by melaniewp | Sep 23, 2013 | Analysis, GCSE, Setting, Susan Hill, The Woman in Black
Is Crythin Gifford a real place? No. Susan Hill says she imagined the place being anywhere on the East Coast of England between Whitby/Scarborough and the Essex marshes. She does mention ‘Crewe’ but says in an interview that she just put this in...
by melaniewp | May 5, 2013 | Creative Writing, Of Mice and Men, Pathetic Fallacy, Setting
This example of setting, mood and atmosphere is from John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, from the final chapter which returns to the setting from the start of the book. The location is Salinas, California.The deep green pool of the Salinas River was still in the...
by melaniewp | Apr 30, 2013 | 11+, Common Entrance, Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad, KS3, Sensory Language, Setting
Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad Context: The main character, Marlow, is travelling into a remote part of the Congo to recover an employee of his company, Kurtz, who has ‘gone native’. Heart of Darkness exposes the dark side of European colonization (of...
by melaniewp | Mar 22, 2013 | 0 FOR KIDS, 11 plus, Common Entrance, Creative Writing, GCSE, IGCSE, KS2, KS3, Literature, Pathetic Fallacy, personification, Poetry, Setting, Technical Terms, Writing
Pathetic Fallacy is a technique for creating atmosphere in a story.Emotions are given to setting, objects and / or weather. This often reflects the main character(s)’ mood, or the mood of the book e.g. stormy emotions are externalised in a physical...
