GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST

• "like a child, yet not so like a child; as like an old man"

  SIMILIES

  • be ourself in the present and younger self

  NOUNS (child, old man)

  • vulnerable and fragile
• "the arms were long and muscular, the hands the same, as if its hold were of uncommon strength"

  IMAGERY

  METAPHOR

  • strength - hands
  • memories hold onto us
• "its legs and feet, most delicately formed"

  ADVERBIAL PHRASE

  • some memories lack clarity and are hazy
  • delicacy of memories
• "it wore a tunic of the purest white... trimmed with summer flowers"

  ADJECTIVES (memories, summer)

  • memories are pure

  SEMANTIC FIELD

  • positivity
  • memories aren't chronological
• "from the crown of its head there sprung a bright clear jet of light"

  SEMANTIC FIELD + ADJECTIVES

  • purity and goodness

  METAPHOR

  • shines light on scrooge's bad character
• "the figure itself fluctuates with dissolving parts"

  VERBS

  • memories fluctuate
  • can't hold onto memories
• "rise and walk with me"

  IMPERATIVE

  • gentle but essential
• "the grasp, though gentle as a woman's hand, was not to be resisted"

  PARADOX (gentle/resisted)

  VERBS + SIMILIE

  • memories are kind but strong
  • can't be resisted