No, Jacob Marley was Scrooge's coworker but died exactly seven years before visiting Scrooge on Christmas Eve. While there, he warned Scrooge about his chains, how they are made of greed, and that they bound you from leaving Earth and into heaven. He aso warned Scrooge that he will be haunted by three spirits. The Spirit if Christmas Past, Present, and Yet To Come
No, Jacob Marley was not the first spirit in "A Christmas Carol." The first spirit that visits Ebenezer Scrooge is the Ghost of Christmas Past. Jacob Marley, the ghost of Scrooge's former business partner, appears later in the story to warn Scrooge about his impending fate if he does not change his ways.
This was his dead business partner Jacob Marley
There was no real nickname. He refers to him as Jacob while talking with his spirit.
The first spirit-like visitor seen by Ebenezer Scrooge in "A Christmas Carol" is the ghost of his former business partner, Jacob Marley. Marley's ghost appears to warn Scrooge about his current path and to set the stage for the visits by the three Christmas spirits.
the 1st ghost to visit scrooge in a Christmas charol is Jacob Marley . Marley was scrooges business partner before he passed away...
The first spirit who visits Scrooge is the ghost of his old friend, Jacob Marley. Jacob warns him that he will be visited by three ghosts that night-the Ghosts of Christmases past, present, and future.
As a spirit he was woeful and desperate to tell Scrooge of his impending doom
Marley represented the outcome of not putting mankind first
Marley's first name in "A Christmas Carol" is Jacob. He is the business partner of Ebenezer Scrooge, who appears as a ghost to warn Scrooge of his impending fate if he does not change his ways.
Marley's ghost, the first of four, visits Ebenezer Scrooge.
The Ghost of Christmas Past, Present and Yet To Come. MArley was the very first ghost to arrive to give the warning of Scrooges future
Jacob Marley was created in 1843.
Jacob Marley was Ebenezer Scrooge's business partner in Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." He was the very first ghostly visitor to Scrooge on Christmas Eve to tell Scrooge that he would be visited by three other spirits that night. The opening sentences of the book are "Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that."