While Dickens does not directly refer to anybody as being evil in A Christmas Carol, we can, as readers, find this attribute in a number of characters.
Take, for example, Old Joe. He is a fence for stolen goods who appears in Stave Four of the story. His shop is situated in a part of London which reeks of "crime...filth...and misery." Here, in his "den of infamous resort," Old Joe enables the market in stolen goods to thrive. Dickens' characterization of Old Joe and the descriptive language of his shop demonstrates his disdain for such people. Dickens clearly believes that people like Old Joe make no contribution to society and, in fact, are responsible for so many of the social evils which plagued Victorian England.
We cannot talk about evil without discussing Scrooge himself. In Stave One, Scrooge is portrayed as a mean and cold-hearted person who cares more for money than for the people around him. He even spurns his nephew, Fred, by refusing to accept his dinner invitation for Christmas Day. There is nobody in A Christmas Carol more heartless and bitter than Scrooge, but we must not forget that Scrooge is reformed through his visits from the ghosts. As such, Dickens has an important message for his readers: that good will always conquer evil.
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