A Christmas Carol

Dickens places Want and Ignorance under the robes of the spirit of Christmas Present.

Dickens places Want and Ignorance under the robes of the spirit of Christmas Present.Why these two concepts?In what way are they important issues of his time?

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They are your standard impoverished Dickensian children; they are ragged in clothes, dirty and starving. They are innocent victims who represent the greed and complacency of the rich.