When the Ghost of Christmas Past shows Scrooge the image of his former fiancée, Belle, he is overcome with hurt and regret. We can see this from Scrooge's conversation with the ghost:
"Spirit!'' said Scrooge, ``show me no more! Conduct me home. Why do you delight to torture me?''
"One shadow more!'' exclaimed the Ghost.
"No more!'' cried Scrooge. ``No more. I don't wish to see it. Show me no more!''
Belle had broken off...
When the Ghost of Christmas Past shows Scrooge the image of his former fiancée, Belle, he is overcome with hurt and regret. We can see this from Scrooge's conversation with the ghost:
"Spirit!'' said Scrooge, ``show me no more! Conduct me home. Why do you delight to torture me?''
"One shadow more!'' exclaimed the Ghost.
"No more!'' cried Scrooge. ``No more. I don't wish to see it. Show me no more!''
Belle had broken off her engagement to Scrooge because she felt that he had changed. In her words, Scrooge was "in a changed nature; in an altered spirit; in another atmosphere of life." In the few years she had known him, Scrooge had transformed into a man driven by wealth and the pursuit of material gains. It is clear from Scrooge's reaction to this image that losing Belle was one of the biggest regrets of his life and it provides strong evidence that he is beginning to realise the error of his past ways. This paves the way for the important process of transformation. We should view this scene, then, as a turning point in the book which sets Scrooge on the road to redemption and helps him to realise that life is better when you share it with others.
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