Life in The Victorian Era Life in the Victorian Era was very harsh. Charles Dickens, the author of A Christmas Carol, was one of the many Europeans that had to endure the hardships of this time. His father was imprisoned, and he was raised in poverty. Israel Horovitz made a play based off of Dickens’s novel called “A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley”. It is about a misanthrope named Scrooge who is disliked by the public. His old business partner showed what happened to him after a life of greed and warned Scrooge that it would happen to him too. The cynic is given a chance to change his future, but he has to go through a course of three ghosts. In the end, he learns that being kind is more important than wealth. Throughout the story Dickens informs the audience of the poverty-stricken conditions of the time. He talks about the faulty laws, union workhouses, and harsh prisons. …show more content…
His father was sent to prison and he grew up in poverty. There were union workhouses where the poor were sent to union workhouses. The people were given meager amounts of food and treated very harshly. They were also separated from their family. Children couldn't see their parents and the parents couldn't see each other. They were all divided by age and gender. There were also many prisons that held poor victims. The Victorian Era have harsh laws that got you into jail easily. They were treated brutally by police and beaten if they didn't do what was commanded. Their family also couldn't visit them. They would have to wait until their relative was