What Is The Climax In The Christmas Carol

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Charles Dickens started the famous story A Christmas Carol in October of 1843 and wrote with compulsion for six weeks. He ended the narrative at the end of November so that it would be published when it was Christmas. It came out on December 17, 1843 and sold out in only three days. “Bah! Humbug” was one of the most famous lines in the story, and was said by a miserable and bitter fellow named Ebenezer Scrooge it was repeated many times throughout the story, he hated Christmas and happiness, and was very greedy, until a trio of spirits haunt Scrooge to show him the wrongfulness of his doings by the ghost of Christmas Past, Present, and Future, also known as Ghost of Christmas yet to come.The story took place in and around the city of London, on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and the morning after Christmas, 1843. Although there are a few variations about this famous story, there are many similarities and differences in the conflict, climax, and resolution of the play and the movie of The Christmas Carol.
The play of the Christmas carol begins with an introduction by Jacob Marley’s ghost that does not appear as an introduction in the movie. It shows more of speaking and interacting with the audience of the play. The three spirits that haunt Scrooge are Past, Present, and Future. The first ghost, the ghost of Christmas Past enters the scene by revealing just his hand, then revealing himself, a child-like but at the same time an old man. He first shows Scrooge an open field, familiar to him, covered by a …show more content…

This is easily shown by the clothing on him, and the expression on his face of hatred. Marley does not show up until a little later in the movie, but there are more real-looking effects to his costume such as the locks around his body and the fog surrounding him. Scrooge is also warned by this ghost that three spirits are to haunt him for his wrong

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