Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come

Question 1

Seeing his grave; ‘Here me spirit! I am not the man I was’

Answer 1

• The desolate, neglected graveyard is a “worthy place” for a man like Scrooge
• Dickens’ moral message is that your choices in life have an impact on your
  life after death.

Question 2

‘Tell me I may sponge away the writing on this stone.’

Answer 2

• Scrooge is aware of his sin and is eager to turn away from his former lifestyle.
• Metaphor of ‘sponging’ has connotations and links to water developing the biblical idea that Scrooge is trying to wash away his sins

Question 3

‘I will honour Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all year’

Answer 3

• Scrooge’s epiphany shows him willingly taking a vow to change and embrace the Christmas Spirit ‘all year round’.
• Reinforces Dickens’ allegorical message that anyone, even the most miserly in society, can change.

Question 4

‘I will live in the past, the present and the future’

Answer 4

• Dickens loosely bases Scrooge’s transformation on Christian principles; Scrooge experiences a type of holy rebirth.
• There is no one event that would have completed his journey; they all had to work
  together to support his redemption.

Question 5

‘I will live in the past, the present and the future’

Answer 5

• Dickens loosely bases Scrooge’s transformation on Christian principles; Scrooge experiences a type of holy rebirth.
• There is no one event that would have completed his journey; they all had to work
  together to support his redemption.