An Introduction to Pathetic Fallacy.pptx

Pathetic fallacy

1. An Introduction to Pathetic Fallacy

2. To understand the meaning of the term pathetic fallacy. To identify examples of pathetic fallacy in works of literature. To create my own example of pathetic fallacy. To understand how pathetic fallacy is used in literature and create my own example. Learning Objective Success Criteria

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4. What Does It Mean? What does the word pathetic mean? Can you think of synonyms for pathetic? How many can you find? Pathetic synonyms Synonyms: A word which means the same, or nearly the same.

5. What Does It Mean? The modern, casual sense of pathetic means either pitiable or inadequate. But there is an older meaning, as well: Pathetic: relating to the emotions This is the meaning used in the English technique, Pathetic Fallacy . Can you guess what Fallacy means? Fallacy: an invalid argument or belief. So, what do you think the English technique Pathetic Fallacy is?

6. Pathetic Fallacy Pathetic fallacy is a type of personification . It’s the term used when human emotions are attributed to the natural world. Personification : The chair groaned as he sat down. Pathetic Fallacy : The sun shone its bright, friendly beams on our eager faces. personification personification: Attributing human qualities to an inanimate object. The chair is given a human-sounding verb, but there is no emotion . The sun has human emotions .

7. Pathetic Fallacy in Practice Have a look at this extract from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Can you identify an example of pathetic fallacy? The fog came pouring in at every chink and keyhole, and was so dense without, that although the court was of the narrowest, the houses opposite were mere phantoms. To see the dingy cloud come drooping down, obscuring everything, one might have thought that Nature lived hard by, and was brewing on a large scale.

8. Pathetic Fallacy in Practice Have a look at this extract from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Can you identify an example of pathetic fallacy? The fog came pouring in at every chink and keyhole, and was so dense without, that although the court was of the narrowest, the houses opposite were mere phantoms. To see the dingy cloud come drooping down , obscuring everything, one might have thought that Nature lived hard by, and was brewing on a large scale. What’s the effect of the pathetic fallacy here? How does it add to the scene Dickens is creating?

9. Have a Go! It was wretched weather; stormy and wet, stormy and wet; and mud, mud, mud, deep in all the streets. Day after day, a vast heavy veil had been driving over London from the East, and it drove still, as if in the East there were an eternity of cloud and wind. So furious had been the gusts, that high buildings in town had had the lead stripped off their roofs; and in the country, trees had been torn up, and sails of windmills carried away; and gloomy accounts had come in from the coast, of shipwreck and death. Violent blasts of rain had accompanied these rages of wind, and the day just closed as I sat down to read had been the worst of all. Extract from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Have a look at these extracts from famous works of literature. Can you identify any examples of pathetic fallacy? What do they tell you about the mood of the piece they are taken from?

10. Have a Go! lustily I dipped my oars into the silent lake, And, as I rose upon the stroke, my boat Went heaving through the water like a swan; When, from behind that craggy steep till then The horizon’s bound, a huge peak, black and huge, As if with voluntary power instinct, Upreared its head. I struck and struck again, And growing still in stature the grim shape Towered up between me and the stars, and still, For so it seemed, with purpose of its own And measured motion like a living thing, Strode after me. Extract from The Prelude by William Wordsworth Have a look at these extracts from famous works of literature. Can you identify any examples of pathetic fallacy? What do they tell you about the mood of the piece they are taken from?

11. Have a Go! Have a look at these extracts from famous works of literature. Can you identify any examples of pathetic fallacy? What do they tell you about the mood of the piece they are taken from? I thought of Switzerland; it was far different from this desolate and appalling landscape. Its hills are covered with vines, and its cottages are scattered thickly in the plains. Its fair lakes reflect a blue and gentle sky; and, when troubled by the winds, their tumult is but as the play of a lively infant, when compared to the roarings of the giant ocean. Extract from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

12. Have a Go! Have a look at these extracts from famous works of literature. Can you identify any examples of pathetic fallacy? What do they tell you about the mood of the piece they are taken from? Ross: And Duncan's horses – a thing most strange and certain – Beauteous and swift, the minions of their race, Turn'd wild in nature, broke their stalls, flung out, Contending ' gainst obedience, as they would make War with mankind. Old Man: Tis said they ate each other. Ross: They did so, to the amazement of mine eyes That look'd upon't . Extract from Macbeth by William Shakespeare

13. Create Your Own Try writing your own paragraph, using pathetic fallacy to enhance your description. You could use one of the prompts on the right, or use your own idea. Success criteria : Writing is descriptive and engaging . Some element of the natural world is given human emotions . We learn more about the emotions , mood or atmosphere of the scene through the descriptions of nature. A student is reluctantly going in to school; they have a maths test they haven’t revised for. A magician performs a disappearing act at a world-famous attraction. A lone sailor finds their radio doesn’t work – they are lost at sea with no means of communication.

14. Share! Now, share your piece of writing with your partner. Can they identify the mood and atmosphere of your scene? Can they offer you any tips for improvement?