Christmas Carol Scrooge and Redemption

Redemption was originally a Christian belief. People need the idea of redemption to help change and become a better individual. They need to believe that they can still be saved no matter how horrible of a deed they have done. Scrooge is redeemed in Charles Dickenson’s Christmas Carol with the help of 3 spirits and a dead business partner. First Marley affected Scrooge greatly. He slowly scared him into believing that he was real. Marley came to scrooge in a frightening way by showing him his face as a door knocker, he showed him a locomotive hearse climbing the steps beside him, the carvings on the mantle piece changed to Marley’s face, all the bells ring, shows himself to Scrooge and finally shows him all the lost souls that can never rest. If he had not shown him these things he may have still thought that he was just a piece of undigested food. Marley tells Scrooge, “I wear the chains I forged in life”. This means that for all the wrong things he did in life it accumulated. For example some of his chains were made by cashboxes, pad locks, and steel purses. He also tells Scrooge, “7 years ago your chains were as long as mine”. This affects Scrooge by freighting him. When he tells Scrooge about the spirits Scrooge ask if he can just take them all at once. This was because it frightened him even more than everything else Marley had told him. Then Marley departs and shows him all the wandering spirits tying to help the living but they cannot and are bound to their sins forever. Scrooge is so terrified he closes all of the bed curtains and falls asleep instantly. Scrooge sees what he could become and this is the very base in which all the other spirits build upon. They show Scrooge sadness, and death and Marley shows what he could very well could become. Then the Ghost of Christmas Past goes to Scrooge and takes a more subtle approach than others and shows kindness but makes its point very clear. It shows Scrooge his childhood friends at his