2. Symbolism  Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come: Fatal path  Shroud: Death/ Uncertainty  Clear, bright sky: Clear thinking; good understanding of world

3. 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.

4. 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.”