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Summary A Christmas Carol: The Ghosts (grade 9 analysis)

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An in-depth summary of all 4 ghosts featured in A Christmas Carol. The ghosts are an important part of the novel that have never been featured in an OCR extract. This summary provides key quotes with analysis, as well as exploring the purpose of each ghost and how this is achieved. Everything you need for a question on any of the ghosts! The ghosts: The Ghost of Jacob Marley The Ghost of Christmas Past The Ghost of Christmas Present The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come

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It is clear that Scrooge has learned less
previous ghosts, as he bends 'down up
in front of this ghost, suggesting a sub



There is a semantic field of the unknown when
describing this ghost, using words such as 'gloom'
'mystery' and 'shrouded'. This are effective in
unsetting and disorientating Scrooge, to make him
more susceptable to a character transformation


It could be argued that the climax of the whole novel
is when the ghost of Christmas yet to come shows
Scrooge his 'neglected grave'. It marks the moment
Scrooge realises he is the dead man being
discussed in stave 4, which brings his fear to a
maximum. Dickens deliberately withheld this to the
end of the encounter to increase its impact on
Scrooge.


The adjective 'neglected' heightens
Scrooge and the desolation of his dea



The ghost is surrounded by piles of food to imply

that there is plenty of food to go around the world if

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