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Charles Dickens Antizziwig As The Antithesis Of Scrooge

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Fezziwig is unveiled as the antithesis of scrooge. Fezziwig is characterized as jolly,musical,full of life and has a perfect happy family."Fezziwig, an old,jolly man, gives Scrooge and another worker the night off for Christmas eve.". By affixing Fezziwig as the sensations of warmth, Dickens makes him symbolize Christmas itself,implying that he also represents the values of goodness and generosity that Scrooge has dissipated.
He "laughed all over himself"emphasizes how undeniably jovial, effervescent and merry he is.We are also told that he has a comfortable,oily,rich,fat,jovial voice" which denotes his jolliness is more than artificial.Dickens makes it clear that Mr. Fezziwig is the sort of person everyone wants to be around,he isn't antisocial

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