A Christmas Carol Summary / Plot Diagram activity | Create a visual plot summary for A Christmas Carol
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EXPOSITION
Bah! Humbug!
But Mr. Scrooge, it's Christmas Eve...
MAJOR CONFLICT
Tonight, you will be visited by three spirits!
RISING ACTION
Scrooge bah-humbugs Christmas, refuses to give to charity, and is a miserable miser.
CLIMAX
Spirit...Assure me that I yet may change these shadows you have shown me, by an altered life!
The ghost of Scrooge’s late partner, Joseph Marley, comes to warn Scrooge that he will be visited by three spirits.
FALLING ACTION
Merry Christmas Bob! Take the day off, and let me buy you the biggest turkey in the shop for your dinner!
Scrooge's visits with the Ghost of Christmas Past, and the Ghost of Christmas Present, who show Scrooge the joys of the Christmas season, and how he is missing out on life.
RESOLUTION
Scrooge is shown his own grave, and the grave of Tiny Tim, by the Ghost of Christmas Future.
Scrooge attempts to set right his miserly ways with generosity and repentance for his bah-humbugging.
God Bless us, every one.
Scrooge sits down to Christmas dinner at his nephew’s. He lives happily the rest of his days with Christmas in his heart.
I am a changed man and will honour Christmas, from this day forth!