How pathetic fallacy is is used over 3 types of gothic texts
Pathetic fallacy is when the weather matches the mood of the setting or character. The 3 gothic texts I will be looking at pathetic fallacy is Click clack the rattle bag, Frankenstein and Jekyll and Hyde.
In Jekyll and Hyde pathetic fallacy is used throughout the novel and one example is when Hyde describes the sky in london “constellations that looked down upon me.” Pathetic fallacy is also used when Jekyll first turns into Edward Hyde stole through the corridors, a stranger in my own house; and coming to my room, I saw for the first time the appearance of Edward Hyde.” The weather during this was dark and stormy because storms are dark scary and intense just like when Jekyll first turns into Hyde.
Pathetic fallacy is used in Frankenstein for example when the monster was first created. He was created in a tall spooky castle in at night when there was a massive storm and like in Jekyll and Hyde the mood was intense spooky and dangerous. Which matches the mood of what the character is doing.
In the click clack the rattle bag pathetic fallacy is used a lot at the beginning when the child is with his sisters boyfriend and wants to go to bed, but wants a scary bedtime story. As they walk together upstairs to bed when the storm causes the power to go out. Then the trees start bashing up against the window causing the mood to get spookier and spookier. Again pathetic fallacy is used because the mood of n the setting matches the weather.
personification is when somthing non-human is described as something human. This is used throughout the three texts.
February 4, 2016 at 11:51 am
Matthew,
This starts really well, you provide a good example of pathetic fallacy from Jekyll & Hyde, but then you must fully explore how this use of personification helps to build this technique.
Once you have done this, you should draw upon examples from the other two texts that allow you to explore the language and how this helps to shape meaning.
May 17, 2016 at 8:24 am
Matthew,
You have now made assertions about your other texts, but you have not provided quotations or explored the language.
Please include at least three quotations and explore how the figurative language has been used to make an impact upon the reader.
You can find the extracts read in class on our class blog.