Christmas Carol Characters

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Ebenezer Scrooge

Mean, cold-hearted businessman whose only concern is making money. He resents happiness and charity. After visits from 3 ghosts, Scrooge vows to redeem himself. He goes on to have a reputation as a good man.

'Hard and sharp as flint'

'Scrooge took his melancholy dinner at his usual melancholy tavern'

'Solitary as an oyster'

"Bah Humbug!"

"Good afternoon"

'He was so fluttered and so glowing with good intentions'

'His own heart laughed'

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Bob Cratchit

Scrooge's long-suffering clerk. He works long hours in dreadful, perishing conditions, for which he receives a bad salary. He cares a lot about his family and lives in constant fear that Tiny Tim will die. He is eternally optimistic.

'Scrooge had a very small fire, but the clerk's was so much smaller'

'He broke down all at once' [Tiny Tim's death]

"I'll give you Mr. Scrooge, the founder of the feast!"

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Marley's Ghost

The ghost of Jacob Marley, Scrooge's deceased business partner. Appears as a chained and tormented ghost, a condition given as a result of his greedy, selfish attitude during his life.

'The spectre's voice disturbed the very marrow of his bones'

"No rest, no peace. Incessant torture of remorse"

"Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business"

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Tiny Tim

Bob Cratchit's youngest son, crippled from birth. Dickens uses Tiny Tim's plight to elicit sympathy from the readers.

'Tiny Tim bore a little crutch, and had his limbs supported by an iron frame'

'"God bless us, every one!" said Tiny Tim the last of all'

'To Tiny Tim, who did not die, he was a second father'

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Ghost of Christmas Past

Takes Scrooge on a journey through his past, including visits to his former school and to the workplace of his former employer. The ghost's appearance is strange, looking like both an old man and a young child.

'It wore a tunic of the purest white'

'A strange figure - like a child: yet not so like a child as an old man'

"Would you so soon put out, with worldly hands, the light I give you?"

"Your reclamation then. Take heed!"

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Ghost of Christmas Present

Transport Scrooge around the city and shows him festive scenes as well as scenes of deprivation. They visit the Cratchits where Scrooge takes interest in Tiny Tim. The ghost, having already aged reveals he will only exist on earth for a short time.

'There sat a jolly giant, glorious to see'

'It brought two children; wretched, abject, frightful, hideous, miserable'

"This boy is ignorance. This girl is want. Beware of them both."

"Are there no prisons?"

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Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come

Takes Scrooge around the city, pointing out events likely to come true is Scrooge doesn't change. Doesn't speak but points out various things. Scrooge is unhinged by this ghost.

'The Phantom slowly, gravely, approached'

"I fear you more than any spectre I have seen"

'The inexorable finger underwent no change'

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Fred

Scrooge's jovial nephew, the son of his sister Fan. Relentlessly optimistic and refuses to give up on his uncle. Unlike the rest of the family, he feels pity for Scrooge.

'He was all in a glow; his face was ruddy and handsome'

"His offences carry their own punishments"

"What right have you to be so dismal, your rich enough."

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Mr Fezziwig

The jovial merchant who apprenticed Scrooge when he was a teen. Dickens uses Fezziwig to represent values which were not commonplace in men of his position.

'He laughed all over himself'

'Shaking hands with every person individually'

"The happiness he gives is quite as great as if it cost a fortune"