Alice was the selfish one, not Scrooge!
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RvaBread22 — 9 years ago(December 25, 2016 08:04 PM)
It bothers me, but Alice breaks up with Scrooge just because he happens to be come more successful in business. It seems like she was only thinking of herself and her own happiness rather than giving him a chance. It was partly her fault the reason he became so bitter later in life. She contributed to that. She acted very self righteous .
"Life is like a box of Krispy Kreme donuts". -
MsELLERYqueen2 — 9 years ago(December 25, 2016 10:27 PM)
She broke up with him because he had lost interest in her. All he cared about at that point was money.
Nothing wrong with him being successful in business, if he was able to leave his work behind him at closing time and enjoy her company when he wasn't at work. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to do this.Jim Hutton (1934-79) & Ellery Queen = -
Fledrmaus — 9 years ago(December 31, 2016 01:17 PM)
And she also knew that HE wouldn't be happy married to her, either. She asks him if they weren't already engaged, would he ask her to marry him today? He hesitates before answering, and she knows he's lying when he says he would. He'd never look at her now, because she has no money; he'd only be interested in marrying a rich woman because nothing but money counts anymore. So she did the right thing by breaking their engagement.
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MsELLERYqueen2 — 9 years ago(December 31, 2016 05:46 PM)
If she was really selfish, she would have married him just for the money. Instead, she chose to break it off with him (and he didn't seem to care), and later, she's seen helping out the poor. She was anything BUT selfish.
Jim Hutton (1934-79) & Ellery Queen = -
RvaBread22 — 9 years ago(January 12, 2017 01:51 PM)
He didn't care about her money. He just thought she was a babe and wanted to marry her. What is wrong with that? She went on about how he wasn't the same person. Maybe it was she that changed.
"Life is like a box of Krispy Kreme donuts". -
Big_AL-96 — 9 years ago(January 03, 2017 03:52 AM)
Quite clearly she states that he is changed.
"Our contract is an old one. It was made when we were both poor and content to be so, until, in good season, we could improve our worldly fortune by our patient industry. You are changed.
When it was made, you were another man
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I do; and I release you. With a full heart, for the love of him
you once were."
Most of the other dialogue in this scene points to the fact that he is changed and that his master passion is gain. If you love someone they should be the passion and that does not seem to be the case with Scrooge towards Alice.
Let's pray the human race never escapes Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere. C.S Lewis