A Christmas Carol By Charles Dickens Featuring Ebenezer Scrooge.

A Christmas CarolBy Charles Dickens

FeaturingEbenezer Scrooge

• Charles Dickens is one of the most successful and well known authors in the English language.

• Ebenezer Scrooge is one of the best known literary characters in history!

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Look at the following images featuring Scrooge or A Christmas Carol

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Political cartoons

And even cereal ads

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Cultural Icon

• Culture – the behaviors and beliefs of a society or group

• Icon – a picture, image or other representation

• Scrooge is a classic example of a cultural icon because he has come to represent someone who is stingy and heartless.

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Then there are the ads and political cartoons

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Westpac is a bank that raised interest rates really high with no warning.

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