Something interesting

I thought it was interesting that when the clown, who seems like it should be the comic relief character, has such a dark part in the play.  When he enters the play the two devils are introduced.  Then in the next scene he has to describe them and I think that he gets threatened by one of the dark magic people.  I just thought it was very ironic how a happy character, or the person who is supposed to be funny back then brings such a dark humor to the play as opposed to lightening the mood.