Marley

• "i wear the chain i forged in life"
• "mankind was my business"
• "Marley was dead to begin with"
• stave title "Marleys ghost" prepares the reader for the ghosts to come and builds anticipation for the supernatural to come
• "you will be haunted by three spirits"
• Marley is a warning as to what will happen to scrooge if he doesnt take the next 3 night seriously enough
• "marley was as dead as a door-nail"
• scrooge was the "sole mourner" at Marleys funeral
• First appearance of Marley was on Scrooges doorknocker
• Marleys face on the doorknocker is foreshadowing of his appearance later that evening
• "wears a chain of cashboxes, keys, padlocks, ledgers, deeds and heavy purses"
• "doomed to wander through the world"
• Marley is suffering in the afterlife because of his uncaring and money grabbing behaviour when he was alive
• catholic belief if purgatory linked to marleys ghost
• Marley shows he regrets his selfish actions he committed in his life
• Marley was scrooges "sole friend"
• he serves as a message to the reader for them not to be like marley and scrooge focusing on money and material gain and instead be better
• marley is used as a mouthpeice for dickens to emthasise the importance of social responsibility and the need to look after family, friends and employees