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GCSE English Literature · key term
A person or organisation to whom money is owed.
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Paper 1
Revise: Stave FourWhen Scrooge asks to see someone who feels emotion about this death, the ghost shows Caroline and her husband. They owe the dead man money and have feared ruin. His death gives them time to prepare payment before their debt passes to a new creditor.
Paper 2
The debt will be transferred to someone else, but they hope to have the money ready before then and believe a new creditor is unlikely to be as merciless. The death does not erase what they owe; it removes the immediate pressure associated with this particular man.
Part (b): distinguish the possible future shown to Scrooge from events that finally happen. Caroline’s debt is not cancelled: the creditor’s death gives the family time and hope.
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Paper 1
Revise: Stave FourWhen Scrooge asks to see someone who feels emotion about the death, the Ghost shows Caroline and her husband. They owe money to the dead man and fear financial ruin. His death gives them time to gather the money before the debt passes to someone else; they also hope that the next creditor will be less merciless.
Component 2
Revise: Stave FourThey feel guilty about their relief, but his death gives them time to prepare repayment before the debt passes to someone else. Their debt has not disappeared. Their hope is that the next creditor will be less merciless.
