Key learning points

1. In Stave 5, we see Scrooge brimming with positivity and newfound moral purpose.
2. Scrooge makes several redemptive gestures of goodwill, showing that he is a transformed character.
3. In Stave 5, we see Scrooge as liberated from his emotional repression and overwhelmed with newfound positive emotions.
4. Dickens juxtaposes his use of similes in Staves 1 and 5 to show Scrooge's positive character development.
5. Scrooge has gone from being the object of disdain and fear in society, to being the pillar of his local community.

Keywords

• Transformed - If someone is transformed, they have changed significantly.

• Newfound - If something is newfound, it has been recently discovered.

• Liberated - If someone is liberated from prison, they are released or set free.

• To contrast - If an author contrasts two characters, they make them strikingly different or opposite.

• Character development - Character development is the moral journey a character undertakes throughout the text .

Common misconception