Scene 1: Ghostly music in auditorium.
A single spotlight on Jacob Marley,
D. C. He is ancient: awful, dead-eyed.
He speaks straight out of auditorium.
Marley
(Cackle-voiced) My name is
Jacob Marley and I am dead. (He
laughs) Oh, no, there's no doubt
that I am dead
What effect would the music and lighting have on this scene from A what effect would the music and lighting have on the scene from a Christmas Carol Christmas Carol?

Along with the dim lighting in the initial scene, emphasizing the lack of light in Scrooge’s life, and the wiry staircase leading to Scrooge’s mess upstairs, the play appears to be off to a gloomy start. However, as Scrooge journeys home to his apartment, the stage lights up with a ghastly green when Marley appears on Scrooge's doorknocker, suggesting that things may soon change.  

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https://www.goodmantheatre.org/Education-Blog/Cindy-Bandle-Young-Critics-Blog/Dates/2014/2/Levitation-and-Lights-in-A-Christmas-Carol/

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d. it compares the speaker reflection to a predatory bird that haunts the speaker