Marleys Ghost

• What quote shows that Marley is imprisoned by his selfishness?

  "Dragging a heavy chain"
• In the quote "dragging a heavy chain", what does chain symbolise?

  "chain" symbolises restriction and entrapment which has sempiternal consequences for being parsimonious.
• What does parsimonious mean?

  Stingy
• What does avarice mean?

  Greed
• "the chain he grew was clasped about his middle"
• What quote shows that Marleys Ghost was dickens mouthpiece?

  "Mankind was my business"
• What did scrooge say to Marley being a good man?

  "But you were always a good man of business, Jacob"
• What does the quote "you were always a good man of business, Jacob" show?

  That scrooges thinking has been brainwashed into thinking that if you're wealthy and high in societal class it automatically makes you a good person. (monetary lens)