ghost of christmas yet to come

• menacing enigmatic depiction of- “slowly gravely”

  • Triple ominous adverb”
  • slowly, gravely, silently approached”
  • shows this menacing ambience filled with dread.
  • Archetypal depiction of a ghost — faceless figure there to haunt Scrooge.
• menacing enigmatic depiction - “shrouded in a deep black garment“

  • “Shrouded in a deep black garment”
  • reminiscent of Grim Reaper — symbol of death, collects people’s souls.
  • likeness in description is suggestive that Scrooge’s chance of redemption have vanished
  • will now be mercilessly taken for a hellish death.
• menacing enigmatic description - “outstretched hand”

  • Enigmatic ghost does not verbally communicate — “outstretched hand” / “steady hand was pointed to the head”.
  • Repetition of “hand” is an allusion to the hand of time; ghost is warning Scrooge he’s losing time and edging toward his ironically “solitary” death.
  • Scrooge longed for a “solitary” existence and now the ghost is solemnly showing him the repercussions of selfish want.
  • At the finger symbolises the hand of time — “immovable / inexorable”
  • illuminates the finality and omnipotent nature of time
  • precious concept that cannot be reversed.
• scrooges apologetic reaction

  • scrooge is presented as cowardice and petrified
  • filled with “solemn dread”
  • supernatural dread is key in scrooges emancipation as it allows scrooge to fear the inevitable future he will be subject to if he continues to be shrouded in eternal darkness
  • utter terror is so powerful it evokes an emotional and physical reaction
  • “scrooge feared the silent shape so much his legs trembled“
  • alliteration of silent shape allows emphasis on mysterious entity
  • unalike to previous masking of fear scrooge is honest about lack of composure
  • “i hear you more than any spectre i have seen”
  • honestly due to dropping miserable facade highlights he is unlearning how to repress emoticons
  • instead being emotionally vulnerable
• dickens warning topic sentence

  Dickens uses his novella as a work of social documentation to highlight how just punishment to the belligerent and ignorant. He uses Scrooge’s neglect and abandoned grave to represent how negligence of others will build a lonesome death.
• dickens warning - “the whole quarter reeked“

  • tactically sets stave 5 in streets of london
  • full of squalor and agony
  • “whole quater reeled with crime filth and misery”
  • victorian era was “progressive era”
  • novella shows true nature of london
  • workers dehumanised and streets filled with abandonment and neglected
  • setting shows how squalor is synonymous with ignorant attitudes of the upper class, the attitude scrooge is punished for
  • without justice served to those perpetuating this dehumanising abuse society will continue to decline