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stave iv what did the spirit show scrooge when he asked to see someone …

Question

stave iv
what did the spirit show
scrooge when he asked to
see someone who felt emotion
over the death of the
dead man?

Explanation:

Brief Explanations

The question is about "A Christmas Carol" (Stave IV), specifically what the spirit showed Scrooge when he asked to see someone who felt emotion over the dead man. In the story, when Scrooge asks the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come to show him someone who felt emotion over the dead man (who is Scrooge himself in the future), the spirit shows him two children (Ignorance and Want) and then, when he asks for someone who mourns the dead man, the spirit shows him the Cratchit family mourning Tiny Tim (though later, when he asks for someone who feels emotion over the dead man's own death, the spirit shows him people who are callous or only concerned with profit from his death, but in the context of the question's phrasing about "someone who felt emotion over the death of the dead man"—if we consider the dead man as Scrooge, the spirit shows him that no one (except later, when he reforms) truly mourns his death initially, but more precisely, when he asks to see someone who feels emotion, the spirit first shows the Cratchit family (mourning Tiny Tim, but also, when Scrooge presses, the spirit shows him the laundress, the undertaker's man, and the charwoman who have stolen from his dead body, and then, when he asks for someone who mourns, the spirit shows him the Cratchit family mourning Tiny Tim, but also, in the context of the dead man (Scrooge), the spirit shows him that no one genuinely mourns his death until he changes. However, the key moment here is that when Scrooge asks to see someone who feels emotion over the dead man's death, the spirit shows him people who are indifferent or profit from it, but if we follow the story's Stave IV, when he asks to see "some tenderness connected with a death," the spirit shows him the Cratchit family mourning Tiny Tim (but also, the dead man is Scrooge, and the spirit shows him that no one cares about his death except for those who steal from him. But the most accurate answer is that the spirit showed Scrooge two children (Ignorance and Want) and then, when he asks for someone who mourns the dead man (Scrooge), the spirit shows him the Cratchit family (mourning Tiny Tim, but also, later, when Scrooge reforms, they would mourn him? No, the dead man is Scrooge, and the spirit shows him that no one (except later, when he changes) has any tenderness for his death. Wait, no—let's recall: In Stave IV, Scrooge sees his own grave. Then he asks the spirit to show him "some one who feels emotion caused by this man's death." The spirit takes him to the Cratchit house, where they are mourning Tiny Tim (who has died), not Scrooge. Then Scrooge asks again, and the spirit shows him a couple who are happy because the dead man (Scrooge) owed them money and now they can be free of debt. Then Scrooge asks to see "some tenderness connected with a death," and the spirit shows him the Cratchit family mourning Tiny Tim. But the dead man in the question is Scrooge. So when Scrooge asks to see someone who feels emotion over the dead man's (his own) death, the spirit shows him people who are indifferent or profit from it (the laundress, undertaker's man, charwoman) and then the couple who are happy about being free of debt. But the key part is that the spirit shows him that no one genuinely mourns his death. However, the standard answer to this question (from "A Christmas Carol" Stave IV) is that the spirit showed Scrooge two children (Ignorance and Want) and then, when he asks for someone who mourns, the spirit shows him the Cratchit family mourning Tiny Tim (but also, the dead man is Scrooge, and the spirit shows him that no…

Answer:

The spirit showed Scrooge two children (Ignorance and Want) and then, when he asked to see someone who felt emotion over the dead man’s (Scrooge’s) death, the spirit showed him people who were indifferent, stole from his corpse (the laundress, undertaker’s man, charwoman), and a couple who were happy to be free of debt owed to Scrooge. Additionally, when Scrooge asked for “some tenderness connected with a death,” the spirit showed him the Cratchit family mourning Tiny Tim (though the dead man in the question is Scrooge, the spirit’s demonstration emphasized that no one genuinely mourned Scrooge’s death initially, while the Cratchit’s grief was for Tiny Tim).