Ghost Of Present

Question 1

“Its dark brown curls were long and free; free as its genial face, its sparkling eye, its open hand, its cheery voice, its unconstrained demeanour, and its joyful air.”

Answer 1

Dickens describes the ghost as open and cheerful. The adjectives that Dickens uses are positive and present a solid big and ‘joyful’ character, in contrast to the indistinct spirit of Christmas Past.
Idyllic

Question 2

“”Come in!” exclaimed the Ghost. “Come in! and know me better, man!””

Answer 2

The Ghost invites Scrooge to join him in a welcoming manner. The word ‘exclaimed’ makes the Ghost seem excited to see Scrooge. His invitation to ‘know me better’ is generous and open-hearted.

Question 3

“If he be like to die, he had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.”

Answer 3

Mirrors scrooges behaviour to remind the readers that Scrooge is changing but before he began the change he was cold.

Question 4

“That it’s capacious breast was bare”

Answer 4

Not materialistic, but still happy like the chratchiets

Question 5

“heaped upon the floor, to form a kind of throne, were turkeys, geese, game, poultry, brawn, great joints of meats, sucking-pigs, long briefs of sausages, mince-pies, plum-puddings, barrels of oysters, red-hot chestnuts, cherry-cheeked apples, juicy oranges….”

Answer 5

Abundance of food. The ghost has plenty of food to share amongst the poor living in poverty which challenges Scrooges beliefs in the beginning of the novel.

Question 6

“A jolly giant”

Answer 6

This spirit is a symbol of abundance and kindness, the side of mankind everyone wants to see. He is a solid, joyful character in contrast to the Ghost of Christmas Past