Jacob Marley

Question 1

“No rest, no peace . Incessant torture of remorse”

Answer 1

• These TWO SHORT SENTENCES creates a SENSE OF TENSION by INCREASING THE PACE
• These SENTENCES MIRROR the TRAPPED and CLAUSTROPHOBIC FEELINGS Marley is FEELING
• Dickens OVERTURNS THE RULE OF THREE by STOPPING after TWO CLAUSES. Dickens leaves the SENTENCE feeling UNFINISHED. This causes the READER to FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE
• This could MIRROR Scrooge’s UNCOMFORTABLE FEELINGS TOWARDS the GHOST. This ALLOWS the READER to EMPATHISE with Scrooge and UNDERSTAND where he is coming from

Question 2

“Mankind was my business “

Answer 2

• This REFLECTS Dickens IDEAS on SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
• Marley REALISES TOO LATE that he should have FOCUSED ON
  ‘ mankind ‘ rather than ‘ business ‘ during his life
• Marley is USED TO SEND A MESSAGE to US AS READERS and Scrooge of Dickens BELIEFT that it is IMPERATIVE to be SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS

Question 3

“I wear the chains I forged in life”

Answer 3

• This DECLARATION by Marley is MEANT both LITERALLY and FIGURATIVELY
• LITERALLY in a SENSE, Marley was an ACCOUTANT and BOOK KEEPER
• Marley’s WORK INVOLVED WRITING ‘ deeds ‘ and ‘ ledgers ‘ and so he PHYSICALLY MADE these THINGS in his LIFE
• FIGURATIVELY, Marley is now HELD CAPTIVE for ETERNITY because of the WAY he ACTED IN HIS LIFE
• The VERB ‘ forged ‘ PORTRAYS that Marley BROUGHT himself to CHANGE and INDICTAED to Scrooge that how you are TREATED in the AFTER LIFE is EQUIVALENT to how you TREAT OTHERS while you ARE ALIVE. Perhaps Dickens uses the CHARACTER of Marley to SEND A MESSAGE and WARN Scrooge to CHANGE BEFORE it is TOO LATE

Question 4

“No … , no … . Incessant … of … “

Answer 4

“No rest, no peace . Incessant torture of remorse”

Question 5

“… was my … “

Answer 5

“Mankind was my business “

Question 6

“I … the … I … in life”

Answer 6

“I wear the chains I forged in life”