Let's Do This: Pathetic Fallacy in Fiction | Episode 42

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Pathetic Fallacy in Fiction | Episode 41

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Let’s Do This: Pathetic Fallacy in Fiction

1. To what extent do your characters reflect their emotions through the weather? Do you use weather and natural elements to enhance the feelings or mood of the story?

2. How might you use other kinds of pathetic fallacy to change the shape of your story? To what extent are the characters aware of their natural surroundings? Does nature in some way reflect the emotions of the character?

3. In what ways does nature or the elements act as a part of the characters in your fiction? Do they seem to embody natural elements in some way or do they act as distinct entities?

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