Only when shown by the Ghost Of Christmas Future, that He would die, then He decided He needed to change.
2007-08-21 22:48:32 · 11 answers · asked by elizadushku 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Ebenezer Scrooge was a real person, and he is buried in Salford Cemetary. He was a miser in life, a famous miser, and Dickens used his character and his name for his novel A Christmas Carol. Unlike Scrooge in the novel he died alone and undiscovered for several days; however when his house in Salford was searched because they thought that he hidden a considerable fortune. But nothing was found.The house was unsaleable due to the belief that Scrooge was still roaming about the place looking for his money, and eventually it fell down, and as it did fall down bank notes fluttered from their hiding places in the various chimneys. Nobody knows how much money was hidden because the collapse happened at night, and by the morning it had all disappeared. Scrooge in the novel is a Victorian parable of what happens to men and women who become selfish and introvert, instead of being philanthropic and charitable to the less fortunate. As Bob Cratchett hissed at him, "Your shroud has no pockets, Mr Scrooge!" Quite right too.
2007-08-21 23:27:30 · answer #1 · answered by colin411550 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Actually, Scrooge seemed quite moved when he saw the past and the present Christmases - so he was softening and feeling more compassionate. I don't think "fraud" and "coward" are the right words to describe him. Obviously at the beginning of the book he isn't a very nice individual, and the people around him certainly don't like him, but he does develop as the book continues. The point Dickens was making was that even those people you think are beyond help can see the error of their ways and become better people. That is a very brave thing to realise.
2007-08-22 02:58:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Scrooge was a lonely old man who had been neglected in childhood. He never knew what it was like to be loved, so he never learned to love. He compensated by earning money (much like our materialistic billionaires and celebrities do today). He was given a second chance. The Ghost of Christmas Future did not teach him that he would die, but rather, that he would die alone and unloved. The other two Ghosts allowed him to view the past and the present from the perspective of an outsider. Once he understood family life and friendship, he had a change of heart and mind. He rejoined the Human Race and participated in the spirit of the holiday season. So the answer to your question is: no indeed. Rather, he was a person who needed to understand love, friendship, and joy.
2007-08-21 23:02:01 · answer #3 · answered by Elaine P...is for Poetry 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
No. He was a creation of the society he found himself in. Dickens hated the heartless capitalism he saw rising around him and created this character as a warning of the emptiness such a life of exploitation and selfishness would lead to. Scrooge does change his ways at the end and we believe that he will never change back simply because now he has friends and is so much happier. Dicken was a sentimental man, but a good one and this little parable is the story of the triumph of good over evil in one man.
2007-08-22 01:33:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ebenezer changed his ways after he relised the errors of his ways and so he did become a better person it may of been the ghost of christmas guture showing him dying that did this but he did change just like everybody else should.
2007-08-22 02:23:29 · answer #5 · answered by HP 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since he did travel with the spirits I don't think you could call him a coward. Afraid, certainly, but not a coward. There is a difference.
If by the term Fraud, do you mean was his conversion sincere, I would say yes it was sincere and so he wasn't a fraud.
2007-08-21 23:05:50 · answer #6 · answered by chris g 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I dont think he was a coward at all. I mean if I had been confronted with a ghost you wouldnt see me for dust, he at least, went with them!
2007-08-22 08:14:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
correct me if I am wrong but he was the fictional character in a book so he in fact was whatever the reader wanted him to be it would be up to the reader to decide and no definitive answer is possible each person will have a different view of his character
2007-08-21 23:05:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah but, no but, yeah but, whatever. The point of that little allegorical tale is that we do not learn from our mistakes but we can all change....saavy
2007-08-21 22:58:28 · answer #9 · answered by Alison B 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
He was just a fictional Charactor, so make up your own mind...
2007-08-21 22:59:12 · answer #10 · answered by X_Angie_p_X 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋