christmas carol: key themes- allusions- Shakespeare (info & quotes.)

Question 1

‘if we were not perfectly convinced that hamlet’s farther died before the play began….’ what does dickens do in stave 1?

Answer 1

alludes to Shakespeare’s hamlet, whose deceased farther appears to him as a ghost in act 1. the allusion serves to highlight thew social injustice caused and maintained by people such as scrooge.