Near the end of Act I of A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, the young Scrooge’s beloved ends their relationship. She tells h
im, “Have I not seen your nobler aspirations fall off one by one, until the master-passion, Gain, engrosses you?” Which statement best explains how this dialogue helps to develop a main conflict in the play? A) It shows that Scrooge has occasionally sacrificed his own goals in order to please others.
B) It shows that Scrooge has generally been uninterested in relationships with others.
C) It shows that Scrooge has allowed his love of money to negatively affect his life.
D) It shows that Scrooge has been rude and unkind throughout his life.
When he dies, Emily goes into denial and refuses to allow him to be buried for the first three days as a coping mechanism. She has no one else to turn to because her father kept her from everyone else
