Mood In A Christmas Carol

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Charles Dickens classic tale of A Christmas Carol is a story about an old man (Scrooge) that hates Christmas and is so filled with greed for the love of money and forgets the little things in life that matter. Throughout the story Scrooge finds himself looking at his past, present and future self to reevaluate his life's decisions and what further direction and changes he can make in the future. At the end of the story, Scrooge finds a place for Christmas in his heart and the love of money and material things no longer matter. What matters was helping others through his wealth and reconnecting with his loved ones. Through a variety of techniques, both author and director create mood to tell the story. One example of various similarities and differences in mood can be explained when we examine the scene where Scrooge is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.

In the play, Horovitz creates a spooky mood through his use of imagery and his word choices. The dialog he uses to describe the phantom provides a vivid image in the reader’s mind. For example, The phantom is shrouded in black. His out stretched hand is
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When the phantom appears the camera angles, special effects and music provides a very bone chilling feeling which causes the audience to feel the foreboding feeling Scrooge was feeling at the time of his interaction with the ghost. Another event that sets the mood is when the phantom bring Scrooge to his own grave. The scene has dark lighting, creepy music, and fog. The imagery of the grave helps the eerie feeling. This scene in the movie was different then the play but they both gave the same mood. It was the turning point for Scrooge to change his ways in both versions. From the examples above you can see that both Scott and Horovitz effectively create the same mood in both the play and movie using different