Pathetic Fallacy

• Scrooge - [BEFORE][S1] "Once upon a time" | "It was cold, bleak biting weather: foggy withal""

  • Fairy tale starting is to indicate to the reader to suspends their disbelief as to the fantastical elements of the story, in order that they benefit from the moral message.
  • Pathetic fallacy. Christmas eve is supposed to be a joyful and loving time yet Scrooge treats it as any other day of the year. Foreshadows dark events that may take place.
  • Alternatively, scrooge is blocking light.
• Pathetic Fallacy [S5] - "Golden sunlight; Heavenly sky; sweet fresh air; merry bells. Oh, glorious. Glorious!"

  • In Stave one, the weather in London has been used to reflect Scrooge; a form of pathetic fallacy. It was gloomy, grey, miserable - like scrooge.
  • The weather has changed with him. It reflects the positive mood in him and the true Christmas spirit.