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Scrooge is afraid of the ghost
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- When he sees Marley's ghost, Scrooge tries to deny its existence by attributing the vision to something he has eaten. "You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese..." Although Scrooge is afraid of the ghost, he tries to maintain his authority even over his own senses.
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The main change in Stave 4 is when the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come reveals Scrooge’s gravestone. The reader is presented with Scrooge’s fear as he begs to “sponge” off the “writing on this stone”, falling in front of the phantom in despair.
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Although Scrooge is afraid of the ghost, he tries to maintain his authority even over his own senses.
Scrooge feared the silent shape so much that his legs trembled beneath him, and he found that he could hardly stand when he prepared to follow it. The presence of this ghost makes Scrooge...
The third and final ghost strikes fear into Scrooge’s heart. Unlike the first two spirits, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come is a silent figure clad in a hooded black robe, almost indistinguishable from the surrounding darkness, and is as mysterious and unknowable as the future itself.
Scrooge is afraid to see a future based on the person he was. In his mind, he is already repentant. “Ghost of the Future!” he exclaimed, “I fear you more than any spectre I have seen.
The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come is a fictional character in Charles Dickens's 1843 novella A Christmas Carol. The Ghost is the last of the three spirits that appear to miser Ebenezer Scrooge to offer him a chance of redemption.
Scrooge guesses aloud that it is the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come and the ghost replies with a slight movement of its head. Though he fears the ghost, Scrooge urges it desperately to show him what it has for him.
