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How does Dickens present greed in a Christmas carol?
In Charles Dickens ' "A Christmas carol" Dickens uses Scrooge as a victim of greed and a symbol of the upper class in Victorian Britain using a range of techniques to communicate his message of social awareness and the lack of understanding about the problems of the poor.
Dickens shows this in the quote ‘another idol has displaced me…if it can cheer and comfort you in time to come…I have no cause to grieve’ Dickens uses the symbolism of idol for his greed presenting how it has taken over him it also has more religious connotations of someone or something to be worshiped as if it is at the top of his order of order of precedence, Dickens also has this quote come from bell, whom he is engaged to at this point, emphasises how greed has turned him selfish too the point his soon to be wife is insignificant to him over money reflecting the upper class in Victorian England who instead of listened to the poor and their needs they built workhouses, it also shows how this has made scrooge change, the use of the verb grieve connotes Scrooge's old self is dead also foreshadowing later in the novella where if scrooge didn’t change for the better he would die. The use of the noun ‘idol’ gives imagery to the reader of the importance of Scrooge's money to him, it also suggests imagery of a trophy for scrooge to boast about his wealth as if it is the only thing important, this then could foreshadow the business men later in the play who Scrooge ‘respected’ in the quote ‘Who's the worse for the loss of a few things like these? Not a dead man I suppose’ the men say that they are happy to have taken his possessions after death as if his only use was his money. ‘A golden one’ Dickens uses this quote from bell not only to emphasise Scrooge's greed but the use of the adjective ‘Golden’ creates imagery of the colour gold which connotes value and power, this adjective pared with the noun ‘idol’ connotes something much more priceless for example the crown Jules emphasising his power as if royalty. This is shown in a flash back from the ghost of Christmas past which also shows scrooge as a ‘child of isolation’ left in school during the Christmas break, this school could be a reference to how Dickens was a way out of poverty as Scrooge was not said to be wealthy when he was younger, Scrooge's isolation as a child could refer to how our younger experiences shape our emotional landscape as we get older this is the what created his greed later on, Dickens also does this to evoke sympathy from the reader as it connotes innocence and vulnerability due to lack of experience to the world and this causes his selfishness in the novella. Dickens does this to have an effect on not just the targeted audience of the upper class but also Scrooge as this becomes his first moment of understanding and responsibility which then greatly affects his redemption later on in the book, emphasising Dickens's message that redemption is always possible and it is never too late to start accepting your social responsibility through evoking sympathy from the reader.

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