Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol Read the following extract from Chapter 2 of A Christmas Carol and then answer the question that follows. In this extract, the Ghost of Christmas Past shows Scrooge his last meeting with Belle. This was not addressed to Scrooge, or to any one whom he could see, but it produced an immediate effect. For again Scrooge saw himself. He was older now; a man in the prime of life . His face had not the harsh and rigid lines of later years; but it had begun to wear the signs of care and avarice. There was an 5 eager, greedy, restless motion in the eye , which showed the passion that had taken root, and where the shadow of the growing tree would fall. He was not alone , but sat by the side of a fair young girl in a mourning-dress: in whose eyes there were tears, which sparkled in the light that shone out of the Ghost of Christmas Past. 10 "It matters little," she said, softly. "To you , very little. Another idol has displaced me; and if it can cheer and comfort you in time to come, as I would have tried to do, I have no just cause to grieve." "What Idol has displaced you?" he rejoined. "A golden one." 15 "This is the even-handed dealing of the world!" he said . "There is nothing on which it is so hard as poverty; and there is nothing it professes to condemn with such severity as the pursuit of wealth!" "You fear the world too much," she answered , gently. "All your other hopes have merged into the hope of being beyond the chance of its sordid reproach. I have 20 seen your nobler aspirations fall off one by one, until the master-passion, Gain, engrosses you. Have I not?" "What then?" he retorted . "Even if I have grown so much wiser, what then?I am not changed towards you." She shook her head. 25 "Am I?" "Our contract is an old one. It was made when we were both poor and content to be so, until, in good season, we could improve our worldly fortune by our patient industry. You are changed. When it was made, you were another man." "I was a boy," he said impatiently. 30 "Your own feeling tells you that you were not what you are," she returned. "I am. That which promised happiness when we were one in heart, is fraught with misery now that we are two. How often and how keenly I have thought of this, I will not say. It is enough that I have thought of it, and can release you." 018 Starting with this extract,explore how Dickens presents the effects of greed in A Christmas Carol. Write about: how Dickens presents the effects of greed in this extract how Dickens presents the effects of greed in the novel as a whole.

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Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol Read the following extract from Chapter 2 of A Christmas Carol and then answer the question that follows. In this extract, the Ghost of Christmas Past shows Scrooge his last meeting with Belle. This was not addressed to Scrooge, or to any one whom he could see, but it produced an immediate effect. For again Scrooge saw himself. He was older now; a man in the prime of life . His face had not the harsh and rigid lines of later years; but it had begun to wear the signs of care and avarice. There was an 5 eager, greedy, restless motion in the eye , which showed the passion that had taken root, and where the shadow of the growing tree would fall. He was not alone , but sat by the side of a fair young girl in a mourning-dress: in whose eyes there were tears, which sparkled in the light that shone out of the Ghost of Christmas Past. 10 "It matters little," she said, softly. "To you , very little. Another idol has displaced me; and if it can cheer and comfort you in time to come, as I would have tried to do, I have no just cause to grieve." "What Idol has displaced you?" he rejoined. "A golden one." 15 "This is the even-handed dealing of the world!" he said . "There is nothing on which it is so hard as poverty; and there is nothing it professes to condemn with such severity as the pursuit of wealth!" "You fear the world too much," she answered , gently. "All your other hopes have merged into the hope of being beyond the chance of its sordid reproach. I have 20 seen your nobler aspirations fall off one by one, until the master-passion, Gain, engrosses you. Have I not?" "What then?" he retorted . "Even if I have grown so much wiser, what then?I am not changed towards you." She shook her head. 25 "Am I?" "Our contract is an old one. It was made when we were both poor and content to be so, until, in good season, we could improve our worldly fortune by our patient industry. You are changed. When it was made, you were another man." "I was a boy," he said impatiently. 30 "Your own feeling tells you that you were not what you are," she returned. "I am. That which promised happiness when we were one in heart, is fraught with misery now that we are two. How often and how keenly I have thought of this, I will not say. It is enough that I have thought of it, and can release you." 018 Starting with this extract,explore how Dickens presents the effects of greed in A Christmas Carol. Write about: how Dickens presents the effects of greed in this extract how Dickens presents the effects of greed in the novel as a whole.

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In this extract from A Christmas Carol, Dickens presents the effects of greed through the character of Scrooge and his former fiancée, Belle. Scrooge's greed has transformed him from a once-noble and caring individual into a cold and avaricious man, obsessed with wealth and material gain. This is evident in the description of Scrooge's face, which has begun to wear the signs of care and avarice, and in his eager and greedy motion in the eye.Dickens also presents the effects of greed through Belle's perspective. She recognizes that Scrooge's pursuit of wealth has displaced her as his primary concern, and she expresses her grief at the loss of their shared dreams and aspirations. Belle's words, "That which promised happiness when we were one in heart, is fraught with misery now that we are two," highlight the emotional toll that greed has taken on Scrooge and his relationships.Throughout the novel, Dickens presents the effects of greed as a destructive force that corrupts individuals and society as a whole. Scrooge's greed not only alienates him from his loved ones but also leads to his isolation and misery. Dickens uses Scrooge's transformation to illustrate the dangers of prioritizing wealth and material gain over human connection and compassion. The novel ultimately encourages readers to reject the pursuit of greed and instead embrace the values of kindness, generosity, and community.

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