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yashira17
yashira17
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High School - 12th Grade

Who is Belle and why was she important to Scrooge?

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Posted by yashira17 on Friday March 6, 2009 at 4:56 PM and tagged with a christmas carol.

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  1. ms-mcgregor Teacher
    High School - 12th Grade

    eNotes Editor

    In the section of "A Christmas Carol" with the ghost of Christmas past, we learn that Belle was once Scrooge's girlfriend. She rejected him because he changed too much. She tells him:

    "Another idol has displaced me; and if it can cheer and comfort you in time to come, as I would have tried to do, I have no just cause to grieve.”

    “What Idol has displaced you?” he rejoined.

    “A golden one.”

    In other words, the love of gold or money has replaced Scrooge's love for her and so she breaks off their relationship. Scrooge later sees a vision of Belle who has married someone else and is surrounded by loving, happy children.

     

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    http://www.enotes.com/charles-dickens-text

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    Posted by ms-mcgregor on Friday March 6, 2009 at 6:25 PM

  2. jennie25
    jennie25 Student
    College - Senior

    Belle was Scrooge's fionce. Scrooge said that she was the only person he ever loved.

     

    Some of the new movie versions of A Christmas Carol make Belle Scrooge's sister.

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    Posted by jennie25 on Friday March 6, 2009 at 7:27 PM


  3. drgingerbear Teacher
    Graduate School

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    Belle is Scrooge’s former fiancée. She was visited by Scrooge with the Ghost of Christmas past. When Scrooge see’s Belle, he is reminded of his greed. Because he loved money more than love, he lost Belle and therefore, he lost the only happiness he had in his life.

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    Posted by drgingerbear on Friday March 6, 2009 at 7:57 PM