The imagery of Hearing
The hammering and trickling, described by the author in his memoir, depicts the reader's sense of hearing. During the author's conversation with his father, the environment around was silent except for the hammering and trickling down of some drops from the drainpipes. The author writes, "Everything was silent, and you could hear only the irregular hammering of some drops that trickled down from the icicles on the drainpipes.” The imagery is critical because it plays an essential role in engaging the reader to hear what is taking place in the narration.
The Imagery of Sight
The narrator's uncle's mental and physical state is painted vividly to the reader using the imagery of sight. The narrator remembers the day his father acquired an old paper that was dust and dated 40 years ago. The narrator says, "My uncle was given to sad thoughts, and one could see that he was trying hard to evoke or drive away from some harrowing memories." The reader can visualize the reactions of the narrator's uncle.
The Imagery of Listening
When the castle's lady hears that the narrator is at the castle, she runs very fast to meet him after a long wait over three hundred years. When she finally meets him, she narrates how she ran from far to meet him. To assure the narrator that she was determined to see him, she asks him to listen to her heartbeat, touch her breasts, and feel her forehead. She says, "Listen, how loudly my heart is beating!... Feel my forehead and breast.” The acts of the lady of the castle depict the senses of touch and hearing to the reader.
