Stave 4
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- Created on: 13-12-15 17:08
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- Stave 4
- Scrooge is filled with "horror" and "solemn dread"
- The appearance terrifies Scrooge.
- Bends down on his knees, say's he'll go with it "with a thankful heart"
- Afraid of the spirit, but know's he's going to learn from him - so he is humble.
- Change - reader will realise he has a heart.
- Shows Scrooges body in a lonely room "plundered and bereft; unwatched, unwept, uncared for"
- Scrooge is sick of nobody mourning the dead man.
- Takes Scrooge to the Cratchit house after Scrooge asks to see "some tenderness connect with a death"
- Tim will be buried somewhere "Green" but Scrooge will be buried somewhere "Worthy" of the "wretched man" who's buried there - "overrun" by "weeds"
- Tim and Scrooge's burial places reflect the affection of the people they leave behind.
- Spirits "kind hand" shows his purpose is to help Scrooge.
- Scrooge thinks the visions mean he is "past all hope" - theme of redemption.
- Holds hand in a last prayer - contrasting to covetous old sinner.
- Links to religious context.
- Scrooge is filled with "horror" and "solemn dread"
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