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The ghost of Jacob Marley tells his old partner, Ebenezer Scrooge, that, in the afterlife, he is like a "captive, bound, and double-ironed," because he is not only imprisoned by his heavy chains ...
Scrooge shivered, and wiped the perspiration from his brow. “That is no light part of my penance,” pursued the Ghost. “I am here to-night to warn you, that you have yet a chance and hope of escaping my fate. A chance and hope of my procuring, Ebenezer.”. “You were always a good friend to me,” said Scrooge. “Thank’ee!”.
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On a frigid, foggy Christmas Eve in London, a shrewd, mean-spirited cheapskate named Ebenezer Scrooge works meticulously in his counting-house. Outside the office creaks a little sign reading \"Scrooge and Marley\"--Jacob Marley, Scrooge's business partner, has died seven years previous. Inside the office, Scrooge watches over his clerk, a poor dim...
Suddenly, a ruddy-faced young man bursts into the office offering holiday greetings and an exclamatory, \"Merry Christmas!\" The young man is Scrooge's jovial nephew Fred who has stopped by to invite Scrooge to Christmas dinner. The grumpy Scrooge responds with a \"Bah! Humbug!\" refusing to share in Fred's Christmas cheer. After Fred departs, a pa...
The opening Stave of A Christmas Carol sets the mood, describes the setting, and introduces many of the principal characters. It also establishes the novel's allegorical structure. (Allegory, a type of narrative in which characters and events represent particular ideas or themes, relies heavily on symbolism. In this case, Scrooge represents greed, ...
Marley's Ghost goes on to tell Scrooge that he is destined to roam the earth without rest for the remainder of eternity as punishment for living an isolated, self-centered life. Marley's Ghost ...
Analysis. The narrator states that there was no doubt about Marley ’s death. Scrooge, Marley’s business partner, signed the register of his burial. The narrator considers that the phrase “dead as a doornail” doesn’t even describe Marley's lifelessness well enough. He adds that Scrooge very much knew that Marley was dead, having been ...
Oct 4, 2024 · In the first stave of A Christmas Carol, the ghost of Jacob Marley visits Scrooge. The purpose of his visit is to warn Scrooge of some impending visitors, as Marley explains, "You will be haunted ...
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Marley’s Ghost carries the concerns Marley had in life. • The chain it carries is made of cash-boxes, keys, padlocks, ledgers, deeds, and heavy purses wrought in steel (p. 14). • These items symbolise the things Marley spent his life on – they are all related to money and protecting his possessions. It scares Scrooge.
