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select the correct answer.

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? ”

scrooge trembled more and more.

a. the link between life and death
b. forgiveness and redemption
c. the consequences of choices
d. fate versus free will