The Woman in Black – Chapter 2

Lesson Objective:To explore how the writer creates atmosphere and tension through

Pathetic Fallacy

• Pathetic Fallacy

• The use of the weather to mirror or illustrate a characters’ feelings

Key Word

What atmosphere does fog create?

How is the fog used for effect?

• The writer uses pathetic fallacy in chapter 2• An example is ‘____________’• The effect this creates is

___________________________

The fog loomed, yellow-grey, and thicker than ever…p.29

As I peered from out of the cab window into the gloom, what figures I could make out, fumbling their way through the murk, were like ghost figures p.27

It was menacing and sinister…p.25

The fog had scarcely allowed any daylight to penetrate the foul gloom of the atmosphere. P.25

Foreshadowing

Clue

What are the clues

• On page 29 Mr Bentley tells Arthur about the location of Eel Marsh House

• What clues does he leave for the reader about the danger that Arthur might face?– 1– 2

Predict what will happen when Arthur gets to Eel Marsh House