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Age and build

tall and stately form

“He felt that it was tall and stately when it came beside him, and that its mysterious presence filled him with a solemn dread” (A Christmas Carol, part 4)

Face and hair

face completely concealed beneath garment

“It was shrouded in a deep black garment, which concealed its head, its face, its form, and left nothing of it visible save one outstretched hand” (A Christmas Carol, part 4)

Dress

deep black garment concealing entire form

“It was shrouded in a deep black garment, which concealed its head, its face, its form, and left nothing of it visible save one outstretched hand” (A Christmas Carol, part 4)

dark robe spreads like a wing

“The Phantom spread its dark robe before him for a moment, like a wing; and withdrawing it, revealed a room by daylight, where a mother and her children were” (A Christmas Carol, part 4)

hood and dress shrink and collapse at the end

“he saw an alteration in the Phantom's hood and dress. It shrunk, collapsed, and dwindled down into a bedpost” (A Christmas Carol, part 4)

Voice and speech

The book is silent here, so we keep this plain and neutral.

Signature words

pointed finger as sole means of communication

“The Spirit answered not, but pointed onward with its hand” (A Christmas Carol, part 4)

absolute silence and muteness

“the Spirit neither spoke nor moved” (A Christmas Carol, part 4)

inexorable, unchanging gesture

“The inexorable finger underwent no change” (A Christmas Carol, part 4)

Gait and mannerisms

moves slowly, gravely, silently

“THE Phantom slowly, gravely, silently, approached” (A Christmas Carol, part 4)

glides rather than walks

“The Phantom glided on into a street” (A Christmas Carol, part 4)

pauses to observe Scrooge's condition

“The Spirit paused a moment, as observing his condition, and giving him time to recover” (A Christmas Carol, part 4)

hand trembles when moved by Scrooge's plea

“For the first time the hand appeared to shake” (A Christmas Carol, part 4)

Strengths

physically stronger than Scrooge when resisting

“The Spirit, stronger yet, repulsed him” (A Christmas Carol, part 4)

conveys Scrooge through space effortlessly

“The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come conveyed him, as before—though at a different time, he thought” (A Christmas Carol, part 4)

immovable and inexorable in purpose

“The Spirit was immovable as ever” (A Christmas Carol, part 4)

Flaws

shows only future shadows without explanation

“You are about to show me shadows of the things that have not happened, but will happen in the time before us” (A Christmas Carol, part 4)

Traits

scatters gloom and mystery through the air

“in the very air through which this Spirit moved it seemed to scatter gloom and mystery” (A Christmas Carol, part 4)

fills observer with solemn dread

“its mysterious presence filled him with a solemn dread” (A Christmas Carol, part 4)

most fearful of all the spirits

“I fear you more than any spectre I have seen” (A Christmas Carol, part 4)

capable of pity and compassion

“Your nature intercedes for me, and pities me” (A Christmas Carol, part 4)

Lines in their own words

sole response to Scrooge's question

“The Spirit answered not, but pointed onward with its hand” (A Christmas Carol, part 4)

gesture when Scrooge asks to see the dead man's face

“Still the Ghost pointed with an unmoved finger to the head” (A Christmas Carol, part 4)

pointing to the grave with Scrooge's name

“The finger pointed from the grave to him, and back again” (A Christmas Carol, part 4)

final gesture before vanishing

“The finger still was there” (A Christmas Carol, part 4)