I’ll go if lunch is provided

• It's likely to be a very cheap funeral...: 'I don't mind going if a lunch is provided.'
• The businessmen's discussion about Scrooge's funeral

  • It highlights the lack of emotional warmth Scrooge had in his life
  • They agree to attend his funeral if they profit in some way
  • Mirroring the way Scrooge lived his life
• Declarative sentences


  Give the quotation a cold and factual tone
• Indifferent attitudes


  Towards Scrooge's death
• Scrooge


  • Familiar with these men
  • Looks to the ghost for an explanation
  • Receives no response
  • Unaware of who has died