A christmas carol characters

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1. A Christmas Carol Characters

2. Fred (Scrooge’s nephew)
Fred is Scrooges only living relative. Fred is also a
gentleman of some means, but, unlike his miserly
uncle, he is a kind-hearted, generous, and very
cheerful who loves Christmas

3. Ebenezer Scrooge
•Ebenezer Scrooge is the principal (main) character in
Charles Dickens' 1843 novel, A Christmas Carol. At the beginning of
the novel, Scrooge is a cold-hearted, tight-fisted and greedy man,
who despises Christmas and all things which engender happiness.
"The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose,
made his eyes red, his thin lips blue, and he spoke out shrewdly in
his grating voice ..." is what the book describes him as

4. Marley’s Ghost
In life, Marley was the business partner of
Ebenezer Scrooge. As teenagers, both men had
been apprenticed in business and met as clerks
(presumably in accounting) in another business.
The firm of Scrooge and Marley was a
nineteenth century financial institution, probably a
counting house, as Marley refers to their offices
as 'our money-changing hole'. They have become
successful bankers, with seats on the
London Stock Exchange; they are also
stockholders and directors of at least one major
association, but a vast amount of their wealth has
been accumulated through usurious
moneylending. Scrooge is described as Marley's
"sole executor, his sole administrator, his sole
assign, his sole residuary legatee, his sole friend,
and sole mourner". He has been dead seven years
by the time the story begins.

5. Tiny Tim
He is the son of Bob Cratchit. When
Scrooge is visited by
The Ghost of Christmas Present he is
shown just how ill Tim really is, and that
Tim will die unless he receives
treatment. When visited by
The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come all
he sees of Tim is his crutch, as Tim has
died.

6. Fezzwig
•Scrooge revisits Fezziwig with the Ghost of Christmas
Past, during the Fezziwigs' lively Christmas party.
Fezziwig is one of the few people to whom Scrooge is
thankful, “He has the power to render us happy or
unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome; a
pleasure or a toil…The happiness he gives, is quite as
great as if it cost a fortune.” Scrooge is reminded how
much he once appreciated Fezziwig. Since Fezziwig is
the elder Scrooge's opposite in many ways — in
kindness, generosity, affection for his employees,
relationship with family, and apparent happiness —
Scrooge is thus confronted with the fact that his own
choices have diverged greatly from those of someone he
admires.

7. Ghost of Christmas past
•The Ghost of Christmas past was the first of the three
spirits. The Ghost of Christmas past was the first of the
three spirits Then he was shown the day when his
beloved, younger sister Fan picked him up from there
after repeatedly asking was shown an episode from his
time as an apprentice to Mr. Fezziwig, which started
merely three days after the above and *only* visit home
after so many years without. The spirit also showed
Scrooge the day when, as a young man, he compelled
Belle, his fiancée, to end their relationship as his
increasing obsession with his money caused him to
alienate her.

8. Ghost of Christmas present
•The Ghost of Christmas Present was the second of the
three spirits (after the visitation by Jacob Marley) that
haunted the miser Ebenezer Scrooge, in order to prompt
him to repent. According to Dickens' novel, the Ghost of
Christmas Present appears to Scrooge as "a jolly giant"
with dark brown curls. He wears a fur-lined green robe
and on his head a holly wreath set with shining icicles.
He carries a large torch, made to resemble a cornucopia,
and appears accompanied by a great feast. He states
that he has had "more than eighteen hundred" brothers
(in fact eighteen hundred and forty two) and later reveals
the ability to change his size to fit into any space. He
also wears a scabbard with no sword in it, a
representation of peace on Earth.

9. The ghost of Christmas future
•It is the ghost that haunts the miser Ebenezer Scrooge, in order to
prompt him to adopt a more caring attitude in life and avoid the
horrid afterlife of Marley. Scrooge finds the Ghost of Christmas Yet
to Come the most fearsome of the spirits; he appears to Scrooge as
a figure entirely muffled in a black hooded robe, except for a single
gaunt hand with which he points. Although the character never
speaks in the story, Scrooge understands him, usually rough
assumptions from his previous experiences and rhetorical
questions. The Ghost's general appearance suggests that he may
be associated with the Grim Reaper. The Ghost's muteness and
undefined features (being always covered by his robe) may also
have been intended to represent the uncertainty of the future. He is
notable that even in satires and parodies of the tale, this spirit
nonetheless retains his original look.