A Christmas Carol Characters
Scrooge’s former business partner
The narrator insists that Marley is completely dead, even comparing his death to this famous phrase.
“Dead as a doornail.”
This woman breaks her engagement to Scrooge because his love for money has replaced his love for her.
Belle?
What time does Scrooge expect the second spirit to arrive?
One o’clock.
Which child does the spirit say is the greater danger?
Ignorance.
A strange combination of young and old, he has the innocence of an infant, but is seen as if through a veil of time, as if he is very elderly.
The Ghost of Christmas Past
Because the firm was called “Scrooge and _____,” Scrooge answers to this name as well.
Marley.
In a later vision, Scrooge sees Belle as a happy wife and mother, showing him this painful truth.
What is the life Scrooge could have had but chose not to?
What does Scrooge do to avoid being surprised this time?
He opens the curtains and waits, prepared for the spirit.
Who does the spirit say the children belong to?
Man (humanity).
Scrooge’s loyal clerk, he is very poorly treated by his boss and his large family live in cold and poverty.
Bob Cratchit
The narrator compares the importance of Marley’s death to the death of this character’s father in another famous ghost story.
Hamlet’s father.
By the end of Stave 2, Scrooge does this, showing that the weight of the past is too much for him to bear all at once.
What is he falls asleep?
What first sign makes Scrooge realize the second spirit is near?
A reddish light coming from the adjoining room.
: What does Scrooge beg for when he’s having fun watching Fred’s party?
To stay for one more game.
The crippled son of Bob Cratchit, he can be seen sitting on his father’s shoulder or struggling along with his crutch.
Tiny Tim
Scrooge keeps this item locked away so Bob cannot warm himself.
The coal bucket.
The Ghost of Christmas Past looks both old and young at the same time and shines with light coming from this part of his body.
his head
What does Tiny Tim hope people will remember when they see him?
The miracles of Jesus healing the sick.
What does the spirit say about his lifespan?
It ends a midnight.
The most ominous of all the spirits, he is a robed, silent figure and Scrooge fears his message most of all.
The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
Scrooge believes these institutions are enough to take care of the poor.
Prisons and workhouses.
This character, Scrooge’s sister, rescues him from the school and represents love and kindness in his childhood.
Fan
What does Scrooge see under the spirit’s robe near the end?
What is/are it/they names?
Two children, Ignorance and want
What does Scrooge notice about the spirit as they keep traveling?
The Ghost of Christmas Present is aging.