In many ways Shakespeare is the founder of the modern English that we use. He has enriched the way we speak and understand our language (see Shakespeare's development of modern English). In order to express precisely what he had in mind he created metaphors that so perfectly expressed those
TNT Learning's Educator's Guide to A CHRISTMAS CAROL. Student Handout on Historical Setting for A CHRISTMAS CAROL. Describes the Victorian Age, the Industrial Revolution and it effects, Victorian attitudes towards the poor, and Dickens' depictions of the time period. Includes student activity relating the film and themes to the time period.