Jacob Marley

• Marley's ghost comes back to warn scrooge
• Marley's main role in the novella is to warn scrooge about what will happen after he dies
• Marley and scrooge have similar personalities
• both Marley and scrooge are obsessed with money
• the similarities between marley and scrooge emphasise marley's role as a warning figure
• marley's punishment is the consequence of a self-centered , " misused " life
• Dickens has already shown scrooge behaving similarly to how marly behaved when he was alive , this might worry readers
• marley's appearance is disturbing
• marley's terrifying appearance reflects the frightening nature if his message , and makes it seem more important
• marley gives of an " internal " (hellish) atmosphere
• the chain marley wears is made up of money-related objects
• marley's chain was forged because he cared more about money than people
• dickens might have put a chain on marly because a chain is made up of tiny little links , this might link to all of the little bad deeds and thought marly has done in his life time
• marley regrets that he didnt change his ways whilst he was alive
• marley acts as a kind hellish angel to scrooge