stave two

• "From the crown of its head there sprung a bright, clear, jet of light"

  1. first spirit is shown in an angelic sense through imagery of light
  2. the connotation so light (and religion) and knowledge continue through the stave to show how lost in darkness he is
• "desire to see the spirt in his cap; and begged him to be covered"

  1. scrooge immediately Denys the light of the ghost showing his corruption into darkness
• "We're to be together all Christmas long, and have the merriest time in all the world"


  -we scrooge used to value Christmas and the familiar connections which suggests he's redeemable as he believed before

  -0hyperbole to show the extent he used to believe.