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Stave One, Pages 10-20: Marley's Ghost Has A Message For Scrooge
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- 1SummaryScrooge gets to his front door, his door knocker changes into the face of his old partner, Jacob Marley.
Scrooge goes up to his rooms, checks them and then locks himself in.
Scrooge sits in front of his fire he hears bells ring and then Marley's Ghost appears.
Marley explains that he is in torment because he only cared about money.
Marley's Ghost informs Scrooge that he will be visited by three more spirits.
Scrooge doesn't want to think about what has happened and goes straight to bed. - 2Why is this section important?A. We see that Scrooge is strong-willed: he resists believing that he is seeing and speaking to a ghost and tries to find excuses to explain it away
B. Learn that Marley regrets caring only about money and now sees he should have cared for people
C. Plot is set up: Scrooge will have three more ghostly visitors that night, all with the aim to change Scrooge - 3Key language: The Door KnockerUse of similes is rather unusual; the face has a 'dismal light about it, like a bad lobster in a dark cellar' suggests it has a strange glow, indicating its otherworldliness.
- 4Key Quotation: Scrooge's character'Scrooge was not a man to be frightened by echoes', shows us to accept Marley and the other ghosts are real, and not a figment of Scrooge's imagination.
- 5Key language: Dickens's use of soundMakes sure we know it is dark, reducing Scrooge's use of the sense of sight. Makes use of sound even more effective.
'Resounded through the house like thunder' reminds us of the poor weather outside. - 6Key Character: Scrooges determined character'Was not his custom' shows us increasing our sense of unease.
- 7Key Quotation: Marley's torment'wander through the world - oh, woe is me!'. The language used to support these ideas is strong.
Words such as 'doomed', 'fettered' and 'ponderous' add to the sense of weight and make us take this message seriously - 8Key Context: The 1834 New Poor Law'incoherent' and 'inexpressibly sorrowful' shows misery and horror.
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- GCSE English Literature (A Christmas Carol) Karteikarten am Stave One, Pages 10-20: Marley's Ghost Has A Message For Scrooge, erstellt von Henry Lane am 03/05/2017.
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