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maryines2008
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High School - 12th Grade

When Scrooge asks the phantom to let him "see some tenderness connected with a death", what does the ghost show him?

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Posted by maryines2008 on Tuesday March 17, 2009 at 12:53 PM and tagged with a christmas carol, dickens, ghost, scrooge, tenderness.

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  1. pmiranda2857
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    High School - 10th Grade

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    When Scrooge asks the Ghost of Christmas yet to Come for a little tenderness connected with this man's death, he is shown the Cratchit family, there is an emptiness in the family now, a chair in a corner that is empty.  This family is mourning the loss of their child and brother, Tiny Tim.  Bob Cratchit comes home from work.

    " 'Yes, my dear,' returned Bob. 'I wish you could have gone. It would have done you good to see how green a place it is. But you'll see it often. I promised him that I would walk there on a Sunday. My little, little child!' cried Bob. 'My little child!'" (Dickens)  

    He is shown the suffering of another, the family of his Clark, Bob Cratchit.  Although this family is suffering with grief, they are still together as a family, they have each other for comfort.

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    Posted by pmiranda2857 on Tuesday March 17, 2009 at 1:45 PM