In chapter five of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the creature is given life. The opening paragraph makes excellent use of pathetic fallacy, using the weather to set the scene. The first lines of the chapter “it was a dreary night in November” and “the rain pattered dismally against the windowpanes” make obvious use of traditional gothic horror scenery. Victor Frankenstein seems to have mixed emotions at the time of the creature’s birth. He is nervous yet scared and disgusted at the out come of his long toil.
Wuthering Heights is the very picture of an evil mansion, which the narrator alludes is a result from is harsh weather conditions. The mansion is “descriptive of atmospheric tumult” (4) and is “barren and stunted”. Its windows are deep set; its bricks jut out on all sides. Wuthering Heights is not beautiful. It is a place wild and unchecked- another reminder of storms, evil, and mostly unbridled passions.
The house of Wuthering Heights is introduced into the novel in a storm. This pathetic fallacy gives an insight into the main feel of the Wuthering heights manor and also the darkness it will bring later on in the novel. The house itself is an old stone building that seems daunting to the reader and very uneasy, the words that are used to describe the house are of a cruel and conficting nature, “kitchen was forced to retreat altogether into another quarter”. Furthermore, Wuthering heights could be seen as having an effect on the people that live there, for example its depressing nature and desolate location could have effected that characters behaviour, making them more cruel, maybe due to their isolation. This could also be suggested through Heathcliff and Catherine as it was only when they were away from the house and roaming the moors together that they truly are able to be themselves together.
The harassment and mistreatment of thousands of Americans under the policy of McCarthysism, is for Miller, a Salem witch- hunt. The Crucible by Arthur Miller is set in the Puritan society of the 17th century Salem and is one with rules and regulations that are enforced; if an individual goes against them they will be punished. ‘The Crucible’ is a clear example of the social implications of belonging in the 1950’s era. In the poem “An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow”, the weeping man is an individual contrasting against the traditional held views of society. People are obsessed with fitting in the social mainstream that they become afraid of change and are challenged by genuine emotion.
Geraldine Brooks explores how ignorance, superstition and hysteria can be as fatal as any plague within her novel ‘Year of Wonders’. During the trying year of the plague superstition, ignorance, and hysteria took over the village, causing people to make irrational accusations, decisions and behave immorally, turning against each other. Brooks explores how the plague acts as a catalyst effecting each of the villagers differently on a physical and emotional level. The plague is defined as a large amount of insects or animals infesting a place causing damage, within the novel we see the villagers become these animals. Fear and anguish brought out some of the worst qualities in the villagers causing them to turn against one another creating anger, conflict and damage unto one another.
Austen’s shows off her genius in her creation of characters when Lady Catherine’s arrogance is taken to new spheres where she even claims to predict the weather. Although Lady Catherine is a woman of social standing, ironically even Mr Darcy is “ashamed of his aunt’s ill-breeding”, after she ‘welcomes’
Throughout the poem First Born, the poet conveys the idea of anger and frustration about the despair over the death of the Aboriginal race. The use of the second person pronoun 'you' in the third stanza, is effectively use to incriminate the reader for destroying the nature of the land and the race of the Indigenous Aboriginals. In addition the use of personification is convey to create more imaginative effect of disappointment and frustration ,'Where are my first-born, said the brown land, sighing'. Jack Davis passion for Aboriginal cause was stated through the poem as he clearly reveals his tone of outrage of the devastating experience of the Aboriginal people. The poem 150 Years relates to the idea of passion as Jack Davis expresses his passion about educating and informing the present on how the white settlers impacted the Indigenous Aboriginals life.
Walton’s loneliness is reflected in the “icy climes” of the Arctic, “encompassed by frost and snow”. This unwelcoming, hostile environment is also pre-emptive of society’s treatment of Frankenstein’s monster. In the opening letters, we begin to see Shelley’s contextual links, mainly through Walton’s referencing Coleridge’s “land of mist and snow” and “Ancient Mariner”. This reference also acts as a foreshadowing device – both Frankenstein and the Ancient Mariner disrupt the course of nature, and both are condemned to tell their tale to any who would listen. Volume I of the novel recounts Victor’s childhood to us, allowing us to see how he changes as the tale progresses.
‘Michael Mompellion’s most unsympathetic character flaw is his chilling lack of passion.’ Do you agree or disagree? Geraldine Brooks’ historical fiction ‘Year of Wonders’ explores the impact of adversity on the individual and social structure. Brooks’ novel takes an introspective insight into those affected by the Great Plague of mid-seventeenth century England. We enter the cyclic novel after the plague had run its course during “leaf-fall”; the season that signifies loss of innocence, foreshadowing death and the defeat of moral virtue. As the plague manifests through the village, so too do the hidden inner qualities of individuals.
The image of " withered leaves" again points to the winter motif and paints a clear picture of death and decline. Always remember that the poet is not only referring to leaves here; he is using this image, through association, to connect to the general idea of loss of meaning in the modern urban world. The second stanza intensifies its attack on the modern world. The first two lines clearly express the idea that modern life is little more than a drunken hangover. The feeling of personal and social decadence is strengthened by the images in these