Quotes 4 acc

• "I am sorry for him; I couldn't be angry with him if I tried. Who suffers by his ill whims? Himself always."


  (Fred: Stave 3) referring to Scrooge, as Fred understands that he is emotionally poor so still deserves sympathy, and this shows that Fred is a kind forgiving character who embodies the Christmas spirit.
• "Always a delicate creature... But she had a large heart!"


  (The Ghost of Christmas Past: Stave 2) referring to Fan, the verb "had shows that Fan dies in the future, suggesting this is why Scrooge isolated himself and doesn't spend Christmas with Fred, as she probably dies tin childbirth.
• The happiness he gives is quite as great as if it cost a fortune."


  (Scrooge: Stave 2) referring to Mr Fezziwig, and that he is financially rich, but also emotionally rich as he is happy and joyous and share what he has to make others happy as well.
• "I have seen your nobler aspirations fall off one by one, until the master passion, Gain, engrosses you."


  (Belle: Stave 2), Belle broke off their engagement as he became obsessed with money, showing that money has had a negative effect on his life, as it meant he lost Belle.
• "This boy is ignorance and this girl is want" "... on his brow I see that written which is Doom,"


  (The Ghost of Christmas Present: Stave 3), the ghost warns Scrooge that if he doesn't change then there will be, "doom".