Character Analysis: Marley

This is a character analysis of Marley in the book A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.

Author story: Charles Dickens
Book summary: A Christmas Carol
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 Character analysis Marley
In Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, Jacob Marley is a character who appears only briefly but whose influence reverberates throughout the novella. As Ebenezer Scrooge’s deceased business partner, Marley functions as both a narrative catalyst and a moral...