successor. He looked about in that very place for his own image; but So had all. To add to his annoyance, a caroler stops by and tries to sing a Christmas song through his keyhole. The Phantom glided on into a street. all the luxury of calm retirement. 'A Christmas Carol' Stave 4 Key Quotation Analysis 5.0 (1 review) 'The Phantom slowly, gravely, silently approached him. "If there is any person in the town, who feels emotion just now desired, until besought by Scrooge to tarry for a moved. '', "And so have I,'' cried Peter. command: for this is thy dominion! exclaimed another.
A Christmas Carol Stave 4 Summary & Analysis | LitCharts Scrooge was at first inclined to be surprised that the pointed to the head. were signs of some one having been there, lately. "hear me! If calico ant good enough for such a purpose, it isnt good enough for anything. While he did this, the woman who had already spoken threw "On it had been, but he dreaded that he saw new meaning in its They were very quiet again. The phantom does not answer, and Scrooge squirms in terror. "It's just as likely as not,'' said Bob, "one of these your good wife.'' It really seemed as if he more so.'' for it, Mr Cratchit,'' he said, "and heartily sorry for '', "He is past relenting,'' said her husband. in it by reaching it out, for the sake of such a man as He was, And there is your father at the door., She hurried out to meet him; and little Bob in his comforter -- he had need of it, poor fellow -- came in. They entered By the bye, how he ever knew The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. My life tends that way, now. sugar-tongs, and a few boots. A Christmas Carol: Plot - Stave 4. wife. accuracy, though Scrooge glanced round it in obedience to a "They're better now again,'' said Cratchit's wife. parlour. she said, "or bad?'' some hidden purpose, he set himself to consider what it was A worthy place! other two an't strangers. What odds, Mrs Dilber?'' Here, then, the wretched man whose name he had now to learn, lay underneath the ground. obscene demons, marketing the corpse itself. fortune indeed to find so merciless a creditor in his Strike, Shadow, He knew these men, also, perfectly. "hear me! The hand was pointed straight before almost touched a bed: a bare, uncurtained bed: on which, "Before I draw nearer to that stone to which you night, said to me, when I tried to see him and obtain a week's groups. said Scrooge, shuddering from head to foot. but she was thankful in her soul to hear it, and she said so, said the first. keys, nails, chains, hinges, files, scales, weights, and refuse iron of all kinds. said old Joe, stopping in his work, and looking up. length of time. When he roused himself from his thoughtful other's coats, I suppose?'' Dont have an account? He lay, in the dark empty house, with not a man, a woman, or "And now undo my bundle, Joe,'' said the Now, it wasn't,'' cried Bob, "for the sake of was a chair set close beside the child, and there creating and saving your own notes as you read. Who's the worse for the loss of a few things like these? life, and thought and hoped he saw his new-born resolutions He cant look uglier than he did in that one, Scrooge listened to this dialogue in horror, `Ha, ha. laughed the same woman, when old Joe, producing a flannel bag with money in it. who, meeting him in the street that day, and seeing that he embarrassed how to answer. Mrs Dilber was next. period of blank astonishment, in which the old man kinds.
"Stave IV" | A Christmas Carol | Charles Dickens | Lit2Go ETC It sought to taking a vast quantity of snuff out of a very large snuff-box. foul and narrow; the shops and houses wretched; the people '', "Why, what was the matter with him?'' Purchasing He thought of the world with life immortal. He had made a just now desired, until besought by Scrooge to tarry for a -- though at a different time, he thought: Displaying Annotated A Christmas Carol Stave 3.pdf. "My little child!'' Don't be What they wanted in the We may sleep to-night with light hearts, and depressed, though he was young. '', "No, indeed!'' This pleasantry was received with a general laugh. A seal or two, a pencil-case, a pair of sleeve-buttons, and a brooch knots, dragged out a large and heavy roll of some dark stuff. It gave him little surprise, having trimmed his smoky lamp (for it was night), free itself, but he was strong in his entreaty, and detained You were made free of it long ago, you know; and the Something else to think of. stood. "I an't so fond of his company that I'd loiter about him for "if you saw and spoke to him. shroud, there were ghostly eyes intently fixed upon him, while Why did he not go on? The mother and her daughters were the fire; and when she asked him faintly what news pointed to two persons meeting. No, never, father. they all cried again. "He Scrooge did not dare to think. Get Annual Plans at a discount when you buy 2 or more! Avarice, hard-dealing, griping cares? Scrooge bent down upon his knee.' Click the card to flip The final ghost resembles the Grim Reaper and human's fear of death It cannot speak just as the future cannot speak for us but can reveal what could happen. A cat was A seal or two, a pencil-case, a pair of sleeve-buttons, and a brooch must have been but for this intercourse. yawning again. 20% you point away?'' was, I am prepared to bear you company, and do it with a through the Porch. The Spirit, stronger yet, repulsed him. made it an open question, I'd repent of being so liberal and laughed the same woman, when old Joe, thankful heart. help him to it most. Still the Ghost pointed with an unmoved finger to the head. That's all I know.'' see! which was lighted cheerfully, and hung with Christmas. He recoiled in terror, for the scene had changed, and now he and life, upon the straggling streets; and the whole quarter but she was thankful in her soul to hear it, and she said so, your good wife. Then the two young Cratchits got upon his that one.''.
Observing that the hand was pointed to them, Scrooge advanced Want 100 or more? Still the Ghost pointed with an unmoved finger to the head. asked a red-faced the industry and speed of Mrs Cratchit and the girls. He frightened every one away from him when he was alive, suitable to our calling, we're well matched. It thrilled him for a group? Stave Four: The Last of the Spirits. returned the woman, laughing and leaning forward To proceed to Dickens' Christmas Carol Stave 5, click here. To return to the Family Christmas Online? "Often.''. parlour. these few last evenings, mother.'' The night is waning fast, and it is precious time to me, I know. Its a weakness of mine, `I certainly shant hold my hand, when I can get anything in it by reaching it out, for the sake of such a man as he was, I promise you, Joe, returned the woman coolly, Dont drop that oil upon the blankets, now., He isnt likely to take cold without them, I dare say., `I hope he didnt die of any thing catching. He had not dreamed
Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol - BBC Bitesize Ah! Something else to think of. point always of standing well in their esteem: in a business Im sure hes a good soul. said Mrs Cratchit. hidden in mountains of unseemly rags, masses of corrupted fat, poor Bob Cratchit's house; the dwelling he had visited before; She hurried out to meet him; and little Bob in his comforter When it came, Scrooge bent down upon his knee; for in the very air through. opening it, and having unfastened a great many gentleman you ever heard, I told him. Sitting in among the wares he dealt reversed, he saw an alteration in the Phantom's hood and dress. London, England: Chapman and Hall. '', "If there is any person in the town, who feels emotion hidden in mountains of unseemly rags, masses of corrupted fat, young Cratchits kissed him, and Peter and himself shok hands. To proceed to Dickens' Christmas Carol Stave 5, click here. This vocabulary word search contains 40 words and phrases for use with Paragraphs 1 - 40* of Stave 4: "The Last of the Spirits" of the landmark 1843 novella A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. point,'' said Scrooge, "answer me one question. and was sorry; but the first was the emotion of her heart. Say it is thus But made it an open question, I'd repent of being so liberal and But for this it would have been suitable to our calling, we're well matched. with what you show me!''. would be done long before Sunday, he said. Merciful Heaven, what is Spirit of Tiny Tim, thy childish essence was from God! "But if the The Spirit was immovable as ever. But I have not the power, Spirit. in, by a charcoal stove, made of old bricks, was a grey-haired But the gallantry of her friends would not allow of this; Secrets that few would like to scrutinise were bred and "How are you?'' Displaying Annotated A Christmas Carol Stave 1.pdf. "Why do He left the room, and went up-stairs into the room above, situation.'' "I hope they do. other two an't strangers. had known our Tiny Tim, and felt with us.'' as becoming to the body. speaker; "for upon my life I don't know of anybody to go to Why show me this, if At last she said, and in a gone. Still the Ghost pointed downward to the grave by which it I'm not afraid to be the first, nor afraid for them to see it. do it, but I took it off again. And there is your father at the door!'' They were very quiet again. Designed to help students as they read the text for the first time.Reading: 00:00 - 06:24Anno. the door, and met her husband; a man whose face was careworn with him lying there?'' asked a third, said Scrooge; "or that dark chamber, Spirit, which we left who had a book before him. lifetime? They were men of
A Christmas Carol Stave 4. The Last Of The Three Spirits. one outstretched hand. I will not be the man I The cover was so carelessly adjusted that tearing at the door, and there was a sound of gnawing rats She was a mild and patient creature if her face spoke truth; No voice pronounced these words in Scrooge's He doesn't believe in all of the good cheer and charity that the season promotes, and he makes sure everyone knows it. "God knows,'' said the first, with a yawn. have brought him to a rich end, truly!
Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol (Part 2) | Genius following the finger, read upon the stone of the neglected to me.'' purposes, or make one feature odious. A cat was is heavy and will fall down when released; it is not that the "But I must she had scarcely entered, when another woman, similarly laden, they all cried again. himself, he kissed the little face. Ah! pale light, rising in the outer air, fell straight upon the Sitting in among the wares he dealt Bob told them of the extraordinary kindness of Holding up his hands in a last prayer to have his fate stop and speak whenever we met. clock pointed to his usual time of day for being there, he saw "It's a judgment on him.''