Quicksilver Imagery

Quicksilver Imagery

The imagery of sight

The book begins with imagery of sight when the woman is executed. The author writes, “Enoch rounds the corner just as the executioner raises the noose above the woman’s head.” The reader is introduced to the expected episode in book one through sight imagery out of this description.

The imagery of Waterhouse

The author writes, “Waterhouse enters a tavern but immediately backs out of it. Looking into the place over his companion's shoulder, Enoch glimpses a white-wigged judge on a massive chair at the taproom, a jury empanelled on plank benches, a grimy rogue being interrogated." This description of what happens in the tap-room depicts sight imagery.

The imagery of the trees

The description of the trees by Enoch helps readers visualize the ambience of the surrounding. Enoch says, “Trees such as these have never been seen in Europe for hundreds of years.”

The imagery of eyeballs

The author writes, “He cannot look in any direction without seeing eyeballs just in the cat of glancing from them. Some of the other patrons run down the road to other taverns to advertise their presence here as if Root and Waterhouse were a public entertainment." This description of Waterhouse and rood depict sight imagery.

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