Jacob Marley

Question 1

Marley was dead: ___

Answer 1

“Marley was dead: to begin with”
Stave 1: Opening line

Declarative “To begin with” makes sure the reader realises that the story contains the supernatural, as Victorians were scared of it, which was good as Dickens wanted to scare them into Reform

Question 2

Scrooge never painted ___

Answer 2

“Scrooge never painted out Old Marley’s name.”

Change

Demonstrates that Scrooge dislikes change, and so if a man who is so set in not changing is able to change then surely everybody is capable of it.

Question 3

I wear the chains ___

Answer 3

I wear the chains I forged in life
Stave 1
Fear and Responisibility

Dickens is using Marley to scare his Victorian readers into changing their ways

Metaphor “chains”, As they represent the sins that Marley committed when he was alive, Greed, Selfishness, Lack of empathy, etc

Question 4

“Business! … Mankind ___

Answer 4

“Business! … Mankind was my business!”
Stave 1

Social responsibility

Dickens uses Marley’s Ghost to emphasise that life isnt all just about business

Repetition of “business” emphasises that life isn’t all just about business.

Question 5

“I am here to-night to warn you that you ___

Answer 5

“I am here to-night to warn you that you have yet a chance and hope of escaping my fate.”

Dickens is planting the idea that change is always possible no matter how difficult it may seem

Redemption

Verb “Escape” give readers an idea of how horrid his situation is.