Chapter Analysis, Marley's Ghost

Question 1

Introduction of Scrooge

Answer 1

• chapter begins lightheartedly as the omniscient narrator humorously discuses Marley is dead
• then we meet Scrooge, ‘as solitary as an oyster’, he’s also greedy
• cheerful beginning contrasts with scrooges intro, makes Scrooge seem less appealing

Question 2

Writers technique in beginning

Answer 2

-uses ‘once upon a time’ to introduce main story, so use of fairy tail convention suggests story has a magic element to it and it’s likely to have a happy ending

Question 3

Fred and Scrooge’s personality

Answer 3

• Fred is opposite, he says Christmas is a ‘kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time’
• Scrooge states poor are ‘idle’, he represents the selfish members of the upper classes of a Victorian society- ‘Decrease the surplus population’

Question 4

Weather

Answer 4

• in this chapter, weather is ‘bleak’ and ominous, ‘was brewing on a large scale’, suggests something big is about to happen
• weather is cold, foggy (symbolises his inability to see how ignorant he is being and weather gets worse when more of his personality is revealed

Question 5

Scrooge’s house

Answer 5

• ‘darkness is cheap’, reflects his personality
• Scrooge’s door knocker transforms into Marley, first supernatural occurrence
• dramatic tension rises

Question 6

Marley’s ghost

Answer 6

• wears heavy chain of ‘cash boxes, keys, padlocks, deeds and heavy purses’, items symbolise how Marley was obsessed with money, like S
• M’s obsession with money led to a lack of compassion and care for others, as a result of this, Marley is ‘doomed to wander through the world’

Question 7

‘Humbug’ (transformation wise)