stave 3

• “though the Spirit’s eyes were clear and kind, he did not like to meet them” - Scrooge shows a sense of guilt when he meets the ghost - aware he'll have to look into his life again and knows he doesnt treat people the way he should
• “tell me if Tiny Tim will live… oh no, kind Spirit! Say he will be spared” - Scrooge says this when the ghost shows the Cratchit's home and how this poor family loves one another - this causes Scrooge to feel sympathy for people in lower classes
• “overcome with penitence and grief” - shows how Scrooge feels when he sees the negative impact of his behaviour towards Bob Cratchit.
• Dickens opens up a window into the lives of the lower classes through Scrooge - Scrooge sees that his own (and society’s) assumptions about poorer people are not true
• the Ghost also takes Scrooge to see other poorer people celebrating Christmas in “cheerful company” - Scrooge sees how much people care for each other and starts to see the lower classes as fellow humans, rather than people who should be in “prisons” and “workhouses”
•  “he begged like a boy to be allowed to stay until the guests departed” - seen when the ghost tries to get Scrooge to leave but he responds with this - Scrooge is desperate to be part of a real family - the Ghost pulls Scrooge away, telling him that time is running out. This could be a metaphorical link to the idea that Scrooge’s time to make things right and become a better person is running out 
• Scrooge seems to have been mistreated by his father as a child, and has remained alone and miserable; Cratchit is mistreated by Scrooge every day, but is happy and loving.
• Bob Cratchit is the direct contrast of Scrooge - “I’ll give you Mr. Scrooge, the Founder of the Feast!” - doesn't hold a grudge against Scrooge
• Scrooge admits that he has never seen anything like this Ghost before - metaphorically shows that Scrooge has never really felt Christmas spirit itself before