The novel Burial Rites by Hannah Kent is a fictional book set in Northern Iceland, describing the last few months that Agnes Magnusdottir has to live after being condemned to death for her partake in the murder of two men. While the novel is fiction it's based on true events, though the story is an interpretation entwined with historical facts of the murders that happened on the 13th and 14th 1828.
The film Girl with The Pearl Earring, directed by Peter Webber is a Fictional film about a young servant working for her master Johannes Vermeer. The story grows when he takes and articulate likening to the servant (Griet) who he then makes pose for a painting, without his wife knowing. Hiding the image and the girl from the gossip that the 17th century holds when encountering such an emotional picture and understanding. The film is based upon the real painting of the Girl with The Pearl …show more content…
Pathetic Fallacy is techniques frequently used as the landscape influences our response as readers and allot of how Agnes is portrayed. The cold and harsh understanding of Agnes is pushed at the beginning, much like the terrain. It’s cold the weather isn’t forgiving and continuously makes the scenarios harder for people, living and maintaining a household. This is reflected in Agnes as she comes across as harsh and cold, her views and feelings towards life have been reflected through the pathetic fallacy around Iceland.
The pathetic fallacy shapes Agnes adding to the characterization and ways in which she’s portrayed. Her character builds and grows as she is set a task of working on the farm. She's allowed to grow and express herself through the work she's set, building respect in her persistence and will to be an efficient worker. The importance of her work is a symbol of her hunger to be needed. She wants to belong, have a place, and a purpose. Though she’s disregarded and miss treated time after
The film Girl with The Pearl Earring, directed by Peter Webber is a Fictional film about a young servant working for her master Johannes Vermeer. The story grows when he takes and articulate likening to the servant (Griet) who he then makes pose for a painting, without his wife knowing. Hiding the image and the girl from the gossip that the 17th century holds when encountering such an emotional picture and understanding. The film is based upon the real painting of the Girl with The Pearl …show more content…
Pathetic Fallacy is techniques frequently used as the landscape influences our response as readers and allot of how Agnes is portrayed. The cold and harsh understanding of Agnes is pushed at the beginning, much like the terrain. It’s cold the weather isn’t forgiving and continuously makes the scenarios harder for people, living and maintaining a household. This is reflected in Agnes as she comes across as harsh and cold, her views and feelings towards life have been reflected through the pathetic fallacy around Iceland.
The pathetic fallacy shapes Agnes adding to the characterization and ways in which she’s portrayed. Her character builds and grows as she is set a task of working on the farm. She's allowed to grow and express herself through the work she's set, building respect in her persistence and will to be an efficient worker. The importance of her work is a symbol of her hunger to be needed. She wants to belong, have a place, and a purpose. Though she’s disregarded and miss treated time after