A Christmas Carol Sentence Structure

     Charles Dickens uses explicit sentence structure to create meaning.  The book starts out with anaphora on the first page when describing Scrooges relationship with Marley "his sole executer, his sole administrator, his sole assign, his sole residuary legatee, his sole friend and sole mourner."(1). This is used to portray that Marley really only had one person that cared about him.  Also on page 1 you will find that the simile "as dead as a doornail" is used frequently in order to hammer home the point that Marley is in fact dead.  Repetition is used when old Joe is telling Mrs Dilber to "Come into the parlor. Come into the parlor."(79) showing the compassion of old Joe.