Ghost of christmas past quotes and analysis

Question 1

It was a strange figure - like a child: yet not so like a child

Answer 1

juxtaposition= isnt defined as a child or man
- could suggest how children= once naive/ innocent
children now= morphed by societal fault/ downfall

Question 2

‘would you so soon put out the light i give’

Answer 2

-scrooge=immediate denial to the truth
‘light’= truth/past which scrooge is inable to comprehend/deal with

Question 3

‘a solitary child neglected by his friends is still left there’

Answer 3

• forces scrooge to look at his lonely past= causes distress
  -‘solitary child’ repitition of solitary= symbolic of how he is still alone even in older life