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Originally Posted by crabapple
Yeah, you see what I mean? All those poor bastards in the street, those transparent guys who have "lost their power, forever," they had no chance of redemption. Marley specifically states that Scrooge's chance is "of my procuring," meaning, this is an unusual situation. It's implied that Marley had to do something--pull some strings--to make this happen. Marley is a man of business, of course. Did he cut a deal with someone? The head honcho, maybe?
Is Marley's penance that he must, perhaps, roam the world for a while, helping other misguided souls become better people while they are still alive?
Perhaps the creepiest implication is that the living are the only ones who are capable of determining the quality of their afterlife--that once you check out, you are forever sleeping in the bed you made.
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Yeah, I'm glad that I'm not the only one troubled by this turn of plot...
Why is it that Scrooge gets a chance for redemption, but no one else does? Does that mean that no one cares as much about the living filling out their damned destiny than Marley does for Scrooge?
Well, the implication that the living can determine the quality of their afterlife is fairly Christian, but it seems that the Dead can influence the living to influence their Life? And are the already Damned just screwed?
I have always wondered what Marley did to finagle his way there, too... and why that doesn't happen more often. What makes Scrooge's life more important than those already damned? Because he's rich and have more influence to help people? I wonder...
I still have incredibly pathos for Marley. No WONDER he's so cranky. :p