The main allusion in Stave One of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is to Prince Hamlet from Shakespeare’s play ‘Hamlet.” In this case, the allusion is a reference to another piece of literature which increases the reader’s understanding of the current reading. Dickens alludes to the fact that in the play, Prince Hamlet'd father is dead before the play begins. The reader must understand this so that Hamlet's father's ghost is a believable, influential character.This allusion helps the reader understand the importance of believing that Jacob Marley is dead. Dickens goes to great lengths to have the reader believe this so that the ghost of Jacob Marley a credible character who comes to Scrooge from his past. Jacob Marley's ghost presents itself to Scrooge before the three apparitions take him through his past, present, and future in order to remind him of past transgressions, and to teach him the lesson that he can repair his life.
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