The ghost you are referring to is Jacob Marley from Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." Marley, who is the deceased business partner of Ebenezer Scrooge, appears bound in a long chain made of cash boxes, keys, padlocks, ledgers, deeds, and heavy purses as a symbol of his greed and the consequences of his life choices. His haunting serves as a warning to Scrooge about the importance of compassion and generosity.
cash-boxes, keys, padlocks, ledgers, deeds, and heavy purses wrought in steel.
a heavy rusty chain that he forged in life . the chain is made up of cash-boxes, keys, padlocks, ledgers, deeds, and heavy purses wrought in steel
Victorian clothing, a scarf wrapped around his head from beneath the chin and tied in a knot at the top if the head (to hold the mouth closed) and a chain containing the things in life he worshipped , of cash-boxes, keys, padlocks, ledgers, deeds, and heavy purses wrought in steel.
These symbolised what was important to Marleys' in life. In his interaction with Scrooge he states that his business should have been "people".
A chain forged in life lade of cash-boxes, keys, padlocks, ledgers, deeds, and heavy purses wrought in steel
Marley was wrapped about his bodies in a chain he forged in life. It was decked out with iron keys, ledgers safes and cash boxes . These represented his life's focus on making money and ignoring the plight of mankind around him
A chain made up of cash-boxes, keys, padlocks, ledgers, deeds, and heavy purses wrought in steel.
Jacob Marley's chains were made of cash-boxes, keys, padlocks, ledgers, deeds, and heavy purses wrought in steel. These items symbolize his earthly attachments and sins that weigh him down in the afterlife, as depicted in Charles Dickens' novel "A Christmas Carol."
Marley's ghost is forced to carry a chain made of "cash-boxes, keys, padlocks, ledgers, deeds, and heavy purses wrought in steel". These represented his failings during his life.
In Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, Jacob Marley says that his chains are "forged out of life," meaning that all of the bad things that he did in his life came back to haunt him and are symbolized in the form of the chains.
Marleys chain is made from steel purses, ledgers, cashboxes, keys, and his office materials.
Marley in his pigtail, usual waistcoat , tights, and boots; the tassels on the latter bristling, like his pigtail, and his coat-skirts, and the hair upon his head. The chain he drew was clasped about his middle. It was long, and wound about him like a tail; and it was made (for Scrooge observed it closely) of cash-boxes, keys, padlocks, ledgers, deeds, and heavy purses wrought in steel. His body was transparent; so that Scrooge, observing him, and looking through his waistcoat, could see the two buttons on his coat behind.