Jacob Marley and Ebenezer Scrooge were business partners while Marley was alive. They are both characterized as excessively greedy men, and that likeness adds significance to Marley's ghost appearing to Scrooge and explaining what horrible fate he has met in the afterlife for being so tightfisted and selfish.
To warn Scrooge to change his ways and be nicer or kinder to other people, or else Scrooge would end up like Marley(lonely and hated).
Marley warned Scrooge to change his miserly ways.
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.
Scrooge and Marley. Even after Marley died. Quote from the etext: "Scrooge never painted out Old Marley's name. There it stood, years afterwards, above the warehouse door: Scrooge and Marley. The firm was known as Scrooge and Marley."
Marley's ghost predicts that if Ebenezer Scrooge does not change his ways, he will end up like Marley - carrying the heavy chains of greed and regret for eternity. Marley warns Scrooge that he still has a chance to avoid his fate by embracing generosity and compassion towards others.
Marley is the deceased business partner of Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens' novel "A Christmas Carol". Marley comes back as a ghost to warn Scrooge about his miserly ways and the consequences in the afterlife.
The ghost of Marley, Scrooge's former business partner, was the one knocking on Scrooge's door. He came to warn Scrooge about his fate if he did not change his ways.
Marley's ghost visits Scrooge to warn him about the consequences of his selfish and greedy behavior. Marley hopes to prevent Scrooge from sharing the same fate in the afterlife and urges him to change his ways before it's too late.
All of the ghosts are encouraging Scrooge to examine his heart and his actions towards others, not just during the Christmas season, but all year round. They hope to convince him to change his stingy ways and share his his wealth and his love and make a difference in the world.
The ghost of Jacob Marley, Scrooge's former business partner, was responsible for the sound of dragging chains that Scrooge heard. Marley's spirit visited Scrooge to warn him about the consequences of his greedy and selfish ways.
MArley was allowed to return to do a good deed and warn Scrooge that he(scrooge) was making teh same mistakes as Marley and the out come would be worse as Marley points out he (Marley) will walk the earth for all eternity in torment for not making mankind his business
That if he fails to change his miserly ways he would like Marley after his death suffer the torment of walking the earth for eternity.