Ghost Of Christmas Yet To Come Character Analysis

Question 1

In what order of the ghosts does The Ghost of Christmas yet to come visit scrooge?

Answer 1

The third spirit to visit Scrooge

Question 2

What idea about the future does the Ghost of Christmas yet to come show?

Answer 2

Dickens uses this ghost to present the idea that the future is not something which is predetermined. The ghost is difficult to see; it’s shrouded in mystery - just like the future.

Question 3

What effect does the Ghost approaching ‘slowly, gravely and quietly’ have?

Answer 3

The reader is prompted to reflect on how the future is incipient and enacting change needs to be something done with urgency.

Question 4

What does the Ghost force Scrooge to reflect on?

Answer 4

His own insignificance - on seeing his own gravestone, he is reminded of his pitiful existence.

Question 5

Quotations to show the aura, supernatural nature and ominous nature of the Ghost of Christmas Yet to come

Answer 5

The phantom slowly, gravely, silently, approached. (S4)
The spirit was immovable as ever. (S4)
Its mysterious presence filled him [Scrooge] with a solemn dread. (S4)

Question 6

Quotations to present Scrooge’s fear of the Ghost of Christmas yet to come

Answer 6

Scrooge bent down upon his knee; for in the very air through which this spirit moved, it seemed to scatter gloom and mystery. (S4)
Its mysterious presence filled him [Scrooge] with a solemn dread. (S4)
I fear you more than any spectre I have seen. (Scrooge, S4)
‘Good spirit, your nature intercedes me, and pities me.’ (Scrooge, S4)