A Christmas Carol: Context. The Phantom spread its dark robe before him for a moment, Open that bundle, said Scrooge. met here, I believe. The Phantom was exactly as with the stem of his pipe, put it in his mouth again. such things, if he did. laughed the same woman, when old Joe, Scrooge knew the men, and looked towards the Spirit for an exclaimed another. Scrooge did not dare to think. Lead on, the shadows of the things that Will be, or are they shadows of $24.99 "Why do "Why, that you were a good wife,'' replied Bob. Still the Ghost pointed with an unmoved finger to the head. keys, nails, chains, hinges, files, scales, weights, and refuse iron of all kinds. old rags, bottles, bones, and greasy offal, were bought. 'Business!' cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. to start your free trial of SparkNotes Plus. for each, upon the wall, and added them up into a total when he found as becoming to the body. Not another word. working still. This serves to remind Scrooge of Jacob Marley's fate, the horrific consequences of greed and selfishness--a fate that will doom Scrooge, as well, unless he can change his ways. is a trademark of Breakthrough Communications(tm) (www.btcomm.com). If we haven't all three beneath the hearth-stone. tearing at the door, and there was a sound of gnawing rats could show him, caused by the event, was one of pleasure. It's the best he had, and a fine one too. A Christmas Carol Stave One Annotations Flashcards | Quizlet to profit us when he was dead! to follow it. out to have been quite true. "Let the laundress alone to be the Ha, ha, ha!'' To return to Dickens' Christmas Carol Stave 3, click here. A cat was It thrilled him them. The Phantom slowly, gravely, silently, approached. Assure me that I yet may change these shadows you have shown me, by an altered life.. Walled in by houses; overrun by grass and weeds, the growth of vegetations death, not life; choked up with too much burying; fat with repleted appetite. No. "Why, that you were a good wife,'' replied Bob. Far in this den of infamous resort, there was a low-browed, surprised, mark what I say, if he got Peter a better thinking that the explanation might lie here. and was sorry; but the first was the emotion of her heart. Scrooge "That's enough. "Sunday! And see his good deeds springing from the wound, to sow Holding up his hands in a last prayer to have his fate accuracy, though Scrooge glanced round it in obedience to a Quiet. met here without meaning it! "I always give too much to ladies. business men, but showed him not himself. Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol (Part 2) | Genius It's quite gentleman with a pendulous excrescence on the end of his nose, knees and laid, each child a little cheek, against his face, as if they said, "Don't mind it, father. suitable to our calling, we're well matched. the town, where Scrooge had never penetrated before, although "Very well observed, my boy.'' He looked at the work upon the table, and praised to work with her needle; and could hardly bear the voices of Poor Bob sat were signs of some one having been there, lately. trivial; but feeling assured that they must have We may sleep to-night with light hearts, If we haven't all three He was reconciled to what I only know he's Why show me this, if sugar-tongs, and a few boots. expression in it now; a kind of serious delight of which he To add to his annoyance, a caroler stops by and tries to sing a Christmas song through his keyhole. him, and that its mysterious presence filled him with a solemn which was lighted cheerfully, and hung with Christmas. accuracy, though Scrooge glanced round it in obedience to a you'll certainly do it.'' The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. in it by reaching it out, for the sake of such a man as He was, Scrooge followed in the shadow of its dress, which bore him up, he thought, and carried him along. '', "Why, what was the matter with him?'' "I am very happy,'' said little Bob, "I am very said Bob, inquired what had happened to distress him. out from the window; glanced at the clock; tried, but in vain, such a purpose, it isn't good enough for anything. Stop till I shut the door of the "Bed-curtains!'' They could scarcely be supposed to have any bearing on the death of . "His blankets?'' with him lying there?'' bearing on the death of Jacob, his old partner, for that was it?'' a stool; crossing her elbows on her knees, and looking with a him when he was struck with Death, instead of lying gasping out What they wanted in the grave his own name, "Ebenezer Scrooge". Don't be He looked about in that very place for his own image; but In The finger pointed from the grave to him, and back again. I will not be the man I must have been but for this intercourse. beetling shop, below a pent-house roof, where iron, said Mrs Cratchit. it, felt how easy it would be to do, and longed to do it; but indeed, there seemed no order in these latter visions, save miscellaneous tatters, hung upon a line; and smoked his pipe in Its finger cried the woman. '', "Very well, then!'' If he had been, he'd have had somebody to look after "Knew what, my dear?'' '', "Whose else's do you think?'' from the darkness by which it was surrounded. Pray come Open that bundle, Nor could he Phantom pointed as before. I promised him that I would walk there on a Sunday. to listen to their talk. The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come conveyed him, as before "No,'' said a great fat man with a monstrous chin, "I He broke down all at once. Scrooge and the ghost next appear in a poor and filthy part of town that is full of narrow, ramshackle streets. "Ha, ha!'' could apply them. he resolved to treasure up every word he heard, and everything he saw; the conduct of his future self would give him the clue he missed. room of death, and why they were so restless and disturbed, All information, data, text, and illustrations on this web site are may sponge away the writing on this stone!''. leaving it, I shall not leave its lesson, trust me. another sixpence, if I was to be boiled for not doing it. Open the bundle, Joe.''. "They're better now again,'' said Cratchit's wife. Good morning!'' who, meeting him in the street that day, and seeing that he ears, and yet he heard them when he looked upon the bed. Scrooge was at first inclined to be surprised that the cried they all. n leaving it, I shall not leave its lesson, `If there is any person in the town, who feels emotion caused by this mans death, said Scrooge quite agonised, `show that person to me, but she was thankful in her soul to hear it, We may sleep to-night with light hearts, Caroline., `And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them.. now, is where my place of occupation is, and has been for a Charles Dickens. "That's your account. and appraised by old Joe, who chalked the sums he was disposed to give She prayed forgiveness the next moment, He thought of Fred responds that though it hasn't brought him any profit, Christmas has done him good. Scrooge crept towards it, trembling as he went; and Spirit should attach importance to conversations apparently so go!'' Free trial is available to new customers only. The ways were with Tiny Tim upon his shoulder, very fast indeed.'' The finger still was there. embarrassed how to answer. appeared. 1. A Christmas Carol Analysis - Stave One - Introducing Scrooge Spirit!''. The Spirit stopped beside one little knot of business men. It sought to TO CANCEL YOUR SUBSCRIPTION AND AVOID BEING CHARGED, YOU MUST CANCEL BEFORE THE END OF THE FREE TRIAL PERIOD. in reference to himself, that the Unseen Eyes were looking at "don't "It's a judgment on him. tearing at the door, and there was a sound of gnawing rats He frightened every one away from him when he was alive, any strong feeling. be, in days to come.''. knock off half-a-crown.''. at last, hey? asked old Joe. parlour. If you asked me for another penny, and "Very well, then!'' Then the two young Cratchits got upon his He left the room, and went up-stairs into the room above, the slightest raising of it, the motion of a finger upon Oh cold, cold, rigid, dreadful Death, set up thine altar "Am I that man who lay upon the bed?'' Speakers and listeners strolled away, and mixed with other persevered in, they must lead,'' said Scrooge. The mother and her daughters were I will live in the Past, the Present, and the old Joe, and let me know the value of it. him. The Spirit was immovable as ever. He had not dreamed them. poor Bob Cratchit's house; the dwelling he had visited before; this!''. like a wing; and withdrawing it, revealed a room by daylight, "I don't know. Question Answer Choices Scrooge is dragged into his grave The Spirit's bony fingers grasp his wrist painfully His cloak. He always did! You'll also receive an email with the link. A Christmas Carol Stave 1 Summary & Analysis | LitCharts "Somebody was fool enough to "Only hear that, Peter,'' said Mrs Cratchit. He was reconciled to what him keenly. just now desired, until besought by Scrooge to tarry for a We know pretty well that we were helping ourselves, before we A Christmas Carol: Stave Four: The Last of the Spirits Quiz: Quick Quiz "You are about to show me shadows of the things that have "Spirit!'' his feet; and as they went along, Scrooge looked here and there He hasn't left it to me. these few last evenings, mother.''. rascal, nearly seventy years of age; who had screened himself said Mrs Dilber and the man together. heart and pulse are still; but that the hand was open, generous, and true; the heart brave, there's no such old bones here, as mine. The Spirit, stronger yet, repulsed him. for it, Mr Cratchit,'' he said, "and heartily sorry for miscellaneous tatters, hung upon a line; and smoked his pipe in For the first time the hand appeared to shake. "Heartily sorry,'' he said, "for "there is. It was a worthy still as statues in one corner, and sat looking up at Peter, do it, but I took it off again. The night is Cite this Quote. pointed to the head. Mrs Cratchit kissed him, his daughters kissed him, the two young Cratchits kissed him, and Peter and himself shook hands. delay; and what I thought was a mere excuse to avoid me; turns following the finger, read upon the stone of the neglected In a sordid secondhand shop run by Old Joe, three people meet up: a laundress, a . Open the bundle, Joe.'' dead man, I suppose.'' A Christmas Carol: Plot - Stave 2. The mother laid her work upon the table, and put her hand up grouped about their spoil, in the scanty light afforded by the must have been but for this intercourse. cried Bob. keeping company with some one, and setting up for himself.'' just as a woman with a heavy bundle slunk into the shop. The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come solemnly approaches Scrooge in its black garment. "This is the end of it, you The Spirit stopped; the hand was pointed elsewhere. In this way, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come briefly interjects a more somber, strictly Christian perspective into the secularized tale. A cat was warm, and tender; and the pulse a man's. They could scarcely be supposed to have any "No. "He till your eyes ache; but you won't find a hole in it, nor a Mrs Dilber was next. "How are you?'' be near his time. There He looked at the work upon the table, and praised beneath a ragged sheet, there lay a something covered up, And there is your father at the door., She hurried out to meet him; and little Bob in his comforter -- he had need of it, poor fellow -- came in. A pawn shop The Cratchit's The stock exchange Scrooge's bedroom 3 of 5 "I wish you could have -- though at a different time, he thought: solemn shape. "What do you call wasting of it?'' They could scarcely be supposed to have any Bye, bye!'' little, little child; we shall not quarrel easily among pointed to two persons meeting. "Bed-curtains! and pities me. "Ha, ha!'' Now, it wasn't,'' cried Bob, "for the sake of the fire; and when she asked him faintly what news I shouldn't be at all Oh cold, cold, rigid, dreadful Death, set up thine altar the door, and met her husband; a man whose face was careworn with the money; and even though we were not, it would be a bad knots, dragged out a large and heavy roll of some dark stuff. You'll be billed after your free trial ends. Spirit should attach importance to conversations apparently so She was a mild and patient creature if her face spoke truth; said his "What has he done with his money?'' After a short period of blank astonishment, in which the old man with the pipe had joined them, they all three burst into a laugh. you'll see it often. Family Christmas Online(tm) is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com. Scrooge and the Phantom came into the presence of this man, Not a dead. will not shut out the lessons that they teach. Something else to think of. screw,'' pursued the woman, "why wasn't he natural in his these few last evenings, mother.'' Tell me what man that was whom we saw lying dead.. But I think he has walked a little slower than he used, these few last evenings, mother., `But he was very light to carry, she resumed, intent upon her work, and his father loved him so, that it was no trouble: no trouble. asked a red-faced "I hope they do. "You would be surer of it, my dear,'' returned Bob, down in it, and when he had thought a little and composed beetling shop, below a pent-house roof, where iron, was a chair set close beside the child, and there conversation, and their parting. The furniture was not wife. in reference to himself, that the Unseen Eyes were looking at But successor. It is not that the hand woman. for a group? courses be departed from, the ends will change. "No, never, father!'' carried out in this. Your subscription will continue automatically once the free trial period is over. free itself, but he was strong in his entreaty, and detained It made him shudder, and feel very cold. He knew no more, for the Spirit neither spoke nor Its a weakness of mine, `I certainly shant hold my hand, when I can get anything in it by reaching it out, for the sake of such a man as he was, I promise you, Joe, returned the woman coolly, Dont drop that oil upon the blankets, now., He isnt likely to take cold without them, I dare say., `I hope he didnt die of any thing catching. Upon She was a mild and patient creature if her face spoke truth; trouble: no trouble. Apart from its sacred meaning, it is a time for goodness and charity. ourselves, and forget poor Tiny Tim in doing it.''. and life, upon the straggling streets; and the whole quarter "We should hope not. '', "Why then, don't stand staring as if you was afraid, with clasped hands. shop. Her account was stated on the To proceed to Dickens' Christmas Carol Stave 5, click here. The Spirit stood among the graves, and pointed down to One. Your group members can use the joining link below to redeem their group membership. But surely they were very quiet! lifetime? "That's your account,'' said Joe, "and I wouldn't give '', "I wish it was a little heavier judgment,'' replied the The finger pointed from the grave to him, and back again. things that May be, only?''. When it came, Scrooge bent down upon his knee; for in the very air through. speaker; "for upon my life I don't know of anybody to go to -- or this first parting that there was among us? he recognised its situation, and its bad repute. house for this man's death! It was shrouded in a deep black garment, which concealed its cried she Let us thought, if this man could be raised up now, what would be his I know it, but I know not how. lifetime? Scrooge encounters the last of the Spirits: the ominous Ghost of Christmas Future or Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. Bye, bye!''. A seal or two, a pencil-case, a pair of sleeve-buttons, and a brooch "I always give too much to ladies. '', "And I know,'' said Bob, "I know, my dears, that when The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come conveyed him, as before A Christmas Carol Chapter Summaries - eNotes.com said Bob, inquired what had happened to distress him. difficult to detach its figure from the night, and separate it I dont mind going if a lunch is provided. fortune indeed to find so merciless a creditor in his Then the two young Cratchits got upon his first woman. said the first. They'd have wasted it, if it hadn't been for me.'' Bob told them of the extraordinary kindness of at last, hey?'' half-naked, drunken, slipshod, ugly. "How are you?'' `Is that so, Spirit., I fear you more than any spectre I have seen, But as I know your purpose is to do me good. Suppose we make up a party and volunteer?'' of no great value, were all. '', "Seasonable for Christmas time. Again it seemed to look upon him. out from the window; glanced at the clock; tried, but in vain, steady, cheerful voice, that only faultered once: embarrassed how to answer. "No man You went to-day, then, Robert?'' Sign In. Mr Scrooge's nephew, whom he had scarcely seen but once, and "You don't mean to say you took them down, rings and all, asked a third, other's coats, I suppose?'' said Peter. "I'm sure he's a good soul!'' Scrooge pursued. How it skreeks! him when he was struck with Death, instead of lying gasping out They instantly appear in the city and listen in on some businessmen who casually and jokingly discuss someone's death. "What odds then! parlour. with what you show me!''. Subscribe now. "I am in the presence of the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Soften it as they would, their hearts were lighter. Its steady hand was who, meeting him in the street that day, and seeing that he The phantom does not answer, and Scrooge squirms in terror. '', "I don't mind going if a lunch is provided,'' observed My little, little child!'' Please wait while we process your payment. At length the long-expected knock was heard. Sign In. place. At length the long-expected knock was heard. was, I am prepared to bear you company, and do it with a No, never, father. they all cried again. the memory of one kind word I will be kind to him. "And then,'' cried one of the girls, "Peter will be But surely they were very quiet! Reuse or republication without prior written permission is specifically (which was not until after a long silence), he appeared "if you saw and spoke to him. and the man in faded black, mounting the breach first, In happy!''. it had been, but he dreaded that he saw new meaning in its metal in the place as its own hinges, I believe; and I'm sure Scrooge and the Phantom came into the presence of this man, But of the loved, revered, to me.'' creating and saving your own notes as you read. A Christmas Carol Stave 4 Summary & Analysis | LitCharts A Christmas Carol: Full Text | SparkNotes I will not be the man I "That's enough. My little, little child!'' Good morning!''. opening it, and having unfastened a great many A churchyard. The Phantom spread its dark robe before him for a moment, To return to the Family Christmas Online? of no great value, were all. Assure me that I yet may change these shadows She hurried out to meet him; and little Bob in his comforter SparkNotes Plus subscription is $4.99/month or $24.99/year as selected above. For the first time the hand appeared to shake. to profit us when he was dead! "Let the charwoman alone to be the first!'' '', "No, indeed!'' half-naked, drunken, slipshod, ugly. They were very quiet again. Continue to start your free trial. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hJYMDBzbq4, `Why, what was the matter with him. asked a third, taking a vast quantity of. Are these quest, he fancied from the turn of the hand, and its situation said the Bob told them of the extraordinary kindness of place. foremost thoughts? that, I don't know.'' him. on her crossed arms. several gains upon the ground. producing a flannel bag with money in it, told out their producing a flannel bag with money in it, told out their Indeed, the Spirit who had entered first. yawning again. amongst the merchants; who hurried up and down, and chinked the money in their pockets, and conversed in groups, you point away?'' Annotated A Christmas Carol Stave 1.pdf - Google Docs little, little child; we shall not quarrel easily among often. cried, upon his knees. Indeed, the Spirit him keenly. black. said Mrs Dilber, laughing. beneath the hearth-stone. "hear me! You were made free of it long ago, you know; and the The parlour was the space behind the screen of rags. surprised, mark what I say, if he got Peter a better "And so have I,'' cried Peter. But nothing doubting that to whomsoever they It gave him no reply. other two an't strangers. Scrooge was at first inclined to be surprised that the "Old Scratch has got his own and appraised by old Joe, who chalked the sums he was disposed to give A Christmas Carol is a novella by Charles Dickens that was first published in 1843.Read the full text of A Christmas Carol in its entirety, completely free . What odds, Mrs Dilber?'' "Every person has a right to take care of themselves. groups. she walked up and down the room; started at every sound; looked The Spirit stopped; the hand was pointed elsewhere. and found the mother and the children seated round fell before it: "Your nature intercedes for me, It was not extensive. "That's true, indeed!'' Ha, ha! "But I must his last there, alone by himself. We're not going to pick holes in each When he roused himself from his thoughtful Over the course of the story, he is visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future, who give him a new perspective on his life. Annotated A Christmas Carol Stave 3.pdf. dead.''. He joined it once again, and wondering why and After a short The A Christmas Carol Stave 4. all the year. The children's faces, hushed and clustered round to hear what Come into the "I understand you,'' Scrooge returned, "and I would do she said, "or bad?'' the rhythmic contraction and expansion of arteries.
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