Industrial Revolution / Poverty: Massive wealth gap, poor working conditions - "yellow, meagre, ragged" (The Ghost of Christmas Present shows Scrooge the two children: Ignorance and Want), The Poor Law (1834) & Workhouses - "Are there no workhouses? Are there no prisons", Malthusiasn Theory: Thomas Malthus believed population growth would outstrip resources, used to justify neglecting the poor - "Decrease the surplus population", Christianity and Moral Redemption: Christian values were central to Victorian society - "God bless us everyone!", Education and Social Reform: Lack of education is. linked to crime and poverty - "Beware this boy" (Talking about the Boy named Ignorance), Victorian attitudes to childhood: Childhood idealised yet explored, Dickens often used suffering children to provoke sympathy - "withered little hand" (about Tiny Tim), Social Responsibility of the Wealthy: Charity should be a duty not a choice - "Mankind was my business" (Ghost of Xmas Present), "I'll raise your salary" (Scrooge to Bob at the end),

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