Dickens's Christmas Carol : Role of Children
The Role of Children in Dicken’s Christmas Carol Children are common figures used in literature to portray purity, wholesomeness, and innocence. Authors also use other child figures, those less innocent, yet in most cases violent figures are rarely the latter form. It is to extract the innocence and purity that Dicken’s authors two of four main characters as children. Main characters, Ebeneezer Scrooge and his employee Bob Cratchit are accompanied by child roles, Tiny Tim (Cratchit’s son) and Fred (Scrooge’s nephew). It is through the character of Scrooge that Dicken’s educates his readers on basic laws of humanity and kindness. The innocent child characters are foils for Scrooge’s unkind coldhearted character. Throughout the story Dickens expels a character so vile and cold that he turns away two men asking for a donation on Christmas Eve and denies Bob Cratchit of heat when he is sti
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Approximate Word count = 604
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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