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Jacob Marley was Scrooge’s business partner in life, and the closest thing he had to a friend. In death, he returns to issue Scrooge a warning, serving as a manifestation of the consequences of greed.
Jacob Marley is a fictional character in Charles Dickens's 1843 novella A Christmas Carol. Marley has been dead for seven years, and was a former business partner of the miser Ebenezer Scrooge , the novella's protagonist. [1]
A Christmas Carol opens on a bleak, cold Christmas Eve in London, seven years after the death of Ebenezer Scrooge 's business partner, Jacob Marley. Scrooge, an ageing miser, dislikes Christmas and refuses a dinner invitation from his nephew Fred.
Nov 21, 2023 · One of these ghosts is Jacob Marley, Scrooge's old partner. Though he appears in a single scene, he is pivotal to the plot, and he serves as a foil to Scrooge. The novel begins on Christmas Eve...
The A Christmas Carol quotes below are all either spoken by Jacob Marley or refer to Jacob Marley. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one: ). Stave 1 Quotes. Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail. Page Number and Citation: 33.
Jacob Marley is a minor but important character in A Christmas Carol and leads his best friend and partner, Ebenezer on the path of redemption. Seven years prior to A Christmas Carol, Jacob dies of unknown circumstances with his heir being Ebenezer Scrooge, his friend, and business partner...
Jacob Marley, fictional character, the deceased business partner of Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol (1843) by Charles Dickens. Marley’s ghost visits Scrooge on Christmas Eve at the beginning of the story.
