IN those days having a real brass door knocker was an expensive item and gave visitors to the door the impression the owner had status. Having seen Marleys face in its form first Scrooge takes it that having given his oath that Jacob was watching over him
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∙ 2017-03-20 10:58:08It was the first apparition of Jacob Marley
IN Stave one he is in shock to see what he though was Marleys face appear on the brass door knocker. This was the starting point for what was to come. In the stave 5 Scrooge checks the knocker does not change meaning Marley was not coming back to haunt him
His face turned into the door knocker on Scrooge's door.
When Scrooge arrived home on Christmas even from the local Inn where he always ate after his work the brass door knocker took on the resemblance of his departed friend and business partner Jacob Marley
He initially sees it in the door knocker of the home that Scrooge lives in, on his arrival back from the tavern.
It acts as a reminder of the warning bestowed on him by Jacob Marley
The door knocker turned into the face of Marley.
Scrooge saw Jacob Marley.
Jacob Marley's face appears in the door knocker.
On the door knocker on his front door.
On the door knocker of the front door
The face of Jacob Marley
Scrooge sees Marleys face manifest in the brass door knocker of his front door
Shock and disbelief
It was the first apparition of Jacob Marley
He appears to Scrooge in the Front door brass Knocker as Scrooge enters the house
IN Stave one he is in shock to see what he though was Marleys face appear on the brass door knocker. This was the starting point for what was to come. In the stave 5 Scrooge checks the knocker does not change meaning Marley was not coming back to haunt him