In A Christmas Carol what power did the three spirits of Christmas lose?

Answer 1

The ghost of Christmas Past had shown Scrooge all that he may need to see from his own like and their time with him ended as the flame was extinguished . The Ghost of Christmas Presents life last but one year in out time and was to end as a new Christmas arrived.Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come once hearing Scrooge's oath to change was allowing him to live with the clear understanding that should he not keep to his oath He (the Ghost) would return for him

Answer 2

The three spirits of Christmas lost the power to affect change on Ebenezer Scrooge directly, meaning they couldn't force him to change his ways. They only had the power to show him visions of the past, present, and future and hope that he would choose to make a change on his own.

Answer 3

One is a young looking person who also looks old and has a flame emanating from its head - This is to symbolise the light Scrooge needs t see his own past

The Ghost of Christmas Present uses an version of Santa Claus (father Christmas) to represent the Christmas of now and across the next 12 months

The last is to represent death

Answer 4

Dickens describes each wit great passion. For the first ghost he says;

"It was a strange figure -- like a child: yet not so like a child as like an old man, viewed through some supernatural medium, which gave him the appearance of having receded from the view, and being diminished to a child's proportions. Its hair, which hung about its neck and down its back, was white as if with age; and yet the face had not a wrinkle in it, and the tenderest bloom was on the skin. The arms were very long and muscular; the hands the same, as if its hold were of uncommon strength. Its legs and feet, most delicately formed, were, like those upper members, bare. It wore a tunic of the purest white and round its waist was bound a lustrous belt, the sheen of which was beautiful. It held a branch of fresh green holly in its hand; and, in singular contradiction of that wintry emblem, had its dress trimmed with summer flowers. But the strangest thing about it was, that from the crown of its head there sprung a bright clear jet of light, by which all this was visible; and which was doubtless the occasion of its using, in its duller moments, a great extinguisher for a cap, which it now held under its arm"

for the second he states "It was clothed in one simple green robe, or mantle, bordered with white fur. This garment hung so loosely on the figure, that its capacious breast was bare, as if disdaining to be warded or concealed by any artifice. Its feet, observable beneath the ample folds of the garment, were also bare; and on its head it wore no other covering than a holly wreath, set here and there with shining icicles. 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. Girded round its middle was an antique scabbard; but no sword was in it, and the ancient sheath was eaten up with rust."

for the last and more fear he says;"It was shrouded in a deep black garment, which concealed its head, its face, its form, and left nothing of it visible save one outstretched hand. But for this it would have been difficult to detach its figure from the night, and separate it from the darkness by which it was surrounded.

He felt that it was tall and stately when it came beside him, and that its mysterious presence filled him with a solemn dread. He knew no more, for the Spirit neither spoke nor moved"

Answer 5

The Ghost of Christmas Present, who takes Scrooge on a tour of London to see how evryone, no matter how poor, is celebrating Chritmas as best they can.

Answer 6

The 3rd spirit represents, what will happen to Scrooge's future if he don't change from the very beginning. He also has the most effect on scrooge.......

Answer 7

Christmas morning when the bell tolls One."

the second on the next night at the same hour.

The third upon the next night when the last stroke of Twelve has ceased to vibrate

Answer 8

Each represents a time of Christmas in Scrooge's life, past, present and yet to come.

Answer 9

they are happy, surprised, and thankful.