The Grand Gallery
In the beginning of the book, a reader gets a chance to visit the Louvre and to take a look at the gorgeous Grand Gallery. Even though we will watch the gallery overnight, it will not lose its grandeur. The image the author provides us with attracts our glance and leaves a very strong impression. Readers are staring “into the mouth of a long, deep canyon”, and enjoying staggering “collections of Da Vincis, Titian, and Caravaggios” on either side of the gallery. Everything in the Gallery is just stunning, even the floor. Famous parquet floor “of dazzling geometrical design of diagonal oak slats” produce an optical illusion of “floating through the gallery on a surface that changes with every step”. This image takes readers to one of the most magnificent and most beautiful museums in the world and gives the great opportunity to enjoy it.
Château-Villette
Image of the knight would not be complete without a luxurious castle, so here it is. Leigh Teabing’s gorgeous property 185-acre estate “was more of a modest castle than a mansion” with landscaped gardens and glassy pond. The ‘castle’ is incredibly beautiful both from the outside and inside. Entering through the doors “of fine oak and cherry” that were so finely carved, so it can be equate to the work of art, we find ourselves in “a lush marble foyer, softly lit by tassel-draped Victorian lamps”. Then, we have an opportunity to visit Teabing’s study “six or seven times larger than even the most luxurious of office spaces”, that reminded “an ungainly hybrid of science laboratory, archival library, and indoor flea market”. Leigh has also noticed that he has “converted the ballroom” into the study, because he has little occasion to dance. This imagery was supposed to form a strong impression of royal atmosphere, but it seemed to be a bit fictitious. More likely, it was created in order to impress others than for comfortable living.
Silas
Silas’s appearance attracts attention, it is unusual and a bit chilling “He was broad and tall, with ghost-pale skin and thinning white hair. His irises were pink with dark red pupils”. The author portrays Silas in such a way for the special purpose. People with this type of appearance are considered to be mystical. As for Silas, he considers himself to be the executor of God's will and thinks that his skin “white like an angel” and fanatic humility are signs that confirm that. But he does not assume the idea that is burning in his “red eyes” could be evil one. This imagery makes the reader think a lot about what is good and bad. However, can a tiger change its stripes?
