What I know of that it Scrooge is visited as the bell tolls at one o'clock by the first of three ghosts, as promised by Marley's ghost: the Ghost of Christmas Past. The apparition is a curious figure' that both an old man and a child appear to be.
Answer:
antonym or opposition
Explanation:
Context clue is basically a setting of a sentence which helps us gain unknown piece of information or a meaning.
Let's show that on the example given.
We might not be familiar with the meaning of the word novice, however we see that the conjunction although is used. This conjunction denotes opposition, a change of tone to express something that's contrary to previous information.
Now, it's obvious, from this context, that the word novice means opposite of experienced.
This way, without looking up a dictionary, we could discover the meaning of the word.
Answer: The phrase characterizes Death as being removed from human concerns.
Explanation:
