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Ebenezer Scrooge (/ ˌ ɛ b ɪ ˈ n iː z ər ˈ s k r uː dʒ /) is a fictional character and the protagonist of Charles Dickens's 1843 novel, A Christmas Carol.Initially a cold-hearted miser who despises Christmas, his redemption by visits from the ghost of Jacob Marley, the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come has become a defining ...
Scrooge's voice was first heard on the 1960 record album Donald Duck and His Friends; Dal McKennon voiced the character for this appearance. It took the form of a short dramatization called "Uncle Scrooge's Rocket to the Moon", a story of how Scrooge builds a rocket to send all his money to the moon to protect it from the Beagle Boys. [56]
Old Fezziwig is a character from the 1843 novella A Christmas Carol created by Charles Dickens to provide contrast with Ebenezer Scrooge's attitudes towards business ethics. Scrooge was apprenticed under Fezziwig. Despite this, the older Scrooge seems to be the very antithesis of Mr. Fezziwig in appearance, actions, and characterisation. Mr.
The Ghost is one of three spirits that appear to miser Ebenezer Scrooge to offer him a chance of redemption. Following a visit from the ghost of his deceased business partner, Jacob Marley, Scrooge receives nocturnal visits from three Ghosts of Christmas, each representing a different period in Scrooge's life. The Ghost of Christmas Past is ...
Scrooge believes Christmas is nonsense or based on fraud because he doesn't understand what people should be happy about. He thinks it's a hoax that tricks people into being cheerful when they don ...
'What to Watch' counts down the best 'Scrooges' in Christmas movie history, and let's just say, they are pretty spot on.
Ebenezer Scrooge encounters the ghost of Jacob Marley in Dickens's novella, A Christmas Carol – illustration by John Leech (1843). Jacob Marley is a fictional character in Charles Dickens's 1843 novella A Christmas Carol.
Different actors play the old and new Scrooge in the films, but Eccleston plays both in the play, adding: “You’re presenting the older man and the younger man – before the fall, after the ...