Question

hat does the chain represent in this excerpt from chapter 1 of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens?

“You are fettered,” said Scrooge, trembling. “Tell me why?”

“I wear the chain I forged in life,” replied the Ghost. “I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on of my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it. Is its pattern strange to you?”

Scrooge trembled more and more.

the link between life and death
forgiveness and redemption
the consequences of choices
fate versus free will

Answer 1

the consequences of choices because he said he made it in life.

Answer 2

Answer: the consequences of choices

Explanation: In this excerpt from Chapter 1 of "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, what the chain represents is the consequences of choices. Scrooge receives the visit of his dead partner's ghost. Jacob Marley's ghost is carrying a chain. The ghost tells Scrooge that he wears it as a punishment for his greedy life, and has come to prevent Scrooge from having the same fate.