Charles Dickens Essay

Examine the presentation of the three spirits and Marleys sense of touch in A Christmas carol and show the differences and similarities in their appearance, attitude towards tyke and the effect upon him. Consider also the spectre in The Signalman In a Christmas carol by Charles Dickens, the four subtletys are all described diametrically. They all help to change scrooge into a nicer person. The tactual sensations all act disparately and look disparately. Scrooge has a different effect on each one of the ghostwriters, two of the ghosts he desires and one of the ghosts he dislikes.Scrooge is also treated dissimilar, some ghosts care for him, and others are forceful. The ghost of Marley appears first, he is described as In his pigtail, usual waistcoat, tights and boots the tassels on the latter bristling, like his pigtail, and his coat-skirts, and the tomentum upon his head. Marley also had a chain around his middle, which was spacious and wound around him like a tail. The cha in was made of cash boxes, keys, padlocks, ledgers, deed and heavy purses wrought in steel. Marleys body was transparent, so Scrooge could follow through the 2 buttons on his coat behind.He also had a handkerchief wrapped around his head and chin which held his jaw up. The ghost of Christmas past turns up next. He is described as a strange figure-like a child yet not so like a child as like an old man, viewed through some supernatural medium. Which gave him the appearance of having receded from the view, and being diminished to a Childs proportions. The ghosts hair hung about its neck and down its back. His hair was white, as if with age but his face wasnt old, and didnt have some(prenominal) wrinkles in it. He had long and muscular arms, like his hands.Its legs and feet were delicately formed. The ghost wore a white tunic, and round its waist was a lustrous belt. It held a branch of fresh green holly in its hand and in singular contradiction in terms of that wintry emblem, had i ts dress trimmed with summer flowers. The strangest thing about the ghost was that from the crown of its head sprang a clear jet of light, which by all was palpable to see and was doubtless the occasion of its using, in its duller moments, a great extinguisher for a cap, which it now held under its arm. The next ghost was the ghost of Christmas present, he was disguised in one simple deep green robe, which was bordered with white fur. This garment hung so loosely on the figure, that its capacious breast was bare, as if disdaining to be warded or concealed by any artifice. His feet was also bare, and on its head it wore no other covering than a holly wreath with shining icicles. Its dark dark-brown curls were long and free free as its genial face, its sparkling eye. Its open hand, its cheery voice, its unconstrained demeanour, and its joyful air. Around the ghosts middle was an antique scabbard but in that respect wasnt a sword in it, and the ancient sheath was eaten up with r ust. The last of the ghosts to meet Scrooge was the ghost of Christmas yet to come. You couldnt see any of its facial features because it was shrouded in a deep black garment, which concealed its face, its head and its form, and left nothing of it visible, save one outstretched hand. Because of this it would have been difficult to come off its figure from the night, and separate it from the darkness by which it was surrounded.The spectre in the signalman by Charles Dickens isnt described very well in the story, all we go is that the spectre is a man and he has a sleeve over his arm. His voice was hoarse with shouting halloa, below there In the Christmas carol, Marley is a congenial ghost and he is very nice, he enjoys being in the company of Scrooge, Scrooge says you were always a good patron to me. He obviously cares about Scrooge because he wouldnt have gone there to warn him about the three ghosts and what would happen to him if he kept hating Christmas.Marley was the only true friend Scrooge has had. The ghost of Christmas past is nice, friendly and reasonable. The ghost cared for Scrooge, he once asked him whats the matter? Even though he is nice and friendly, he forces Scrooge into seeing things that he doesnt want to see. For example Scrooge says leave me, take me back, haunt me no longer. But the relentless ghost pinched him in both arms and forced him to observe what happened next. The ghost of Christmas present is a kind and jolly ghost. The ghost and Scrooge were comfortable when they visited homes.The spirit stood besides sickbeds, and they were cheerful and they were patient in their greater anticipate, by poverty and it was rich. The ghost makes Scrooge more relaxed around him, he isnt frightened, and he is calm in the ghosts presence. Like the ghost of Christmas past, this spirit is also forceful and makes him see what he doesnt want to see. The ghost of Christmas yet to come doesnt chat at all, this ghost is the one Scrooge is sca red of most. Scrooge feared the silent shape so much that his legs trembled beneath him, and he found that he could barely stand when he prepared to follow it.Scrooge is frightened of him the most because he doesnt know what his personality is like with the other ghosts they were kind and caring. This ghost just points to places. But when Scrooge saw his grave then he got worried and cried hear me I am not the man I was, I will not be the man I must have been but for this intercourse. Why show me this if I am past all hope? When Marley visits Scrooge, he is scared at first, because he doesnt know who it is, until the ghost got a bit closer, Scrooge was surprised to see his old friend, when Marley walked off to the windowpane it beckoned Scrooge to approach, which he did.