A Christmas Carol

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Trace Scrooge’s transformation across the five staves and how Dickens structures the redemption through the three spirits
Analyse the themes of social responsibility, poverty and ignorance, family, generosity and the Christmas spirit, and time and change
Analyse Fred, the Cratchits and Tiny Tim, Fezziwig, Belle, Marley, and the children Ignorance and Want

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Link the novella to its context: the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act and workhouses, Malthus and the “surplus population”, Ragged Schools, and Dickens’s own childhood

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