They were engaged bu Belle brojke it off as she saw the change in Scrooge in favour of money and not her
This was not his wife. Scrooge didnt marry at all. The person was Belle. Belle was Scrooges fiancee, his betrothed . Belle had seen Scrooge change. He had lost the poor young mans attitude and allowed wealth to take over his life. This drive for more wealth had pushed Belle out of his heart as gold now replaced his love
It was Belle
Because his work and love of money took presidency over Belle
Belle
Belle
It was an engagement to marry
This was not his wife. Scrooge didnt marry at all. The person was Belle. Belle was Scrooges fiancee, his betrothed . Belle had seen Scrooge change. He had lost the poor young mans attitude and allowed wealth to take over his life. This drive for more wealth had pushed Belle out of his heart as gold now replaced his love
In Charles Dicken's A Christmas Carol, Belle and Scrooge were engaged as a young couple. Later Belle breaks off their engagement because she feels Scrooge's growing greed is changing him. When the ghost of Christmas Past reveals Belle to Scrooge and a grown woman with a family he realizes what he has lost.
Belle Scrooges betrothed noticed that he haad changed in his attiude since she first met him and they were both poor. Now Scrooges focus was on money and she (Belle) told Scrooge that a new idle, a golden one had taker her place in his heart and therefore she would release him from his promise(to marry her)
Scrooge didn't have a wife, he never married. He was however engaged to Belle whose Scrooges migration to the love of money
In A Christmas Carol, the Ghost of Christmas Past shows Scrooge his young self with his then fiance, Belle. Because the young Scrooge seems to have replaced his love for Belle with the love of money, she breaks off the relationship.
The visit to Scrooge by Jacob Marley The visit of the Ghost of Scrooges Christmas Past Scrooge's realisation of how lonely he was at Christmas as a child The feeling of loss he has when Belle ends their engagement The visit of the Ghost of Christmas Present who opens Scrooge's eyes to the world around him The Ghosts start warning about Want and Ignorance The Ghost rebuff of Scrooge when asked if the children beneath the Ghosts robe have no resource The visit of the ghost of Christmas yet to come as "dead" Scrooges realisation that his death is imminent if he does not change Scrooges promise to change and live a better life thereafter