GLUTTONY in A Christmas Carol

GLUTTONY: Excess in eating or drinking. source: thefreedictionary.com

Description: As early as the 4th century those of Christian faith believed that eating too much could send you to Hell. During the Dark Ages theologians believed there were seven ways to commit the sin of gluttony, from "eating too much" to "eating too daintily." Crusaders fought against the gluttony with religious fasts to Prohibition.

Your job: Select a character from A Christmas Carol that best exemplifies this vice. Make sure to persuade us by using nitty gritty detail from the story.

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ANGER in A Christmas Carol

ANGER : A strong feeling of displeasure or hostility. Source: thefreedictionary.com

Description: Anger is the vice that kills. The prophet Moses was prone to fits of rage. The mythic warriors of Sparta meditated in order to banish anger before a battle. Italian writer Dante placed those that committed the vice of anger in the "Fourth Circle of Hell," tearing each other limb from limb for eternity.

Your job: Describe the character that most closely exhibits this trait in A Christmas Carol and give evidence to support your judgement.

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PRIDE in A Christmas Carol

PRIDE-having an inordinately high opinion of oneself; arrogant or haughty Source: thefreedictionary.com

Description: The Italian writer Dante called the pride the "Chief of All Sins" - the sin of Satan himself. The sin of pride was condemned by the Bible and the philosopher Socrates, while Romans and Vikings made it their greatest virtue. The sin of pride is thought to have led to the fall of Satan.

Your job: Give an example of a character from A Christmas Carol that has this particular vice. Provide nitty gritty detail from the story that provides evidence to support your judgement of this character. Explain how this character is prideful.

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GREED in A Christmas Carol

GREED: An excessive desire to acquire or possess more than what one needs or deserves, especially with respect to material wealth. Source freedictionary.com

Description: While vilified from the time of Moses, the greed has created vast empires and doomed them as well. Wise men from the philosopher Aristotle to Jesus have railed against this vice, but the 18th Century economist Adam Smith theorized that capitalism itself was based on the vice of greed. Has greed become good?

Your job: Give an example of a character from A Christmas Carol that has this particular vice. Provide nitty gritty detail from the story that provides evidence to support your judgement of this character.

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ENVY in A Christmas Carol

ENVY: to feel resentful or painful desire for another's advantages or possessions. Source: thefreedictionary.com

Description: The medieval philosopher St. Thomas Aquinas said that those guilty of the vice of envy take "pleasure at another's misfortune." Italian writer Dante characterized the envious as "sinners [who] have their eyes sewn shut because they enjoyed watching others brought low." Envy has led to murder, revolution and even the fall of empires.

Your job: Give an example of a character from A Christmas Carol that has this particular vice. Provide nitty gritty detail from the story that provides evidence to support your judgement of this character.

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