Ghost of christmas past quote

• The Ghost of Christmas Past

  • Shape of the ghost is ever-changing
• The Ghost's appearance

  Juxtaposes images of youth and age
• Images of youth

  Represent Scrooge's childhood and younger years where he was innocent, sociable and kind-natured
• Images of age

  Represent Scrooge now, but also the age of his memories
• The Ghost triggers Scrooge's journey to redemption

  1. Scrooge feels regret

  2. Wishes he had given something to the carol singer

  3. Wishes that he could speak to Bob

  4. Scrooge sobs in response to the vision of him as a solitary child
• The Ghost of Christmas Past: 'It was a strange figure-like a child: yet not so like a child as like an old man.'