A Christmas Carol
In stave 3, how does the detail of the children on the spirit’s legs contribute to the overall text?
It’s from a commonlit packet.
It’s from a commonlit packet.
Scrooge sees under the robe of the Ghost of Christmas Present, two children, whose names show that they are symbols: Ignorance and want. They are your standard impoverished Dickensian children; they are ragged in clothes, dirty and starving. The children add to the motif of the vulnerable and the meek suffering while men like Scrooge hoard their money.