“It grew lighter and lighter, until at last the sun touched the tops of the still trees, and poured radiance over the hill. In glow, the water of the chateau fountain seemed to turn to blood, and the stone faces crimsoned.” (pg 132 The Gorgon’s Head)
I think that this is a very strong and descriptive passage. It first mentions the radiance of the sun coming over the land and it makes it sound like a beautiful scene. It then seems to take a darker turn saying that the fountain of water now looks a fountain of blood. I think that this symbolizes the death of Gaspard’s child and the revenge that he is planning for Monsieur the Marquis. It also says that the stone faces on the chateau turned crimson making them sound and look sinister. I think that this passage was important because it foreshadows some sort of bloody war or revolution to come.
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I also wrote about this passage in my journal, and I agree that the stone faces turning crimson foreshadows a bloody revolution. I also think that due to the heavily portrayed image of "stone" in describing the chateau of Monsieur the Marquis, that the description of the stone faces soaked in the red sunlight also foreshadows the death of Monsieur the Marquis himself. Furthermore, when it talks about the fountain water seeming to turn to blood, I thought that was very symbolic because the fountain is the center of the village for the peasants, and it may foreshadow the bloodshed soon to become the center of their lives.
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