Difference between revisions of "Pathetic fallacy"

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A '''pathetic fallacy''' is the ascription of human feelings to inanimate nature, as in the "angry storm."
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A '''[[pathetic]] [[fallacy]]''' is the ascription of human feelings or characteristics to inanimate objects or to nature, as in the "angry storm" or "the Sun smiling down upon you."
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[[Category:Literary Devices]]

Latest revision as of 22:02, October 26, 2011

A pathetic fallacy is the ascription of human feelings or characteristics to inanimate objects or to nature, as in the "angry storm" or "the Sun smiling down upon you."