1. The various defences of Scrooge fail to grapple with core fact that Scrooge, pre-redemption, was a miser.
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@HeerJeet Discussed this theme in an English Lit paper in college#EnglishMajor#SquadGoalsThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@heerjeet That's why the character of Fezziwig is so essential to the story. He shows you can be both prosperous and emotionally generous.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Yes; Scrooge is cut off from humanity, lonely, clearly deeply unhappy -- and, by the way, unequivocally stated to be hell-bound.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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5. It's interesting to compare "tongue-in-cheek" right wing defences of Darth Vader & Scrooge with Blake on Satan & Hazlitt on Shylock.
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6. When Blake said Satan was real hero of Paradise Lost he wasn't being tongue in cheek or writing hot take He was playing for high stakes
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@HeerJeet Also miserliness as a sin against 19C liberal political economy: hoarding money prevents it from circulating in the economy.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Scrooge's greatest sin was that he walled himself off from others, didn't experience love and the fullness of life, etc.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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