of them both, but especially to beware of Ignorance.

Context

Paganism- was around before Christianity and Christmas was developed from a pagan festival in which green plants were popular as they were ever-green and lived long lives. They worshipped a God called the Green Man who believed in everything being plentiful to gain more one must give more, for example on such occasions like Christmas you should enjoy everything you have and pend money to buy food and celebrate as it is important not to worry about such minor things

True Christian Families- these families were meant to celebrate and enjoy themselves on Christmas no matter how little or how much they had, as God in the end would always give back more then you donated, the idea was to celebrate and appreciate what you have, eating a traditional lunch all together as a family, being with close loved ones

Children and Purity- babies when born were seen to be the most puree, innocent, blessed and holy things as they had just been sent down from God therefore were the closest with him and had more off a connection with him than anyone else, this only stopped once they were ruined by society and its teaching, society is the cause for their look of purity and close connection with God as it turns them into people that it can use

Society- in the Jacobean Era one of the biggest problems with society especially thee high upper class rich bourgeoisie was that they were ignorant towards the poor claiming they were drunkards and lazy, not bothering to try get jobs, also they were extremely greedy as they fed on capitalism, which increased their power and profit until they poor had nothing and they had everything, they were selfish, although ignorance towards others was societies biggest failing/ flaw/ problem

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