'A Christmas Carol' Stave 4: a significant death
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I can understand the significance of the anonymous man’s death in Stave 4.
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Dickens characterises the businessmen as physically grotesque to reflect their "monstrous" morals and attitudes
During Stave 4, Scrooge expects to see himself in the scenes because he has already resolved to change
The ‘criminal classes’ were people who were drawn to committing crimes by a misguided sense of morality
Through Mrs. Dilber, Dickens illustrates that those neglected by society have no choice but to turn to criminality
Dickens viewed criminality as the symptom of a failing society
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