GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT

• "clothed in one simple green robe or mantle, bordered with white fur"


  SOCIAL ALLUSION

  • represents father christmas

  ADJECTIVE (green)

  • represents new life

  ADJECTIVE (simple)

  • doesn't need finery to be jolly
• "its capacious breast was bare"

  METAPHOR

  • heart is open
  • large heart - not shielded
  • wants connection
• "on its head it wore no other covering than a holly wreath"

  BIBLICAL ALLUSION

  • link to Jesus
  • protector
• "genial face, its sparkling eye, it's open hand, its cheery voice, its unconstrained demeanour and its joyful air"


  SEMANTIC FIELD (ADJECTIVES)

  • positivity and connection
  • historic reference
  • honesty
• "an antique scabbard; but no sword was in it, and the ancient sheath was eaten up with rust"

  SEMANTIC FIELD

  • no conflict - peace

  ADJECTIVES

  • never needed to be used