The excerpt from Dickens's "A Christmas Carol" takes place when Scrooge is taken by the Ghost of Christmas Present. The greedy, cold-hearted and selfish Mr scrooge has the opportunity to take a glimpse on how the lower class people enjoy the company of their beloved friends, family and acquaintances all in beautiful harmony having dinner. The interaction and affection demonstrated in a family surpasses the importance of having material possessions from the perspective in the literary work.
She is praying to a deity to remove all traces of her womanhood so that she can be filled with cruelty and carry out the bloody tasks necessary to bring her husband to power