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A Christmas Carol is a novel which presents choices
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Choose ONE question. OR.
'A Christmas Carol is a novel which presents choices.' How far do you agree with this view? Explore at least two moments from the novel to support your ideas.
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Marking points
- 1 Evaluate the view that A Christmas Carol presents choices.
- 2 Explore at least two moments from the novel with relevant textual support.
- 3 Analyse Dickens' methods, including repetition, tone, structure, regret, and the language of free will.
- 4 Use relevant context about social criticism, poverty, Christianity, repentance, forgiveness and moral responsibility.
Why this answer loses marks
Scrooge chooses to be good at the end.
This depends on one event and misses a balanced view across moments, methods such as repetition or regret, and moral context.