In a Christmas Carol compare one way Dickens presents Scrooge at the start of the novel to the way he presents him at the end of the novel?

At the end of the novel Dicken's uses verbs such as 'frisked'. In contrast, at the end of the start of the novel Dicken's uses verbs such as 'squeezing' 'wrenching' and 'grasping'. The change in Scrooge's character is evident in the way Dicken's uses verbs to portray his character. At the beginning the verbs connote meanness ans cruelty. However verbs such as 'frisked' suggest light heartednes and joy. THe juxtaposition of the two descsriptions portray the complete change in character,

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