Three Ghosts
- Created by: Michael hind$
- Created on: 22-12-18 14:46
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- Three Ghosts
- Future
- Mysterious presence
- Hooded figure with a long, floor length cape.
- Frightening
- "Scrooge feared the silent shape so much that his legs trembled beneath him"
- Mysterious
- "it seemed to scatter gloom and mystery"
- Resolute
- "the spirit did not stay for anything "
- Past
- Forceful
- "But the relentless Ghost pinioned him in both his arms, and forced him to observe
- Questioning
- "Is that so much that he deserves this praise"
- Mysterious
- "It was a strange figure"
- looks
- 'It was a strange figure-like a child yet not so like a child as like an old man
- 'Purest white tunic'
- 'It's hair, was white as if with age; and yet the face had not a wrinkle
- 'From the crown of its head sprung a bright clear jet of light' - a light of truth, memories
- The sprit carried 'an extinguisher cap' - possibly to stop memories which do not want to be relieved
- Forceful
- Present
- severe
- "Slander those who tell it ye!"
- jolly
- "there sat a jolly Giant, glorious to see
- Friendly
- "Come in! and know me better, man
- He wears a Scabbard-but no sword, showing peace to all men... both good and bad
- He wore 'one simple Green robe, or mantle, bordered with white fur
- severe
- Dickens uses the appearances of the ghosts to reinforce the structure of the novel. Each ghost has its own chapter, which focuses on either Scrooge's past, present or future
- Future
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