Understanding Victorian Social Problems Through "Ignorance and Want
Explore the significance of "Ignorance and Want" as personified characters representing the major problems of Victorian times. Learn how Charles Dickens uses allegory to convey a powerful message about societal issues and the consequences of neglecting them.
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IGNORANCE AND WANT Why were these two of the biggest problems of the Victorian times?
Latin mercs Wages Mercenariness When someone has a desire to make money all the time at the expense of others.
Mercenariness When someone has a desire to make money all the time at the expense of others Scrooge s mercenariness stops him from giving money to the charity workers because he is too stubborn to let go of his hard earned money. Mr Birling has a mercenariness personality because he always puts profits and business first.
Thursday 13th December 2018 C/L Ignorance and Want LESSON OBJECTIVE: To understand these two characters and what they represent. LESSON OUTCOME: To write essay style extract analysis paragraphs on the important teaching of Ignorance and Want.
Christmas Carol: Crack the quotes! 1 decrease the surplus population unwatched, unwept, uncared for 2 3 Come in and know me better man!
The two children are allegories of two social problems: Ignorance and Want. Allegory A symbol of something e.g. Apparently Harry Potter fighting Voldemort with Albus Dumbledore on his side is an allegory for Jesus fighting the Devil They represent the Victorian social problems in human form. Notice they have capital letters to show this!
Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy The boy is IGNORANCE Why should Victorian readers beware of that the most?
Ignorance and Want are two characters that PERSONIFY the problems in the Victorian Times. Ignorance is a boy Want is a girl. Want means all the poverty, the want for help, the want for home, food and happiness. Ignorance means ignoring all the poverty and problems. The Ghost tells Scrooge to beware of Ignorance the most because it will bring Doom. What are they? What are they? Dickens is giving his Victorian readers an important message that we should not continue to ignore society s problems because if we do, humankind is doomed.
The question we are working on The question we are working on Starting with this extract, how does Dickens use the ghosts to teach Scrooge important messages You could show: How Dickens uses the Ghost of Christmas Present to teach messages in the extract. How Dickens uses the ghosts in the rest of the novella to teach messages.
Task: Explain how the ghost of Christmas Present uses Ignorance and Want to teach Scrooge things. WHAT DOES SCROOGE LEARN? responsibility change guilt charity help society problems mistakes poverty ignoring Ways to explain Here the ghost is stressing that The ghost carries a clear message that Scrooge must Scrooge learns here that
How does Dickens use the ghosts to teach Scrooge important messages? Dickens shows that the Ghost of Christmas Present had a vital role in teaching Scrooge to change his narrow minded attitude that the rife problems of poverty in the Victorian Times could be ignored because they weren t affecting him. The Ghost shows him Ignorance and Want and says They are Man s . This simple declarative sentence is used by Dickens here to make it a fact that everyone in society is to blame and everyone in society should play a part in helping others. Moreover the serious and factual tone of this prevents Scrooge from being able to deny or argue this as it is said so simply and a matter of fact. The Ghost is clearly stressing here that Scrooge must stop believing that he has no role to play in helping the poor and that if he can do something to relieve the large scale poverty of the time then it could see a ripple effect in society because if everyone had the attitude that it was not their business to help then the problem would never be resolved. The noun man s could suggest that no one, including Scrooge, is exempt from taking responsibility for the large scale suffering of the poor and it also may reveal that because of class divides and the mercenariness of the rich, that they created the issue and therefore they must be responsible for changing it. Without the ghost stating this to Scrooge, he would not have realised that he has ownership for the horrors that the poor had to endure. GCSE Success: Keep returning to the question AO1 Explain ideas in detail AO1 Zoom in on words AO2 Explore the sentence type/length/tone if you can AO2 Look at punctuation if you can AO2 Link to Victorian problems and Dickens message AO3
How does Dickens use the ghosts to teach Scrooge important messages? Success: Keep returning to the question AO1 Explain ideas in detail AO1 Furthermore, Moreover, Also Use Perhaps Zoom in on words AO2 Explore the sentence type/length/tone if you can AO2 Look at punctuation if you can AO2 Link to Victorian problems AO3 Link to Dickens messages AO3 Dickens shows that the Ghost of Christmas Present had a vital role in teaching Scrooge .
