ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -In Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by four ghosts on Christmas Eve: Jacob Marley, and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future.

Detailed explanation-2: -The third spirit is the ghost of the future who instills fear and death within him. He shows Scrooge his outcome at his own funeral and Tiny Tim’s fate of death.

Detailed explanation-3: -On Christmas Eve, Jacob Marley’s ghost tells Scrooge that he will be visited by three ghosts on three successive nights.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Ghost of Christmas Past represents memory. The Ghost of Christmas Present represents generosity and good will. The Ghost of Christmas Future represents fear of death.