Question

In this excerpt from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, which lines show that Scrooge is becoming aware of his own unfeeling attitude and behavior? “What do you call wasting of it?” asked old Joe. “Putting it on him to be buried in, to be sure,” replied the woman with a laugh. “Somebody was fool enough to do it, but I took it off again. If calico an’t good enough for such a purpose, it isn’t good enough for anything. It’s quite as becoming to the body. He can’t look uglier than he did in that one.” Scrooge listened to this dialogue in horror. As they sat grouped about their spoil, in the scanty light afforded by the old man’s lamp, he viewed them with a detestation and disgust, which could hardly have been greater, though they had been obscene demons, marketing the corpse itself. “Ha, ha!” laughed the same woman, when old Joe, producing a flannel bag with money in it, told out their several gains upon the ground. “This is the end of it, you see! He frightened every one away from him when he was alive, to profit us when he was dead! Ha, ha, ha!” “Spirit!” said Scrooge, shuddering from head to foot. “I see, I see. The case of this unhappy man might be my own. My life tends that way, now. Merciful Heaven, what is this!” He recoiled in terror, for the scene had changed, and now he almost touched a bed: a bare, uncurtained bed: on which, beneath a ragged sheet, there lay a something covered up, which, though it was dumb, announced itself in awful language.

Answer 1

I see, I see. The case of this unhappy man might be my own. My life tends that way, now. Hope this helps!

Answer 2

I see, I see. The case of this unhappy man might be my own. My life tends that way, now

Step-by-step explanation:

The treble of A Christmas Tale shown in the above question shows the moment of the story where Scrooge is visited by the third spirit, that of the Future Christmases that shows Scrooge like a tall figure wrapped in a black suit that hides his face, leaving only one hand apparent. The spirit says nothing, but points, and shows Scrooge his lonely, friendless death. At that moment, he realizes that his behavior, when alive, was hateful, miserly, and stingy, and so no one missed him after he died.