Jacob Marley

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Jacob Marley is the deceased former business partner of Ebenezer Scrooge whose ghost appears bound in chains to warn Scrooge to change his miserly ways in Charles Dickens’ "A Christmas Carol."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf character in literature
fictional character
ghost
announcesArrivalOf Ghost of Christmas Past NERFINISHED
Ghost of Christmas Present NERFINISHED
Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come NERFINISHED
appearsAs transparent figure
appearsIn A Christmas Carol NERFINISHED
appearsTo Ebenezer Scrooge NERFINISHED
associatedWithTheme consequences of avarice
redemption
social responsibility
boundWith chains
businessPartnerOf Ebenezer Scrooge NERFINISHED
causeOfDamnation greed
selfishness
chainMadeOf cash-boxes
deeds
heavy purses
keys
ledgers
padlocks
createdBy Charles Dickens NERFINISHED
fictionalUniverse A Christmas Carol NERFINISHED
firstAppearance A Christmas Carol NERFINISHED
firstPublicationYear 1843
genre Christmas literature
ghost story
languageOfWork English
literaryRole foil to Ebenezer Scrooge
medium novella
moralFunction to illustrate the weight of one’s deeds
to urge repentance
nationality British
occupation businessman
moneylender
relationshipWith former business partner of Ebenezer Scrooge
roleInPlot catalyst for Scrooge’s transformation
harbinger of other spirits
setting London, England
surface form: London
status deceased
supernaturalForm ghost
symbolizes consequences of greed
moral responsibility
timeOfDeathRelativeToStory seven years before the main events
timePeriod Victorian era NERFINISHED
warns Ebenezer Scrooge NERFINISHED
warnsAbout dangers of miserliness
eternal punishment

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