The Ghost of Christmas Present

A huge, jolly giant in green. It shows Scrooge how others keep Christmas, and shows him Ignorance and Want.

The quotes

7 quotes by or about The Ghost of Christmas Present, in the order they happen.

Come in! and know me better, man!

Ghost of Christmas Present · Stave Three · christmas · family

The second spirit is big, warm and loud. It invites Scrooge in.

a jolly Giant, glorious to see

Narrator · Stave Three · christmas · the supernatural

The Ghost of Christmas Present is joy itself, dressed in green.

If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, the child will die.

Ghost of Christmas Present · Stave Three · poverty · responsibility · time

Tiny Tim will die unless something changes. Scrooge is the something.

If he be like to die, he had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.

Ghost of Christmas Present · Stave Three · poverty · responsibility

The ghost says Scrooge's own words back to him. Now they are about a child he knows.

This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want.

Ghost of Christmas Present · Stave Three · poverty · responsibility

Two thin children under the ghost's robe. Not knowing, and not having. Dickens says they are everyone's fault.

Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy

Ghost of Christmas Present · Stave Three · poverty · responsibility

Fear the boy most. Ignorance is more dangerous than want.

Are there no prisons?" said the Spirit, turning on him for the last time with his own words.

Ghost of Christmas Present · Stave Three · poverty · responsibility

Again the ghost uses Scrooge's words. Scrooge is ashamed.