Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come

Question 1

What is the significance of the ghost of Christmas yet to comes pointing finger

Answer 1

-at the beginning of the stage the ghosts finger is stable and straight this reflects Scrooges fate and shows his death to be almost garunteed
-however throughout the stage when Scrooge finally starts to see the error of his ways and redeem himself the ghosts finger starts shaking uncontrollably reflecting that Scrooges destiny is not yet certain and it is changing

Question 2

What does dickens use the ghost of Christmas yet to come to convay

Answer 2

-allied dickens to convay his idea about capitalism and greed
-by showing that nobody cared about Scrooges death dickens could be expressing that greedy and selfish people won’t be missed when they die
-could represent the Holy Spirit who played a role in Jesus’s resurrection,could do a similar thing for Scrooge

Question 3

The ghost of yet to come is described as
“Shrouded in a deep black garment”

Answer 3

-presents the ghost as mysterious as many aspects of its appearance are unknowable “shrouded”
-“deep black garment” further presents it as mysterious as the connotation of the colour black
-could be dickens way of showing the future is dark,mysterious and unknowable.

Question 4

When dickens tried to speak to the ghost the
“Spirit answered not but pointed onwards with its hand”

Answer 4

-the spirit does not speak this reinforces the idea the the spirit is a mysterious identity
-whenever the spirit points Scrooge witnesses something he is meant learn from attempting to teach Scrooge a lesson
-the ghosts frequent pointing show it to have a didactic personality

Question 5

At the end of stave 4 when Scrooge and the ghost are at the grave yard dickens writes
“For the first time the hand appeared to shake”

Answer 5

-happens when Scrooge begins to repent and want to change
-shows us the spirit begins to weaken when Scrooge vocally demonstrates that he has learnt his lesson
-shows the ghost as not being omnipotent as the kindness that Scrooge is developing is weakening the ghost

Question 6

ghost of christmas yet to come quotes

Answer 6

-“For the first time the hand appeared to shake”
-“Spirit answered not but pointed onwards with its hand”
-“Shrouded in a deep black garment(…)and left nothing visible save one outstretched hand”