Pathetic fallacy
A type of personification in which the natural environment is described as if it is responding to, reflecting, or sympathising with human emotional states. Pathetic fallacy suggests a correspondence between inner feeling and outer world.
Real World
In Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights, the wild Yorkshire moors mirror Heathcliff's turbulent emotions — storms rage during moments of passion and grief, making the landscape an extension of his psychological state.
Exam Focus
Name the specific weather or landscape detail and link it precisely to the character's emotion — avoid vaguely saying 'nature reflects mood'.
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