Who did the children in A Christmas Carol belong to that the ghost of Christmas present introduced?

Answer 1

Martha Cratchit, the eldest daughter, who works as an apprentice at a milliner's.

Belinda Cratchit, the second daughter.

Peter Cratchit, for whom his father is arranging employment at the weekly rate of five shillings and sixpence.

Timothy "Tiny Tim" Cratchit. The youngest child, he is ill and walks with a crutch.

An unnamed younger son and daughter in the books but were given vaious names in later adaptations in film and theatre

Answer 2

The children that the Ghost of Christmas Present introduced in "A Christmas Carol" belonged to the character Ignorance and Want. They represent social issues of poverty and lack of education during the time the story is set.

Answer 3

These are Want who is a girl and Ignornace who is a boy and reflects on the situation of the time when so many were in need of help due to the dreprivation of the time and this was compounded by the ignorance of those who had both the power and money to bring about change

Answer 4

The two children, one boy and one girl most refered to appear from beneath the robes of the Ghost of Christmas Present. These are named Ignornace and Want.. Scrooge questions whose children they are and is told "They are mans!". The boy is ignorance and the girl want. Be aware of them both. However, be aware most of the boy. The ghost is using the symobolize to warn Scrooge of the huge amount of want that is around him caused by poverty and the ignorance of the higher social levels who do not see that the deprivation is so huge. He is trying to make Scrooge look and absorbe what wrongs are happening around him and that the poverty suffered is not because the people are lazy its because the have no work, no means to support themselve and the use of the workhouse is worse than death itself

Answer 5

The children refferd to are Want and Ignorance and are shown to Scrooge by the Ghost of Christmas Present in Stave 3

Answer 6

They belonged to everyone. They were Dickens way of saying the Want and Ignorance were the children of man

Answer 7

They symbolised the poor children who were frequently taken out of their homes and families to work in mines and factories