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Pathetic Fallacy Defined
The ascribing of human traits or feelings to inanimate nature for eloquent effect, especially feelings in sympathy with those expressed or experienced by the writer, as a "cruel wind," a "pitiless storm," or the lines from Shelley's Adonais:
Pale Ocean in unquiet slumber lay,
And the Wild Winds flew round, sobbing in their dismay.
Sidelight: The term was coined in 1856 by John Ruskin, an English painter, art critic and essayist. While his intent was derogatory, the term is now applied in a neutral sense as a less formal type of personification.
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Wed Aug 20
- Knock-off Nigel 'Test': This, children, is what we call a _false dilemma_. It's an easy trick to use when we're trying to push an argument that won't stand up otherwise. The IT Crowd did it better - http://www.you tube.com/watch ?v=MTbX1aMajow
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Sat Feb 17
- Of the pathetic fallacy by John Ruskin (1856): Literary Criticism
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