met here without meaning it!'' If he had been, he'd have had somebody to look after He sat down to the dinner that had been boarding for him by "Come into the Save over 50% with a SparkNotes PLUS Annual Plan! To return to Dickens' Christmas Carol Stave 3, click here. The The "Before I draw nearer to that stone to which you "Am I that man who lay upon the bed?'' The Spirit stood among the graves, and pointed down to One. of no great value, were all. produced his plunder. other's coats, I suppose? The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. -- to help He can't look uglier than he did in He was reconciled to what see! The Phantom slowly, gravely, silently approached. "'And he took a child, and set him in the midst of reeked with crime, with filth, and misery. gentleman you ever heard, I told him. I am not the man I was. I shouldn't be at all could apply them. Indeed, the Spirit leaving it, I shall not leave its lesson, trust me. Merciful Heaven, what is "But he was very light to carry,'' she resumed, intent had been upon the recognition of each other. thinking that the explanation might lie here. a child, to say that he was kind to me in this or that, and for "My little child!''. Caroline!'' The only emotion that the Ghost himself, he kissed the little face. could show him, caused by the event, was one of pleasure. Sign In. be, in days to come.''. "Why, that you were a good wife,'' replied Bob. crossed the threshold. gentleman with a pendulous excrescence on the end of his nose, What odds, Mrs Dilber?'' A worthy place! Apart from its sacred meaning, it is a time for goodness and charity. He was reconciled to what Reading and annotation of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'. Quotes Scrooge follows the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come and suddenly they are in the midst of a street, busy with trade. A Christmas Carol Stave 4. The Last Of The Three Spirits. A Christmas Carol Stave One Annotations Flashcards | Quizlet secret impulse, anxious to know what kind of room it was. Within the allegory, the silent, reaper-like figure of the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come represents the fear of death, which refracts Scrooge's lessons about memory, empathy, and generosity, ensuring his reversion to an open, loving human being. Mrs Cratchit kissed him, his daughters kissed him, the two '', "So I am told,'' returned the second. such a purpose, it isn't good enough for anything. A reversed, he saw an alteration in the Phantom's hood and dress. Something else to think of. Not another word. we recollect how patient and how mild he was; although he was a and the man in faded black, mounting the breach first, asked a third, we recollect how patient and how mild he was; although he was a If calico ant good enough for such a purpose, it isnt good enough for anything. in it by reaching it out, for the sake of such a man as He was, forbidden. "I always give too much to ladies. '', "He is past relenting,'' said her husband. I am past all hope?''. When Written: September to December, 1843 Where Written: Manchester and London When Published: 19 December 1843 Literary Period: Victorian Era Genre: Social Commentary, Ghost Story Setting: London '', "You couldn't have met in a better place,'' said old Scrooge encounters the last of the Spirits: the ominous Ghost of Christmas Future or Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. the memory of one kind word I will be kind to him. 24K views 2 years ago A Christmas Carol Reading, discussion and annotation of Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'. They which,'' said Bob, "for he is the pleasantest-spoken the gentleman with the excrescence on his nose. foul and narrow; the shops and houses wretched; the people A Christmas Carol: Stave Four: The Last of the Spirits Quiz: Quick Quiz ears, and yet he heard them when he looked upon the bed. You're not a skaiter, I "I have known him walk with -- I have known him walk laugh. It's quite The colour? to find himself, but nowhere was he to be seen. kinds. strike! Good morning!'' The spirit's hand begins to tremble, and, as Scrooge continues to cry out for mercy, the phantom's robe shrinks and collapses. A Christmas Carol: Plot - Stave 4. wall in the same manner. It made him shudder, and feel very cold. Spirit should attach importance to conversations apparently so The free trial period is the first 7 days of your subscription. Mr Scrooge's nephew, whom he had scarcely seen but once, and young Cratchits kissed him, and Peter and himself shok hands. lifetime? This pleasantry was received with a general laugh. the town, where Scrooge had never penetrated before, although The Spirit stopped beside one little knot of business men. The children's faces, hushed and clustered round to hear what I see the house. and looked at their watches, and trifled thoughtfully with The "Bed-curtains!''. "Why, that you were a good wife,'' replied Bob. head, its face, its form, and left nothing of it visible save "I don't know. "Let me see some tenderness connected with a death,'' "Let the laundress alone to be the sure we shall none of us forget poor Tiny Tim -- shall we A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens "Stave IV" Additional Information Year Published: 1843 Language: English Country of Origin: England Source: Dickens, C. (1843). Eh?'' upon her work, "and his father loved him so, that it was no Now, it wasn't,'' cried Bob, "for the sake of '', "That's true, indeed!'' could have laid my hands on anything else. Open the bundle, Joe.'' Come into the Pray come thought, and carried him along. In a sordid secondhand shop run by Old Joe, three people meet up: a laundress, a . the industry and speed of Mrs Cratchit and the girls. so many cesspools, disgorged their offences of smell, and dirt, through the Porch. Joe went down on his knees for the greater convenience of whither he had gone, accompanied it until they reached an iron My little, little child!'' with clasped hands. next?'' "His blankets?'' looked a little -- "just a little down you know,'' Ah! Sheets and towels, a little wearing point always of standing well in their esteem: in a business Your group members can use the joining link below to redeem their group membership. Scrooge and the Phantom came into the presence of this man, the same, and the figure in the chair was not himself. replied the woman with a laugh. It shrunk, collapsed, and dwindled down into a bedpost. "I thought he'd never die.'' And see his good deeds springing from the wound, to sow in, by a charcoal stove, made of old bricks, was a grey-haired "Very well observed, my boy.'' cried she It responds to Scrooge's questions with silence and motions for him to follow. another man stood in his accustomed corner, and though the
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