Christmas Carol
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- Exposition
- The exposition of a story introduces the characters,setting and a general idea of the conflict. In "A Christmas Carol,"the exposition occurs when Dickens introduces the reader to the characters EbenezerScrooge, Martha Cratchit, Fezziwig, Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim, JacobMarley, The Ghost of Christmas Past, The Ghost of Christmas Present, The Ghostof Christmas Yet to Come, and Fred. A ChristmasCarol is set in Victorian England on Christmas Eve and ChristmasDay in the present, the past, and the future. Ebenezer Scrooge is a grumpy old man who sits ina dingy office all day in a counting house in London, England. It is VictorianEngland, sometime around 1843.
- Rising action
- Inliterary works, rising action includes increased conflict for the maincharacter. Dickens' main character meets Marley's ghost and is warned about theconsequences of his behavior and is told he will encounter three ghosts. Aspart of the rising action, the first and second ghosts who visit Scrooge allowhim to see his past Christmases and the present Christmas. Scrooge revisits hislonely past Christmases, and the reader learns the source of his bitternesstoward the holiday. In his journey around the current Christmas season, he seesthose whom he has hurt.
- “I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year''
- Climax
- The climax is the point of the story in which the central conflict is at its height. In "A Christmas Carol," Scrooge reaches his most desperatepoint when the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come appears. During this visitation,Scrooge sees a future where people celebrate his death and no one attends hisfuneral. This event becomes the impetus for Scrooge's desire to change.
- Falling action
- Scrooge's desperation after seeing the lonely end of his life changes his perception of family and the Christmas spirit in the ending of "A Christmas Carol."
- Resolution
- He decides to make charitable contributions and attend his nephew's Christmas dinner as part of the story's resolution. Scrooge brings a little of the Christmas spirit into every day, respecting the lessons of Christmas more than any man alive. The narrator concludes the story by saying that Scrooge's words and thoughts should be shared by of all of us ... "and so, as Tiny Tim observed, God bless us, Every one!"
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