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- Old Village, people wishing merry christmas fills with "gladness"
- Old school "softening influence"
- Fan - father is "much kinder", transformation of father foreshadows Scrooge's transformation.
- Sisters "large heart", Scrooge loved her. Forces Scrooge to reconsider his relationship with Fred, feels "uneasy in his mind"
- Fezziwig - shaking appretinces hands, make Scrooge realise power he has to improve Bob's life. Fezziwig is example boss.
- Belle "prime of his life" but doesn't look it due to "signs of care and avarice"
- His love of money is becoming more powerful than his "nobler aspirations"
- Belle clearly loved Scrooge deeply - helps reader see Scrooge wasn't always unlovable, hints he can change.
- Sees Belles daughter, regrets not having children, sight grows "very dim"
- "Quite alone in the world" contrasts with Belles happy family
- "broken voice" does care about family and love but the choices he's made have made him lonely instead
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- "softening influence" contrasts with "hard and sharp"
- "like his former, not his latter, self" suggests Scrooge didn't used to think money was more important that happiness.
- "signs of care and avarice" money aged him
- "broken voice"
- "quite alone in this world"
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- Uses 5 senses, past more vivid. "cheerful voices" and music of Fezziwigs party, and the "thousand odours" of his old village. Contrasts with the dullness of Scrooges present life.
- Striking clock is repeated throughout, to show that time has passed and a new section in the novella is beginning. Clock also adds suspense to this chapter, as Scrooge is left counting down until the ghost appears.
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- "softening influence"
- "gladness"
- "uneasy in his mind"
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