That because Marley had been so mean and miserly during his lifetime, never mixing with or benefiting the world around him, he was doomed to an eternity of dragging chains forged by his selfishness.
Jacob Marley tells Scrooge that he will be visited by three spirits – the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come – in an attempt to save him from a similar fate to Marley's. He warns Scrooge that his own chains were made from the choices he made in life, and that Scrooge still has a chance to change his future.
Marley tells Scrooge that he, too, wears a chain, larger than Marley's. Marley has often sat by him unseen. Now he warns him of three more spirits which will visit to help him change his ways.
The he (Scrooge) has little time left to make changes to his life and the way he treats his fellow man. Should he not change then He (Scrooge) will suffer the same fate as Marley; eternal damnation
Marley, when visiting Scrooge on Christmas Eve explains the fact that his business was not all about the counting house and money he states that his business should have been mankind. It is because of this he learned that he will walk the earth in eternal torment never to make restitution
Basically to change his ways toward people and using money as his only focus as his death would bring untold misery
To change his miserly ways and to use his time to do good and reap the benefits of being a good person after death.
He died Christmas Eve 1836 and was doomed to walk the earth in eternal torment as a punishment for not caring about his fellow man
that marley helped the homeless
Jacob Marley was Ebenezer Scrooge's business partner in Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." He was the very first ghostly visitor to Scrooge on Christmas Eve to tell Scrooge that he would be visited by three other spirits that night. The opening sentences of the book are "Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that."
As a spirit he was woeful and desperate to tell Scrooge of his impending doom
Ebenezer Scrooge's deceased business partner in Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" was Jacob Marley. Jacob Marley appears as a ghost to warn Scrooge about the consequences of his selfish ways.
Jacob Marley
The face of Jacob Marley appears in Scrooge's door knocker in "A Christmas Carol." Marley, Scrooge's former business partner, serves as a warning to Scrooge about the consequences of his life choices.
Scrooge's dead business partner in "A Christmas Carol" is Jacob Marley. He appears as a ghost to warn Scrooge about his fate if he does not change his ways.
The ghost of Jacob Marley, Scrooge's former business partner, comes to warn him that he will be visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve.
Jacob Marley. Marley foretells of 3 others who will help Scrooge
Yes, Jacob Marley is Scrooge's deceased business partner in Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." Marley appears as a ghost to warn Scrooge about the consequences of his greed and selfishness.
Jacob Marley
Jacob Marley is Scrooge's best friend.
Jacob Marley was the former business partner of Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens' novel "A Christmas Carol." He appears as a ghost warning Scrooge of his impending fate if he does not change his miserly ways.