A Christmas Carol How Does Scrooge Change Through Staves 1 - 5? - GCSE English - Marked by Teachers.com (2024)

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How does Scrooge change from stave 1 to stave 5? ›

Stave 5 is Scrooge's rebirth and redemption. Scrooge has been a sinful man, has learnt the reasons for and consequences of his actions, and is now a changed man. 2. Scrooge sends a huge turkey to Bob Cratchit's family and gives Bob Cratchit a pay raise to assist his family.

In Staves 3 and 4 of A Christmas Carol, Scrooge undergoes a drastic change in personality due to the events shown by the Ghost of Christmas Present and the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come. At the end of the novella, Scrooge is found to be a better man. He learns to be charitable and to value family and companionship.

In Scrooge we see a man who is transformed from a greedy, selfish miser into a generous and good-natured character by the end. He is shown the error of his ways by the ghosts that visit him and is redeemed by his own willingness to change.

Scrooge is now giving away money, contrary to Stave 1 Where he wouldn't even buy coal for the fire in his clerk's office. Scrooge has became generous, and is now going out of his way to help the Cratchits. Description of Scrooge, which is a contrast to before as now he smiles at everyone even if they are poor or rich.

In Stave 2, Scrooge develops as a person by showing he really can feel joy and once had a creative mind. The sight of his younger self reading adventure books makes him giddy at the thought of the old stories, for example. He ends the Stave distraught at the realization of how much he has lost.

He demands to know who the ghost is and the ghost answers that he was Jacob Marley when he was living. Scrooge refuses to believe in Marley, just as he refuses to believe in Christmas. Marley represents a kind of family for Scrooge, even though they are not blood-related.

Stave Four: The last of the spirits

In contrast, the Ghost then takes Scrooge to see the Cratchits who are deeply upset because Tiny Tim has died. Finally, Scrooge is shown a gravestone with his own name on it. He realises he is the dead man whom the people were talking about. He promises to change his ways.

" Scrooge entered timidly and hung his head before the spirit." This shows that Scrooge is changing and is ashamed of himself for what he has done in the past. This makes a harsh contrast to scrooge previously, "hard and sharp as flint." which shows he is changing.

Stave Three: The second of the three spirits

Scrooge learns that Tiny Tim will not survive unless the future changes. This knowledge upsets Scrooge. The Ghost takes Scrooge to see different groups of people enjoying themselves at Christmas. Scrooge sees his nephew, Fred, with his family.

In stave one he is presented as selfish, rude, angry and lonely. 'Warning all human sympathy to keep its distance. ' he is thoroughly dislikeable. Through the attentions of Marley's ghost and the journey Scrooge takes through the past present and future Scrooge changes and becomes likable.

How does Scrooge change when he sees his past? ›

When the spirits take Scrooge to the past present and future, Scrooge undergoes a major transformation Dickens demonstrates this by showing that Scrooge changed from a lonely, greedy man, that didn't like Christmas and dislike people to a generous man that likes Christmas and was more accepting of other people.

Scrooge began his transformation into a good man when the Ghost of Christmas present shows him the Cratchit household. Scrooge throughout this scene is presented with the consequences of his actions and how they affect those who are less fortunate than he.

What happens in stave 5 of A Christmas Carol? In Stave 5 of A Christmas Carol, Scrooge wakes up from his sleep after his visions of the spirits, and he is delighted to be able to live a better life. He gives money to the poor, spends Christmas with his nephew and his family, and then gives Bob Cratchit a raise.

“I don't know what to do!” cried Scrooge, laughing and crying in the same breath…. “I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as school-boy.

' cried Scrooge, folding one of his bed-curtains in his arms,' they are not torn down, rings and all. They are here -- I am here -- the shadows of the things that would have been, may be dispelled.

Scrooge goes back to bed and thinks, but the more he thinks that the episode with Marley was all in his head, the more the visions spring up in his mind and convince him otherwise. Then he remembers that Marley's ghost had said one o'clock was the hour to expect the first spirit.

As the stave opens, we find Scrooge confused because he is awoken by the clock chiming twelve. Scrooge is sure he went to bed at 2 AM, so it's understandable that this apparent lapse in time could be baffling!

Most of Stave 1 is set in Ebenezer Scrooge's office. Near the end, he goes home to his dingy rooms. The ghost of Jacob Marley visits, then Scrooge goes to bed and falls into a deep sleep.

Scrooge feared the silent shape so much that his legs trembled beneath him, and he found that he could hardly stand when he prepared to follow it. The presence of this ghost makes Scrooge afraid. His trembling legs and inability to stand firm show how he is worried about the future that the ghost will show him.

In Stave 3 of A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge is guided by the Ghost of Christmas Present to view the Christmas celebrations of people in the present day. He visits the streets of London, his clerk Bob Cratchit and his family, miners, shipmates, and his nephew's house.

What does Scrooge learn in Stave 4? ›

Scrooge eventually learns that he's the dead man and pleads with the spirit for the opportunity to change the future.

At the end of ''Stave 4'', Scrooge is afraid that the future he is seeing cannot be changed in any way. He begs the Ghost to tell him if it can be fixed since he is willing to change.

The main change in Stave 4 is when the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come reveals Scrooge's gravestone. The reader is presented with Scrooge's fear as he begs to “sponge” off the “writing on this stone”, falling in front of the phantom in despair.

Scrooge approaches the grave and reads the inscription on the headstone: EBENEZER SCROOGE. Appalled, Scrooge clutches at the spirit and begs him to undo the events of his nightmarish vision. He promises to honor Christmas from deep within his heart and to live by the moralizing lessons of Past, Present, and Future.

Somewhat disappointed, Scrooge waits for 15 minutes after which a bright light begins to stream down upon him. Curious and a bit befuddled, Scrooge pads into the other room where he finds the second spirit waiting for him.

The Ghost of Christmas Present next takes Scrooge to the house of Bob Cratchit, Scrooge's clerk. Despite the Ghost's size, he can fit into even this small space.

Part of what Scrooge learns is that his deeds have directed his future. His greed caused him to give up the love of his life. He recognises he needs to change.

Scrooge represents selfish members of victorian upper and middle classes. He refuses to give to charity. Dickens establishes Scrooge as an unsympathetic figure to make his transformation more powerful.

Greed 1: Scrooge, although he is wealthy, is such a miser that he won't even allow his clerk to have enough coal to keep him warm. He insists on saving money by burning only enough coal to keep a small flame glowing whether the heat that it puts out is sufficient to keep the clerk warm.

Scrooge is described as a “squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner” this string of adjectives to describe him tells the reader that Scrooge is a miser, this technique is effective as the adjectives pile on the strong presence of Scrooge.

What happens when Scrooge changes? ›

In Staves 3 and 4 of A Christmas Carol, Scrooge undergoes a drastic change in personality due to the events shown by the Ghost of Christmas Present and the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come. At the end of the novella, Scrooge is found to be a better man. He learns to be charitable and to value family and companionship.

Scrooge is the main character of Dickens's novella and is first presented as a miserly , unpleasant man. He rejects all offerings of Christmas cheer and celebration as 'Humbug! '. On Christmas Eve he is visited by the ghost of his old business partner, Jacob Marley, who warns that he will be visited by three ghosts.

However, Scrooge changes his mind because of the three spirits. Thanks to the first and second spirits, he can watch his past and present, and he learns a lot of things, such as, being kind to other people, being generous to poor people, and that having good relationships is necessary.

The first Stave centers on the visitation from Marley's ghost, the middle three present the tales of the three Christmas spirits, and the last concludes the story, showing how Scrooge has changed from an inflexible curmudgeon to a warm and joyful benefactor.

What hints in the text suggest to you that Scrooge may change for the better? Scrooge is moved by scenes from his past and says he would like to make amends to people in the present. the present? Yes, it seems that Scrooge is becoming a changed person and will act differently as the play progresses.

Toward the end of the novel he starts to change his mind about “business” and starts to be a more jolly and a better man. Dickens helps readers understand that being human means that you should take care of others, by showing Scrooge taking care of the Cratchit family and being charitable after he learns his lesson.

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!"

1 - As stave 5 begins, Scrooge is described as being "fluttered and so glowing with good intentions." Consider Dickens' choice of adjective "glowing" here. What is its signifcance? Dickens' choice of adjective "glowing" evokes an impression of Scrooge's rosy red cheeks because he is so cheerful.

Ebenezer Scrooge finds himself clutching his own bed-post in his own room. He is delighted when he realizes he has been returned to his normal life to make amends. He laughs joyfully, and voices aloud his gratitude to his former partner Marley and the other ghosts, swearing to always keep Christmas in his heart.

If I could work my will," said Scrooge indignantly, "every idiot who goes about with 'Merry Christmas' on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart. He should!"

What is Scrooge like in stave 2 quotes? ›

"During this whole time Scrooge had acted like a man out of his wits." This quote is showing how Scrooge is really changing, he's forgotten about the views he used to have on society. "The happiness he gives is quite as great as if it cost a fortune."

Scrooge relegates his clerk Bob Cratchit to a minimal fire, expecting Cratchit to work while cold. Bob knows that if he replenishes his fire, Scrooge will threaten to terminate his job. So he tries to warm himself as best he can without angering Scrooge.

Dickens presents Scrooge as an outsider in this extract by the way he is described. He uses pathetic fallacy in the first paragraph to represent how Scrooge is 'colder' than anything weather can throw at him: 'heaviest rain, and snow, and hail, and sleet'.

In the beginning of the novel Ebenezer Scrooge is portrayed as a hardhearted and unsociable man. However at the end of the novel we see dramatic changes in him as a trio of ghostly visitations causes a complete change in him. Scrooges transformed from an unpleasant and penny-pinching character to a charitable kind man.

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!"

“I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as school-boy. I am as giddy as a drunken man. A merry Christmas to everybody! A happy New Year to all the world!”

After Ebenezer Scrooge is taken by three spirits on a remarkable journey through time, he realizes his mistakes and starts changing his personality and life style. Throughout "A Christmas Carol", Ebenezer Scrooge changes from being a greedy grouch to a generous man, and experiences forgiveness from the people he loves.

As the triumphant and touching end of the story goes, Scrooge is able to defeat a lifetime of selfishness and the worship of money to become a new man with an entirely new outlook on life. He learns how to be patient, kind and generous.

Scrooge feared the silent shape so much that his legs trembled beneath him, and he found that he could hardly stand when he prepared to follow it. The presence of this ghost makes Scrooge afraid. His trembling legs and inability to stand firm show how he is worried about the future that the ghost will show him.

Stave Three: The second of the three spirits

The Ghost of Christmas Present takes Scrooge to visit Christmas preparations at the Cratchits' house. Scrooge learns that Tiny Tim will not survive unless the future changes. This knowledge upsets Scrooge.

What does stave 5 symbolize in A Christmas Carol? ›

Stave Five

The knocker still reminds Scrooge of Marley, but while initially this left Scrooge feeling terrified, he now views the knocker as being "wonderful." The knocker has become a symbol of the happiness that Marley gave Scrooge the opportunity to achieve.

Waking up in his own bed, back in the present, Scrooge is delighted to be given a second chance and makes Christmas happy for everyone. He sends a turkey to the Cratchits, gives money to the charity collectors, and joins Fred for Christmas.

What hints in the text suggest to you that Scrooge may change for the better? Scrooge is moved by scenes from his past and says he would like to make amends to people in the present. the present? Yes, it seems that Scrooge is becoming a changed person and will act differently as the play progresses.