Bah Humbug! Having No One To Share Your Fortune With Essay

â€Å"A fortune is of no use if there’s no one to share it with.† Day after day I hear this saying from my mother yet never think much about it. On the evening of Thanksgiving Day at the Broadway Palm Theatre in Fort Myers, Fl I had the chance to experience the meaning of such a quote in the production of A Christmas Carol, titled after Charles Dickens story. As a central figure in the play, Scrooge’s character development throughout the play acts out a major theme of the power of kindness and cheer in relationships in the production. As the protagonist of the play, Scrooge’s decisions and actions are central to the theme and development of the production as a whole. Throughout the first part of the play it becomes obvious that a cycle of†¦show more content†¦Throughout the first part of the play Scrooge’s misery makes everyone with whom he encounters uneasy, making it difficult for anyone to be close to him. Those who would approach him are fearful and reluctant, as is the case when Mr. Cratchit asks for Christmas day off. Even the aural elements seem to echo caution around Scrooge, as the flowery music of the play stops abruptly when he speaks. Instead it is harsh beats that move with the sound of his harsh voice. Light also seems to creep away the closer any character gets to Scrooge, as if to say that light cannot be in communion with such a dark figure. The cycle continues throughout his life, greed breeding loneliness breeding misery fueling more greed, as Scrooge becomes older and lonelier. As the play moves from on, there is a further development in Scrooge’s character. After the visits from the three spirits of Christmas, Scrooge realizes the error of his ways and his character becomes a total flip of what he was at the beginning of the play. In the after math of his crazy night, Scrooge wakes up and the first boy to whom he speaks receives his first act of kindness. This first random act of kin dness leads him to giving money to a blind woman, buying the prize turkey for the Cratchit family and visiting his nephew’s home for Christmas