Who said mankind should have been my business?
Charles Dickens
Quote by Charles Dickens: “Mankind was my business.
Who says Mankind was my business in the Christmas carol?
Scrooge
“But you were always a good man of business, Jacob,’ faltered Scrooge, who now began to apply this to himself. Business!’ cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. “Mankind was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business.
What does Marley’s ghost say should have been his responsibility in life?
Marley explains that it is the duty of every person that their spirit should ‘walk among their fellow men’ and that ‘if that spirit goes not forth in life, it is condemned to do so after death’.
What does the quote Mankind was my business mean?
Significance: Dickens uses this metaphor to express what is to be truly valued throughout life. Marley is now aware that he was supposed to be focused on his fellow man and not the counting house business affairs.
What is Marley’s punishment in the afterlife?
He is Scrooge’s deceased business partner, now a chained a tormented ghost, given as punishment in the afterlife for his greedy, selfish and uncaring attitude when he was living. Marley arranges three spirits to visit Scrooge (Ghosts of Christmas past, present and future), offering him and opportunity for redemption.
What does Marley’s ghost mean when he says Mankind was my business?
‘Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!’ What Marley is saying is that his business should have been people.
Is Mankind was my business a metaphor?
What is Scrooge referring to when he says it’s not my business?
“I am sorry, with all my heart, to find you so resolute.” Scrooge tells the men who come for charity that his business is his work, and it is not his business to interfere in the lives of others: “It’s not my business,” Scrooge returned.
What does the quote Mankind was my business suggest?
“Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were all my business. Marley believed that to be a good businessman—that is, to make profits—he needed to ignore the imperatives of charity, mercy, and forbearance.
