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.
In it the idea of a traditional ghost story is suggested which shows us forewarning for the rest of the novel. A ghost story relies on atmosphere, often shown through weather and the gothic genre. The weather is a huge signal throughout the novel, which is used as a signal to when terrible things are about to happen. For example, the nine lives causeway is described as ‘submerged and untraceable’, this suggests that Eel Marsh house is miserable and that everything is hidden. From this the reader can see that Susan Hill has explored the theme by creating it as a forewarning through the weather and setting.
He is nervous yet scared and disgusted at the out come of his long toil. The author shows this with the quote “with an anxiety that almost amounted to agony”, again this really brings out the gothic image using pain and suffering to make sure the reader realises the full extent of the horror that Frankenstein has unleashed on the quite country around him. When the creature is finally brought to life Frankenstein’s
How does Susan Hill build up a sense of mystery and tension in the chapter ‘Across the Causeway’ in The Woman in Black? Susan Hill creates tension by using the gothic imagery like dark, mysterious settings, weird characters and places with strange names. The title of the novel itself is symbolic, as black clothes are representative of the gothic genre. Susan Hill also builds a sense of mystery and tension if a couple different ways. This part of the story is important because it reinforces everything that the reader already suspects about the position of Eel Marsh House and provides the reader with specific detail to do with the isolation of the house.
The weather at the start of the horror story is much worse, and it begins with an exaggerated description of the fog in London. “Fog was outdoors, hanging over the river, creeping in and out of alleyways and passages, swirling thickly between the bare trees of all the parks and gardens of the city,” Hill also occasionally uses the weather to build tension like above, but not because of the main events. This is to keep the reader interested and entice the reader. For example “the train had stopped, and the only sound to be heard was the moan of the wind” sounds like it will lead to something very sinister. Another way that Hill creates tension is her choice of particular words and phrases, such as “I plunged out into the choking London fog.” This is a good example because the use of the word ‘plunged out’ makes it seem like there is more of a risk than if it was to simply say walk out.
For example, at one point in the text Nat says, “This is a black winter, not a white one.” This creates a dark mood, because black, which represents death, is being contrasted to white, which symbolizes purity. Also, this statement is very blunt; the short, to-the-point sentence very obviously states the something will go wrong. This technique is shown again through out the story when the wind is constantly described as “[cutting]” and “biting.” The sharp and bitter notations of these adjectives make the reader uncomfortable. When the wind is described with such words as “whipping,” the audience assumes that brutal events will accompany the unfortunate weather. In the film, Alfred Hitchcock uses camera angles to invoke suspense.
How does Susan Hill use Pathetic Fallacy to create mood and atmosphere in Chapter 2? In Susan Hill’s book ‘The Woman in Black’, Hill uses Pathetic Fallacy to show the setting of London in the 1920’s. Hill sets the scene with the very first sentence of the paragraph, ‘where it was already growing dark, not because of the lateness of the hour...but because of the fog.’ He describes how it hemmed us in on all sides; this is creating a feeling of entrapment like Eel Marsh House. She then goes on to describe how the fog was ‘hanging over the river, creeping in and out of alleyways...seething through cracks and crannies like sour breath’, this is creating an atmosphere of malevolence. All of these small details that Hill has included in her description
The description Wuthering being a significant provincial adjective, descriptive of the atmospheric tumult to which its station is exposed in stormy weather" immediately creates the a dark and desolate image which would provoke a sense of fear within 19th century readers. They would visualise this gothic setting, and foreshadow that dark and mysterious events will unfold here. This element of pathetic fallacy can be identified through the description of the "gaunt thorns" surrounding the house and "a grotesque carving lavished over the front" since both of these reinforce the idea of entrapment and claustrophobia; something that a modern day audience could identify as being an irrational fear. The house is enveloped in an air of mystery, it's inhabitants, most likely Heathcliff, are renowned for being recluses to life away from the moors. The most poignant chapter that highlights pure unadulterated terror, is chapter 3.
In this essay I will explain the various methods to create tension and mood that the poet uses. These include: comparisons, repetition, onomatopoeia, alliteration and more. At the beginning of the poem the mood is gloomy and mysterious. The poet shows this with metaphors like, “The wind was a ghostly galleon.” It creates a spooky atmosphere, he also does this by using words like, “Ghostly, gusty and darkness.” These words also give the impression that it is lifeless. Later on in the poem, when Tim the ostler enters the scene, the mood changes dramatically to questioning and menacing.
Macbeth states ‘come, seeling night,’ showing his first reference for the night. The darkness connotes to death which could foreshadow the murder of Banquo. However a weakness is shown when Macbeth states ‘scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day.’ It shows that the day has taken advantage and by using the words ‘scarf up’ instead of ‘cover’ could imply the subtle change of confidence because the sorrow caused by the killing of Kind Duncan has ‘scared’ them. However a more violent tone is followed with ‘bloody and invisible hand.’ Here it implies death with the use of awful imagery. This also relates to the death of King Duncan which happened earlier in the story.