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| rdfs:label | - The Ghost of Christmas Past
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| rdfs:comment | - The Ghost of Christmas Past appears to Ebenezer Scrooge in The Muppet Christmas Carol to remind him of his troubled past. The Ghost shows Scrooge his lonely childhood at school, a happy Christmas party at Fozziwig's, and his breakup with his fiancee, Belle.
- The Ghost of Christmas Past was shining beautiful spirit, who had the power to show you the past.
- The Ghost of Christmas Past is the first of the three spirits that haunt Ebenezer Scrooge in the Charles Dickens novel A Christmas Carol.
- The Ghost of Christmas past was the first of the three spirits (after the visitation by Jacob Marley) that haunted the miser Ebenezer Scrooge in order to prompt him to repent. He showed him scenes from his past that occurred on or around Christmas, in order to demonstrate to him the necessity of changing his ways, as well as to show the reader how Scrooge came to be the person he was and his particular dislike for Christmas – most of the events which negatively affected Scrooge occurred around the Christmas holiday season.
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| Inspiration | - The Ghost of Christmas Past
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| Appearance | - Slender, kind shallow face in the form of a candle flame, white glowing body, white robe, extinguisher cap
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| Name | - The Ghost of Christmas Past
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| Personality | - Philosophical, caring, kind, compassionate, patient, persistent, annoying
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| Fate | - Extinguished with his own flame retardant by Ebenezer Scrooge.
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| Powers | - Becomes a firework if extinguished with his own flame retardant
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| Films | - A Christmas Carol
- The Muppet Christmas Carol
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| Location | - Inside her own cap, in Scrooge's memory
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| abstract | - The Ghost of Christmas Past appears to Ebenezer Scrooge in The Muppet Christmas Carol to remind him of his troubled past. The Ghost shows Scrooge his lonely childhood at school, a happy Christmas party at Fozziwig's, and his breakup with his fiancee, Belle.
- The Ghost of Christmas past was the first of the three spirits (after the visitation by Jacob Marley) that haunted the miser Ebenezer Scrooge in order to prompt him to repent. He showed him scenes from his past that occurred on or around Christmas, in order to demonstrate to him the necessity of changing his ways, as well as to show the reader how Scrooge came to be the person he was and his particular dislike for Christmas – most of the events which negatively affected Scrooge occurred around the Christmas holiday season. According to Dickens' novel, the Ghost of Christmas Past appears to Scrooge as a white-robed, androgynous figure of indeterminate age. He had on his head a blazing light, reminiscent of a candle flame. He carried with him a metal cap, made in the shape of a candle extinguisher. While the ghost is often portrayed as a woman in the most dramatic adaptations, Dickens describes the Ghost of Christmas Past only as “it”. The Ghost of Christmas Past first showed Scrooge his old boarding school where he was deserted by his father who bore a grudge against because his mother died in his childbirth. Then he was shown the day when his beloved, younger sister Fan picked him up from there after repeatedly asking their father (described as a cold and unloving man) if he could come back home. Next, Scrooge was shown an episode from his time as an apprentice to Mr. Fezziwig, which started merely three days after the above and *only* visit home after so many years without. The spirit also showed Scrooge the day when, as a young man, he compelled Belle, his fiancée, to end their relationship as his increasing obsession with his money caused him to alienate her. Scrooge never asked Belle to break off their engagement, but he did not protest against her decision. Finally, the Ghost showed him how she married and found true happiness with another man (this part is often skipped in adaptations of the story). After this vision, Scrooge, out of anger, extinguished the Ghost of Christmas Past with his cap and found himself back in his bedroom.
- The Ghost of Christmas Past was shining beautiful spirit, who had the power to show you the past.
- The Ghost of Christmas Past is the first of the three spirits that haunt Ebenezer Scrooge in the Charles Dickens novel A Christmas Carol.
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