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What are the characteristics of Jacob Marley?
Jacob Marley is a character from Charles Dickens' novel "A Christmas Carol." He is portrayed as a ghost who wears chains and is tormented by his own actions in life. Marley serves as a warning to Ebenezer Scrooge about the consequences of leading a selfish and greedy life.
Which ghost wears a deep dark garment that conceals its head face and form?
If you mean a ghost from "A Christmas Carol," that would be the Ghost of Christmases Yet to Come.
Who is Marely in the stroy A Christmas Carol?
There is no character named Marely in the story "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. However, there is a character named Jacob Marley, who is the deceased business partner of Ebenezer Scrooge and plays a significant role in the story as a ghost who visits Scrooge.
What are the names of the three ghosts in Charles Dicken's 'A Christmas Carol'?
They are Jacob Marley, The Ghost of Christmas Past, The Ghost of Christmas Present and The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come. The first ghost is Jacob Marley, Scrooge's late business partner, warning him of continuing in miserly ways. Second, the Ghost of Christmas Past, who showed him how he used to be warm and generous and how he has changed into a mean and miserly man. Third, the Ghost of Christmas Present shows him that in the homes of both Bob Cratchit and Scrooge's nephew Fred, he is toasted in goodwill and affection (by most people). He explains how want and ignorance will destroy society if we do not learn to care for each other. Fourth, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come takes Scrooge to a vision of how he will die.
How long had Jacob Marley been dead?
Marley was as "dead as a door nail". Here is a quote from the book: "Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail. Mind! I don't mean to say that I know, of my own knowledge, what there is particularly dead about a door-nail. I might have been inclined, myself, to regard a coffin-nail as the deadest piece of ironmongery in the trade. But the wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile; and my unhallowed hands shall not disturb it, or the Country's done for. You will therefore permit me to repeat, emphatically, that Marley was as dead as a door-nail. "
In A Christmas Carol what is Marley's personality?
Marley is portrayed as a mean and harsh character in "A Christmas Carol." He is depicted as a tormented soul doomed to wander the earth, weighed down by chains forged from his own greed and selfishness in life. His appearance serves as a warning to Scrooge about the consequences of leading a self-centered and miserly existence.
What were the names of the four ghosts that visited Ebeneezer Scrooge in the novella A Christmas Carol written by Charles Dickens?
The four ghost are as follows: Jacob Marley, Ebeneezer Scrooge's former business partner, the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of Christmas yet to Come.
In A Christmas Carol what does Marley carry with him and what does it mean?
Jacob Marley's spirit is forever bounded by long, heavy chains that he unknowingly created for himself in life. These tied chains represent his life of greed, selfishness, obsession over money and mistreating the poor. He didn't help anyone and wasn't a charitable person so he was condemned to eternally wander the Earth never to be at rest or peace.
What does the quote at the beginning of A Christmas Carol mean?
The quote at the beginning of "A Christmas Carol" - "Marley was dead: to begin with" - sets the tone for the story by establishing the main character's deceased state from the start. It highlights the theme of mortality and serves as a precursor to the supernatural elements that unfold in the narrative.
What does Jacob Marley mean by traveling far and wide?
Far and wide is a term to mean traveling untold distance
What is the Gaelic for carol?
If you mean as in 'Christmas carol' in Irish it's carúl;in Scottish Gaelic it's caireall.
What does Carol mean at Christmas?
Generally it means a group of people singing (or carolling) Christmas songs
