Essay Comparing A Christmas Carol And Dante's Inferno

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Throughout A Christmas Carol and The Divine Comedy, the similarities consist of Christian holidays, the use of threes, and the repercussions of greed. Along with the similarities, there are also several differences such as the point of view of each story, where the characters travel, and the ghost that come to Scrooge and Dante. Throughout the two novels, A Christmas Carol and Dante’s Inferno, they use many similarities including the story occurring on Christian holidays, the many uses of threes, and the consequences of using money the wrong way. Both works are framed by key Christian holidays. The Divine Comedy starts on Good Friday and ends on Easter Sunday, while A Christmas Carol commences on Christmas Eve and culminates on Christmas Day. This brings the role of God into both stories and helps the reader to imagine what …show more content…

The Divine Comedy has three parts itself, the Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise, while A Christmas Carol, in the same way, exhibits a three-part structure marked by the visitations of three ghosts who represent the past, present, and future. Dante encounters three animals at the beginning of his journey, a leopard, a lion, and a she-wolf. The leopard symbolizes fraudulence, the lion symbolizes pride, and the she-wolf symbolizes avarice or greed. Along with Scrooge, Dante also has greed in his life which leads to his journey through Hell, as Scrooge journeyed to his past, present, and future. This journey allowed Scrooge to change by the end of the story and become a generous person before he gets sentenced to Circle Four. In Circle

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