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PATHETIC FALLACY & THE GROTESQUE

A look at Dickens’ craft in Chapters 2 & 3

Pathetic Fallacy: The attribution of human emotions or characteristics to inanimate objects or to nature; for example, angry clouds; a cruel wind.

Video clip example! What examples of pathetic fallacy can you find in chapter 2?

Why would Dickens choose to employ such a technique in this chapter of the novel? What is Pathetic Fallacy?

There was a steaming mist in all the hollows, and it had roamed in its

forlornness up the hill, like an evil spirit, seeking rest and finding none. A clammy and intensely cold mist, it made its slow way through the air in

ripples that visibly followed and overspread one another, as the waves

of an unwholesome sea might do.

Chapter 2 Example

In literature, a character, event, or location that is irregular, extravagant, or fantastic in form

Grotesque literature often deals with the supernatural

Look for elements of grotesque literature in chapter 3!

What is grotesque literature?