Christmas carol: characters- ghost 1- Marley's ghost. . (quotes & info.) Flashcards
why does dickens creates him?
harbinger to scrooge, not only of the three spirits, but also of the fate that awaits scrooge should he refuse to reform.
why does dickens present him with a light touch?
approach which serves to deliver the undertone of the novella with humour and without alienating wealthy, conservative readers.
what is the chain he wears symbolic of?
avarice in life and the weight of guilt he now carries in the after life. also serves as the symbol of free will; the reader is reminded that charity and humanity is a choice.
why is the arrival a significant turning point for scrooge and what is the evidence for it?
it is the point that his journey begins.
immediately prior to the description to marley on the knocker, dickens describes the entrance to scrooges home as the ‘threshold’- invoking an understanding that scrooge is crossing over into a new era.
key quote: 1- s1.
old marley was as dead as a doornail.
key quote: 2- s1.
it was made of cash boxes, keys, padlocks, ledgers, deeds.
key quote: 3- s1.
the truth is that he (scrooge) tried to be smart….for the spectre’s voice disturbed the very marrow in his bones.
key quote: 4- s1.
there was something very awful too in the spectre’s being provided with an infernal atmosphere of its own.
key quote: 5- s1.
‘i wear the chain i forged in life. i made it link by link, and yard by yard; i girded it of my own free will, and of my own free will i wore it.’
key quote: 6- s1.
‘in life, my spirit never roved beyond the narrow limits of our money-changing hole.’
key quote: 7- s1.
‘no rest, no peace. incessant torture of remorse.’
key quote: 8- s1.
‘oh! captive, bound, and double ironed.’
key quote: 9- s1.
‘not to know that no space of regret can make amends for one life’s opportunity misused! yet such was i. oh. such was i.’
key quote: 10-s1.
‘mankind was my business. the common welfare was my business charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business.’
key quote: 11- s1.
‘the dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business.’
