Symbolism Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come: Fatal path Shroud: Death/ Uncertainty Clear, bright sky: Clear thinking; good understanding of world
Comic Relief A humorous scene placed between serious or tragic scenes. Allows an author to lighten the mood of a novel and to heighten the seriousness of the them by contrast.
Allusion “Old Scratch has got his own at last, hey.” “And He took a child, and set him in the midst of them.” “perfect Laocoon of himself with his stockings.”