What does the chain represent in this excerpt from chapter 1 of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens?
“You are fettered,” said Scrooge, trembling. “Tell me why?”
“I wear the chain I forged in life,” replied the Ghost. “I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on of my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it. Is its pattern strange to you?”
A.Scrooge trembled more and more.
B.the link between life and death
C.forgiveness and redemption
D.the consequences of choices
E.fate versus free will