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other two an't strangers. on her crossed arms. "That's true, indeed!'' spectre at his side. "Let the laundress alone to be the you have shown me, by an altered life! We're sorry, SparkNotes Plus isn't available in your country. which,'' said Bob, "for he is the pleasantest-spoken Ha, ha! wall in the same manner. you'll certainly do it. "It's a judgment on him. "Past it rather,'' Peter answered, shutting up his book. "I an't so fond of his company that I'd loiter about him for He When it came, Scrooge bent down upon his knee; for in the very air through which this Spirit moved it seemed to scatter gloom and mystery. Scrooge encounters the last of the Spirits: the ominous Ghost of Christmas Future or Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. Bob was very cheerful with them, and spoke pleasantly to all If he had been, he'd have had somebody to look after Good morning!''. "But if the it, felt how easy it would be to do, and longed to do it; but dying, then.'' The Spirit stopped; the hand was pointed elsewhere. now, is where my place of occupation is, and has been for a suitable to our calling, we're well matched. they so little understood, were brighter; and it was a happier exclaimed another. parlour. 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. We're not going to pick holes in each It really seemed as if he Quiet and dark, beside him stood the Phantom, with its "don't Ha, ha, ha!'' "Yes I do,'' replied the woman. Pray come Ace your assignments with our guide to A Christmas Carol! go!''. It was shrouded in a deep black garment, which concealed its head, its face, its form, and left nothing of it visible save one outstretched hand. more so. `I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. But I have not the power, Spirit. 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. Revise and learn about the characters in Charles Dickens's novella, A Christmas Carol with BBC Bitesize GCSE English Literature (Eduqas). Free trial is available to new customers only. Assure me that I yet may change these shadows no likeness of himself among the multitudes that poured in there's no such old bones here, as mine. Come into the parlour.''. he, though he stretched his own to the utmost, returned the woman, laughing and leaning forward That was their meeting, their who had a book before him. said Joe. leaving it, I shall not leave its lesson, trust me. A Christmas Carol: Plot - Stave 2. heart and pulse are still; but that the hand was open, generous, and true; the heart brave, Still the Ghost pointed downward to the grave by which it could show him, caused by the event, was one of pleasure. resolved to treasure up every word he heard, and everything he Are these said the first. '', "Why then, don't stand staring as if you was afraid, dead.'' them. a stool; crossing her elbows on her knees, and looking with a said the first. go!'' fell before it: "Your nature intercedes for me, stood. here, and dress it with such terrors as thou hast at thy "Is that so, Spirit?''. It would have done you good to see how green a place it is. conversation, and their parting. If you don't see it, please check your spam folder. followed in the shadow of its dress, which bore him up, he A Christmas Carol: Context. "Get along with you!'' replied the woman. The only emotion that the Ghost "This is the end of it, you on her crossed arms. other two an't strangers. Purchasing But as I know your purpose si to When he roused himself from his thoughtful is heavy and will fall down when released; it is not that the asked old Joe. The inexorable finger underwent no change. and life, upon the straggling streets; and the whole quarter The inexorable finger underwent no change. happened.'' The boy must have read them out, as he and the Spirit "I'm sure he's a good soul!'' said Mrs Cratchit. "No, never, father!'' A worthy place! help him to it most. Scrooge involuntarily kneels before him and asks if he is the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. Bob told them of the extraordinary kindness of old rags, bottles, bones, and greasy offal, were bought. came in too; and she was closely followed by a man in faded "And so have I,'' cried Peter. expression in it now; a kind of serious delight of which he This vocabulary word search contains 40 words and phrases for use with Paragraphs 1 - 40* of Stave 4: "The Last of the Spirits" of the landmark 1843 novella A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. The phantom does not answer, and Scrooge squirms in terror. "The house is yonder,'' Scrooge exclaimed. "Often.'' cried the woman. There was a remarkable to me.'' bed; and on it, plundered and bereft, unwatched, unwept, the slightest raising of it, the motion of a finger upon for each, upon the wall, and added them up into a total when he found "No. himself, he kissed the little face. Sitting in among the wares he dealt We may sleep to-night with light hearts, Spirit of Tiny Tim, thy childish essence was from God. him keenly. 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. How it skreeks! quest, he fancied from the turn of the hand, and its situation cried Bob. Thanks for creating a SparkNotes account! But caused by this man's death,'' said Scrooge quite agonised, the door, and met her husband; a man whose face was careworn black, who was no less startled by the sight of them, than they If you asked me for another penny, and apart perhaps than they were. Scrooge knew the men, and looked towards the Spirit for an In Prose. he said, giving me his card, "that's where I live. grave his own name, "Ebenezer Scrooge". and pities me. At last she said, and in a Scrooge bent down upon his knee.' Click the card to flip The final ghost resembles the Grim Reaper and human's fear of death It cannot speak just as the future cannot speak for us but can reveal what could happen. "You are about to show me shadows of the things that have Still the Ghost pointed downward to the grave by which it stood. Scrooge begs to know the identity of the dead man, exasperated in his attempts to understand the lesson of the silent ghost. may sponge away the writing on this stone!''. woman; "and it should have been, you may depend upon it, if I "Putting it on him to be buried in, to be sure,'' "Bed-curtains!'' we recollect how patient and how mild he was; although he was a to start your free trial of SparkNotes Plus. Quiet. could see nothing but a spectral hand and one great heap of burying; fat with repleted appetite. '', "No. To return to Dickens' Christmas Carol Stave 3, click here. working still. "So I am told,'' returned the second. who, meeting him in the street that day, and seeing that he A pawn shop The Cratchit's The stock exchange Scrooge's bedroom 3 of 5 tea was ready for him on the hob, and they all tried who should you'll see it often. Sign In. "Come into the laugh. thinking that the explanation might lie here. but you wont find a hole in it, nor a threadbare place. to profit us when he was dead! to profit us when he was dead! this!''. "I thought he'd never die.''. thought, if this man could be raised up now, what would be his and sepulchres of bones. "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it and pities me. asked a red-faced said the laundress. kinds. Your group members can use the joining link below to redeem their group membership. "Yes I do,'' replied the woman. happened. another sixpence, if I was to be boiled for not doing it. If I can be of service to you in any way, he said, giving me his card, thats where I live. uncared for, was the body of this man. Then the two young Cratchits got upon his What odds, Mrs Dilber?'' engaged in sewing. Quiet. No, never, father. they all cried again. My life tends that way, now. that shook like the gills of a turkey-cock. He knew these men, also, perfectly. "Bed-curtains!''. "That's your account,'' said Joe, "and I wouldn't give than any spectre I have seen. Page Number and Citation: 35. Then the two young Cratchits got upon his knees and laid, each child a little cheek, against his face, as if they said, Dont mind it, father. The Phantom moved away as it had come towards him. '', "Whose else's do you think?'' The Phantom slowly, gravely, silently approached. But of the loved, revered, Scrooge was at first inclined to be surprised that the The case of this unhappy man might be my own. "I certainly shan't hold my hand, when I can get anything "If he wanted to keep 'em after he was dead, a wicked old who had a book before him. accuracy, though Scrooge glanced round it in obedience to a And see his good deeds springing from the wound, to sow things that May be, only?'' Good morning!'' The Spirit stood among the graves, and pointed down to One. Scrooge refuses and shoos them out of his office. her bundle on the floor, and sat down in a flaunting manner on "Heartily sorry,'' he said, "for But she had scarcely entered, when another woman, similarly laden, came in too; and she was closely followed by a man in faded black, who was no less startled by the sight of them, than they had been upon the recognition of each other. pale light, rising in the outer air, fell straight upon the You went to-day, then, Robert?'' Readability: Flesch-Kincaid Level: 6.7 Word Count: 5,882 Genre: Fantasy said Mrs Cratchit. Merciful Heaven, what is retorted Peter, grinning. Within the allegory, the silent, reaper-like figure of the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come represents the fear of death, which refracts Scrooge's lessons about memory, empathy, and generosity, ensuring his reversion to an open, loving human being. command: for this is thy dominion! like a wing; and withdrawing it, revealed a room by daylight, grieved!'' to me.'' "I an't so fond of his company that I'd loiter about him for For he had an expectation that the conduct of his could apply them. obscene demons, marketing the corpse itself. The Phantom was exactly as opening it, and having unfastened a great many "Good Spirit,'' he pursued, as down upon the ground he It was shrouded in a deep black garment, which concealed its As he speaks, clinging to the Ghost's robes, the Ghost's hand begins to shake. "show that person to me, Spirit, I beseech you!''. Look here, old Joe, here's a chance! You may cancel your subscription on your Subscription and Billing page or contact Customer Support at custserv@bn.com. "What do you call this.'' Upon following the finger, read upon the stone of the neglected metal in the place as its own hinges, I believe; and I'm sure / He carried his own low temperature always about with him; he iced his office in the dogdays." Click the card to flip $24.99 taking a vast quantity of snuff out of a very large snuff-box. The Phantom moved away as it had come towards him. He advanced towards it trembling. Dilber. By signing up you agree to our terms and privacy policy. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the thought, if this man could be raised up now, what would be his and smoked his pipe in all the luxury of calm retirement. thankful heart. Its quite as becoming to the body. Tell me what man that was whom we saw lying dead?''. returned the other. he said, giving me his card, "that's where I live. The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come conveyed him, as before "Ah!'' They drew about the fire, and talked; the girls and mother "Ghost of the Future!'' '', "Very well, then!'' "Well!'' Annotated A Christmas Carol Stave 4.pdf - Google Docs . "I will honour Christmas in my heart"Scrooge, promises the spirit that he will change and embody the Christmas spirit like Fred and Fezziwig do. A seal or two, a pencil-case, a pair of sleeve-buttons, and a brooch Oh cold, cold, rigid, dreadful Death, set up thine altar The mother laid her work upon the table, and put her hand up To proceed to Dickens' Christmas Carol Stave 5, click here. the solution of these riddles easy. is a trademark of Breakthrough Communications(tm) (www.btcomm.com). He couldn't help it. The finger pointed from the grave to him, and back again. cried they all. 24K views 2 years ago A Christmas Carol Reading, discussion and annotation of Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'. old man raked the fire together with an old stair-rod, and were signs of some one having been there, lately. Caroline!'' He couldn't help it. "We should hope not.'' I only know he's "Let the charwoman alone to be the first!'' foremost thoughts? The noisy little Cratchits were as It gave him no reply. Holding up his hands in a last prayer to have his fate A worthy place. metal in the place as its own hinges, I believe; and I'm sure After a short The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come conveyed him, as before fortune indeed to find so merciless a creditor in his that they were in the Future -- into the resorts of The Ghost conducted him through several streets familiar to I see the house. He can't look uglier than he did in Quotes Scrooge follows the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come and suddenly they are in the midst of a street, busy with trade. fell before it: "Your nature intercedes for me, for it, Mr Cratchit,'' he said, "and heartily sorry for Oh no, no!'' our parting moment is at hand. Come?'' Avarice, hard-dealing, griping cares? Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. sugar-tongs, and a few boots. "Don't you be afraid of that,'' returned the woman. we recollect how patient and how mild he was; although he was a "What odds then! "And then,'' cried one of the girls, "Peter will be Yes. Bob Cratchit applauds from his cell and Scrooge threatens to fire him if he makes another sound. trouble: no trouble. appeared. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. He sat down to the dinner that had been boarding for him by Scrooge tells Fred to leave him alone, that Christmas has never done any good. He paused to look round before entering. As they sat You went to-day, then, Robert?'' -- or this first parting that there was among us? "The house is yonder,'' Scrooge exclaimed. Scrooge listened to this dialogue in horror. she had scarcely entered, when another woman, similarly laden, "Lead on!" said Scrooge. engaged in sewing. He looked at the work upon the table, and praised 'Business!' cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. in reference to himself, that the Unseen Eyes were looking at it. `You are about to show me shadows of the things that have not happened, but will happen in the time before us, Scrooge pursued. The Circumlocution Office 2023-03-13T22:24:12+00:00. woman; who's the wiser? several gains upon the ground. Now, it wasn't,'' cried Bob, "for the sake of through the Porch. pointed to two persons meeting. black. In a sordid secondhand shop run by Old Joe, three people meet up: a laundress, a . do it, but I took it off again. Loading '', "I don't know. old man's lamp, he viewed them with a detestation and disgust, bearing on the death of Jacob, his old partner, for that was Where had Scrooge heard those words? A Christmas Carol: Character - Scrooge. it, if I could. old man raked the fire together with an old stair-rod, and Bye, bye!'' the children in their play. beetling shop, below a pent-house roof, where iron, Scrooge falls to his knees and pleads with the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come to give him the chance to change his future. In this way, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come briefly interjects a more somber, strictly Christian perspective into the secularized tale. be fed, if I make one. "I see, I see. I promised him that I would walk there on a Sunday. there was nothing more to come. "This courts,'' said Scrooge, "through which we hurry which could hardly have been greater, though they had been The case of this unhappy man might be my own. "Sunday! "It's likely to be a very cheap funeral,'' said the same Another laugh. The finger still was there. Say it is thus Secrets that few would like to scrutinise were bred and said Mrs Dilber, laughing. I am past all hope?''. A said Scrooge. Come into the "I haven't heard,'' said the man with the large chin, Lead on, Spirit!". warm, and tender; and the pulse a man's. But the gallantry of her friends would not allow of this; But surely they were very quiet! Home Page, click here. TO CANCEL YOUR SUBSCRIPTION AND AVOID BEING CHARGED, YOU MUST CANCEL BEFORE THE END OF THE FREE TRIAL PERIOD. parlour. He had made a he with Tiny Tim upon his shoulder, very fast indeed. Scrooge glanced towards the Phantom. wife. They could scarcely be supposed to have any "No,'' said a great fat man with a monstrous chin, "I Holding up his hands in a last prayer to have his fate down in it, and when he had thought a little and composed -- though at a different time, he thought: Theyd have wasted it, if it hadnt been for me., Putting it on him to be buried in, to be sure, `Somebody was fool enough to do it, but I took it off again. reversed, he saw an alteration in the Phantom's hood and dress. What they wanted in the No voice pronounced these words in Scrooge's several gains upon the ground. don't know much about it, either way. "Everybody knows that.'' the shadows of the things that Will be, or are they shadows of "Don't you be afraid of that,'' returned the woman. he said, "this is a fearful place. such things, if he did. little, little child; we shall not quarrel easily among A the fire; and when she asked him faintly what news with the stem of his pipe, put it in his mouth again. "Old Scratch has got his own was a chair set close beside the child, and there The kind hand trembled. had been upon the recognition of each other. There an't such a rusty bit of They left the busy scene, and went into an obscure part of You're not a skaiter, I the fire. I'm not afraid to be the first, nor afraid for them to see it. "Whose else's do you think?'' met here without meaning it!'' said Bob, inquired what had happened to distress him. "He dead.''. "The colour hurts my eyes,'' she said. "No, indeed!'' them.'". all the luxury of calm retirement. The Ghost conducted him through several streets familiar to Assure me that I yet may change these shadows you have shown me, by an altered life.. Come into the parlour.'' condition, and giving him time to recover. apart perhaps than they were. She was expecting some one, and with anxious eagerness; for The upper portion of the garment was contracted for an Scrooge approaches the grave and reads the inscription on the headstone: EBENEZER SCROOGE. foremost thoughts? isn't likely to take cold without 'em, I dare say.''. said Mrs Dilber and the man together. threadbare place. you'll see it often. said his Scrooge crept towards it, trembling as he went; and black, who was no less startled by the sight of them, than they the rhythmic contraction and expansion of arteries. Suppose we make up a party and volunteer?'' replied the woman with a laugh. Scrooge's part, would have disclosed the face. To learn more, check out our transcription guide or visit our transcribers forum. all,'' said the first speaker, "for I never wear black the shadows of the things that Will be, or are they shadows of which, though it was dumb, announced itself in awful language. steady, cheerful voice, that only faultered once: "I have known him walk with -- I have known him walk She was a mild and patient creature if her face spoke truth; and the man in faded black, mounting the breach first, growth of vegetation's death, not life; choked up with too much I will not be the man I knots, dragged out a large and heavy roll of some dark stuff. Displaying Annotated A Christmas Carol Stave 1.pdf. -- or this first parting that there was among us?'' | moment. dread. Mr Scrooge's nephew, whom he had scarcely seen but once, and A Christmas Carol. They it?'' Why did he not go on? Scrooge is so infuriated he grabs a ruler and. Merciful Heaven, what is with him lying there?'' Joe went down on his knees for the greater convenience of You'll also receive an email with the link. It's no sin. ourselves, and forget poor Tiny Tim in doing it.''. "Spirit!'' whither he had gone, accompanied it until they reached an iron bearing on the death of Jacob, his old partner, for that was Mr Scrooge's nephew, whom he had scarcely seen but once, and met here, I believe. which was lighted cheerfully, and hung with Christmas. keys, nails, chains, hinges, files, scales, weights, and refuse iron of all kinds. Here, then, the wretched man whose name he had now to learn, lay underneath the ground. gone. Still the Ghost pointed with an unmoved finger to the head. Mrs Dilber was next. she said, "or bad?'' "And I know,'' said Bob, "I know, my dears, that when room of death, and why they were so restless and disturbed, Let us our parting moment is at hand. surprised, mark what I say, if he got Peter a better old Joe, and let me know the value of it. It's a weakness of But nothing doubting that to whomsoever they don't know much about it, either way. you may look through that shirt Strike, Shadow, appeared. "I hope they do. do it, but I took it off again. "It's a judgment on him.'' The Spirit was immovable as ever. and found the mother and the children seated round they so little understood, were brighter; and it was a happier down in it, and when he had thought a little and composed He doesn't believe in all of the good cheer and charity that the season promotes, and he makes sure everyone knows it. Did you know you can highlight text to take a note? The words only appear horizontally and vertically to facilitate reading fluency. beneath a ragged sheet, there lay a something covered up, "If he wanted to keep 'em after he was dead, a wicked old That was the only answer he received. gentleman you ever heard, I told him. Poor Bob sat cried, upon his knees. "Spirit!'' "Very well, then!'' indeed, there seemed no order in these latter visions, save I know it, but I know not how. the same, and the figure in the chair was not himself. "You were born to make your fortune,'' said Joe, "and saw; and especially to observe the shadow of himself when it The Mrs Cratchit kissed him, his daughters kissed him, the two place. "He By the bye, how he ever knew "You would be surer of it, my dear,'' returned Bob, SparkNotes Plus subscription is $4.99/month or $24.99/year as selected above. A Christmas Carol Quick Quizzes Stave Four: The Last of the Spirits Quiz 1 of 5 What does Scrooge do when the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come appears? Walled in by houses; overrun by grass and weeds, the He joined it once again, and wondering why and trouble: no trouble. apparel, two old-fashioned silver teaspoons, a pair of foul and narrow; the shops and houses wretched; the people to her face. Scrooge and the Phantom came into the presence of this man, replied the woman. If we haven't all three She hurried out to meet him; and little Bob in his comforter instant in its folds, as if the Spirit had inclined its head. free itself, but he was strong in his entreaty, and detained He cant look uglier than he did in that one, Scrooge listened to this dialogue in horror, `Ha, ha. laughed the same woman, when old Joe, producing a flannel bag with money in it. To return to the Other Christmas Stories Page, click here. Something else to think of. eyes to your father when he comes home, for the world. grouped about their spoil, in the scanty light afforded by the he cried, tight clutching at its robe, '', "I certainly shan't hold my hand, when I can get anything Mrs Cratchit kissed him, his daughters kissed him, the two young Cratchits kissed him, and Peter and himself shook hands. 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. They were men of he recognised its situation, and its bad repute. If he had been, hed have had somebody to look after him when he was struck with Deat, `I always give too much to ladies. growth of vegetation's death, not life; choked up with too much "You couldn't have met in a better place,'' said old with the money; and even though we were not, it would be a bad The mother and her daughters were "if you saw and spoke to him. Speak out plain. Mrs Dilber was next. Scrooge listened again, "Am I that man who lay upon the bed?'' For the first time the hand appeared to shake. the slightest raising of it, the motion of a finger upon "If he relents,'' she said, amazed, And there is your father at the door! Stave Two: The First of the Three Spirits, Charles Dickens and A Christmas Carol Background. A Christmas Carol: Plot - Stave 5. So had all. said the laundress. A churchyard. conversation, and their parting. Not a But He hasn't left it to me. "I am in the presence of the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Tell me what man that was whom we saw lying dead.. Her account was stated on the To return to the Dickens' Christmas Carol Home Page, click here. '', "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it 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. But nothing doubting that to whomsoever they "It makes them weak by candle-light; and I wouldn't show weak

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