Marley appeared to Scrooge in several places, but all were at his house. The first glimpse Scrooge gets is in the doorknocker, and then in several places in his room, and finally Marley appears in full body, floating through the locked door to talk to him.
Scrooge saw the first image of Marley's ghost in the knocker on his door, which transformed into Marley's face. This haunting image set the tone for the visitation that would follow and filled Scrooge with fear and dread.
Marleys face appears on the brass front door knocker as Scrooges enters his house
Scrooge sees Marleys face manifest in the brass door knocker of his front door
Scrooge first saw Marley's image as the door knocker on his front door. He then saw it as the picture on the tiles that were around his fireplace.
Bob Cratchit tells the other employees at Scrooge's office that he saw Scrooge working when Marley was sick.
Ebenezer Scrooge is the main character in Charles Dickens' novella "A Christmas Carol" and is a miserly old man who undergoes a transformation through visits from spirits on Christmas Eve. Jacob Marley is Scrooge's deceased business partner who appears as a ghost to warn Scrooge about his fate if he continues down a selfish path.
Scrooge is initially shocked and dismisses the vision as a reflection of his imagination. However, he becomes unsettled and begins to question his perception of reality.
Marley's ghost visits Scrooge to warn him about the consequences of his selfishness and greed. Marley states that three spirits will visit Scrooge over the next three nights to show him the error of his ways and offer him a chance at redemption. This encounter with Marley serves as the catalyst for Scrooge's transformation throughout the story.
Scrooge was startled because the door knocker appeared to transform into the face of his deceased business partner, Jacob Marley, who was now a ghost. This supernatural occurrence set the stage for the visitation of the three spirits on Christmas Eve in "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens.
The first ghost to appear to Scrooge is the Ghost of Christmas Past. This spirit takes Scrooge on a journey through his childhood and past Christmases to help him reflect on his life choices and actions.
Scrooge needs to beware mankind because his encounters with the Spirits of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come have shown him the consequences of his selfish and greedy behavior towards others. By seeing the impact of his actions on those around him, Scrooge realizes that he needs to change his ways and treat his fellow humans with kindness and compassion.
Scrooge thought he saw a locomotive hearse going on before him in the gloom.
Dickens describes it initially as "The hair was curiously stirred, as if by breath or hot air". Then he states that in his hair was a pigtail (plaited lock of hair worn singly at the back of the head.)
Scrooge thought he saw the face of his deceased business partner, Jacob Marley, in the knocker on his front door as he started up the staircase to his home on Christmas Eve.
Marley was Ebenezer Scrooge's business partner in "A Christmas Carol." At the beginning of the story, Marley is depicted as a ghost who is burdened with heavy chains, boxes, and padlocks, symbolizing his sins and greed from when he was alive. He warns Scrooge of the consequences of his own selfishness and greed.
The kitten was quite surprised when it first saw it's own image reflected in the mirror. The image was obscured.