He said they were the chains he forged in life, link by link, in his misdeeds with other people.
Jacob Marley the ghost of his dead business partner
a heavy rusty chain that he forged in life . the chain is made up of cash-boxes, keys, padlocks, ledgers, deeds, and heavy purses wrought in steel
The ghost with chains in "A Christmas Carol" is Jacob Marley, who appears to Ebenezer Scrooge as a tormented spirit wearing heavy chains. Marley's ghost serves as a warning to Scrooge about the consequences of his selfish and greedy ways.
cash-boxes, keys, padlocks, ledgers, deeds, and heavy purses wrought in steel.
It was a chain he forged in life that contained all the things important to him such as replica safes, keys, money bags and ledgers - He tells scrooge that because he ignored mankind's plight in life he wares the chain as a self-imposed punishment for his eternal torment. He further advises Scrooge that his chain was that same size as the one he wears seven Christmases again and Scrooges in now seven time bigger and more ponderous
Marley's ghost in "A Christmas Carol" is often described as a heavy chain-clad specter, akin to a burdened, dragging anchor of guilt and remorse.
The chain in Charles Dickens' novella "A Christmas Carol" is made up of the items of greed and selfishness that Jacob Marley accumulated in his lifetime as a heavy burden to him in the afterlife. It represents the weight of his sins and acts as a warning to Ebenezer Scrooge to change his ways before it's too late.
In Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, Jacob Marley says that his chains are "forged out of life," meaning that all of the bad things that he did in his life came back to haunt him and are symbolized in the form of the chains.
At the beginning of "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, Jacob Marley is dead and appears as a ghost to his former business partner, Ebenezer Scrooge, to warn him about his own impending fate if he does not change his ways. Marley is burdened by heavy chains and regrets his greedy and selfish behavior while alive.
Marley's ghost is forced to carry a chain made of "cash-boxes, keys, padlocks, ledgers, deeds, and heavy purses wrought in steel". These represented his failings during his life.
A chain made up of cash-boxes, keys, padlocks, ledgers, deeds, and heavy purses wrought in steel.
Jacob has been allow back in to the living realm to warn Scrooge about his nasty miserly ways. Marley warns Scrooge that he has created a heavy burden of chain link by link . Marley lifts his chains and shows Scrooge the length saying "this was the same length as yours 7 Christmases again and you have worked on it ever since. In returning Marley has procured the help of three spirits to help Scrooge