Quotes
"Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business..."
Marley
"To any kindly given. To a poor one most."
Ghost of Christmas Present
"Old Scratch has got his own at last, hey?"
Businessmen (Stave 4)
What demographic/type of people does Scrooge symbolise?
Scrooge symbolises the upper-middle class of society,
"Are these the shadows of the things that Will [sic] be, or are they the shadows of things that May [sic] be, only?"
Scrooge (Stave 4, to the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come)
What could the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come symbolise?
Scrooge's fears about the future and the unknown.
The phrase "Among Us" (not necessarily capitalised in that way) appears in A Christmas Carol only once. In which Stave does it happen in?
Stave 4
In Stave 5, Scrooge lights the coals in his fireplace. What could this symbolise? (Hint: Consider the coals in Stave 1)
The opening of Scrooge's heart and personality to everyone