AFTERLIFE SUFFERING
Jacob Marley claims that his spirit is condemned to wander the world after death, witnessing what he cannot share, as a consequence of his actions in life. He describes incessant torture of remorse and inability to rest, stay, or linger anywhere, indicating suffering in the afterlife.
JACOB MARLEY
'It is required of every man,' the Ghost returned, 'that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellow-men, and travel far and wide; and, if that spirit goes not forth in life, it is condemned to do so after death. It is doomed to wander through the world--oh, woe is me!--and witness what it cannot share, but might have shared on earth, and turned to happiness!'