Weather In Moulin Rouge

This sets the scene very well. Mary Shelly didn’t decide to use any type of weather for this scene, because it wouldn’t look dark and build tension enough. For example a sunny weather would probably be used to show a happy mood of a scene. An important theme she uses is ‘Nature & Nurture’.

In Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, numerous references are made to different conditions of weather. Even the title of the novel suggests the storminess present in nearly the entire book. The often-changing weather serves to signify the characters’ personalities, as well as the changes that they go through during the course of their lives.

The morning of Duncan’s murder, Lennox feels that something horrible occurred the night before. Lennox says, “The night has been unruly: where we lay, our chimneys were blown down, and as they say…of dire combustion and confused events” (2, iii, 58-62). This connects the weather and how it reacts to the untimely and brutal murder of King Duncan. Lennox describes that the night was chaotic, the chimneys made a lot of noise, and that the Earth was shaking so badly it could be described as if it was having a fever. These events prove that weather is significant in the play as it alters the viewers’ or readers’ perception.

When it comes to literature, weather can be used in many different ways. It can symbolize theme, set the mood of the story, and even affect the plot. In Tangerine by Edward Bloor, the weather acts as a plot device and as a symbol.

In “Sur” Guin uses the weather as one of the main symbols. Throughout the whole story of “Sur” Guin is very descriptive about the weather. For instance “It was over-cast, white weather, without shadows and without visible horizon or any feature to break the level; there was nothing else at all” (Guin 167). This quote shows how Guin is

As a symbol of tragedy rain is frequently used by Hemingway in this novel. Rain is a symbol of disaster already beginning in the first chapter when the reader learns that the war is not going well and that the " the permanent rain brought the cholera". Here rain is related to illness. Rain also falls when Frederic and Catherine are looking for a hotel room so they can be together before Frederic must leave for the front. Catherine buys a nightgown for the evening. And when they find a room, she looks in the mirrors and feels cheap, while Frederic looks outside at the storm. The rain degrades the farewell of Frederic, and Catherine tells him that „[she] never felt like a whore before". Rain also falls during the troop's retreat which is symbolizing a failure. One night when Catherine and Frederic are in the hotel in Italy, Frederic awakens to the sound of rain and learns that he will be arrested. And during their time of escape from Italy to Switzerland it is very windy and rainy. That symbolizes how their escape would definitely be difficult. It takes them many hours to row to Switzerland’s shore.

We notice that the headlines are about the heat. Lee adds more of a yellow shade to the paper stand and the newspapers themselves, which helps us to better grasp that it is a hot summer day. There are many colors incorporated - yellow, red and orange are used vividly throughout the scene. The colors allow us to associate with the weather and certain emotions that are being felt by some of the characters. During the introduction of the scene, Lee uses different camera angles and sound to place a stronger focus on the water and refreshments in this scene to show emphasis on the temperature. We are shown a close up camera angle of a girl submerging her face in water to cool herself off and a side view of another person avoiding the heat by standing directly under a showerhead as the water slowly pours out. By slowing down both clips, Lee makes us remember the feeling of the cold water on a hot summer day. We are also taken to a street where all the neighbor kids are playing and the excitement that they feel when all the water starts spraying out of the fire hydrant is vividly displayed. The camera rises and shows us how much everyone enjoying the water and having fun. These angles help the audience share the feeling with the characters and remember hot days in the summer that they have experienced.

Weather, in the form of wind, thunder and lightning, and mist, provides powerful symbolism for the conflicts in Tony's life.	

The cause for all the tension in the movie can perhaps be attributed to the heat on this particular day, which ‘rises off the asphalt in quivering waves’. The temperatures were soaring high and the hottest day of the year, brought catastrophes with it. It was as if the tension was frozen and this heat let it all out. And thus all the emotions are opened wide and released.

When the rain gets louder and drowns out the music, it serves to enlighten the audience that something bad is likely to happen to Marion. Despite the beginning’s slow start, the fast pace of the music and sounds succeed in gradually building up suspense and making the beginning more dramatic and meaningful.

Weather is used in every piece of literature to give the writing a since of tone. Rain typically represents a drowsy, sad and mellow atmosphere, while heat brings out the frustration between characters. In The Great Gatsby weather is used in these general terms, but has two very important details that the average reader often overlooks. The two types of weather, heat and rain, are brought to life and acts as a mask to hide the true feeling of the characters. In The Great Gatsby Fitzgerald uses weather as a symbol of the revelation of truth that Daisy and Gatsby come to on their own.

In addition to camera movements, he uses camera distances and framing to create images that make the audience feel cheerful. When he frames a shot, if it takes place outside, there is ample amount of bountiful nature within the frame. The most prominent example of this is toward the end of the film when the narrator is describing the after effects of the massive storm. It is a medium close up but the narrator is only in a small portion of the frame, the rest if a

Julius Caesar and The Great Gatsby both utilizes the changes in weather in the narrative to symbolize the moments that were happen. In Julius Caesar a storm happens with “Thunder and lightning” and “scolding winds” this is used to represent the status of Rome at the moment . however it’s also used to create the mood, foreshadowing the death of Caesar, making it storm on the day he will die (Shakespeare). This is similar to The Great

In literature, weather is a mechanism used to enhance and create mood. In the novel Life of Pi, it is used successfully in this way. However, Yann Martel’s use of weather in the story also portrays the overwhelming commotion in Pi’s subconscious as he undergoes 227 days at sea. The parallels between the weather and Pi’s journey of transcending his safety net, his normalcy, and his childhood are evident throughout the novel. Weather is a representation of the wholehearted connection Pi has with nature, as it often accurately represents his thoughts and emotions. Yann Martel uses weather as a medium to encapsulate the reader and put them in the novel, but also to convey the dire circumstances of Pi’s mind.

Pathetic Fallacy is used by Shakespeare to create a mood of malevolence and darkness. Thunder and lightning is used frequently in the early stages of the play to highlight the lack of balance in the natural world. For example, when the conspirators are trying to convince Brutus to join the conspiracy there is a storm with thunder and lightning, this creates an ominous tone as an Elizabethan audience would have recognised the storm as an omen of unrest. The Elizabethans believed that storms released forces of evil and unrest, this indicates the unnatural dominance of corruption. The turmoil of the heavens directly represents the state of Rome and the minds of men, in particular, Brutus. The rampant storm and the peculiar signs of disharmony are misinterpreted by Caesar and this becomes an increasing important concern in the play. The ambiguities present in the omens are summed up by Cicero, men may construe things after their fashion clean from the purpose of the things themselves. This is one message that Shakespeare presents to the audience, men at some stage are masters of their fates.