Thursday, December 1, 2011

In Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, what does Marley's face on the door knocker symbolize?

Walter Fischer

, of course, is a bit of a horror story, albeit one with a moral
and an exceedingly happy ending. From the beginning of ' classic, it is established that the
character of Ebenezer Scrooge is a miserly, bitter old man whose sole function in life appears
to be the generation of revenue, usually at the expense of those less fortunate than himself. It
is, however, that very sour demeanor that propels the story's narrative and that prompts the
visits by four ghosts, beginning with that of his late business partner Jacob Marley. We are,
however, getting ahead of ourselves. The opening pages of Dickens' story establish the fact that
Scrooge is not a very nice man, and that his bitterness and outlook have adversely affected the
lives of those upon whom he actually depends, primarily the Cratchit family. 


Dickens, having established a generalin which his story will take place, then depicts
the figure of Scrooge making his seemingly routine trip from...

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