colour imagery in thousand cranes
...ow down over the branches¡KThe grove stood dark against it¡KThe white cranes¡Kflew across the evening sun¡¨(66). Colour imagery: Red: intensity, tradition. Dark colour: negative connotation, degradation of tradition. Theme: contrast between guilt and innocence symbolized by the contrast between the white cranes flying across the red sun against the darkness. CHAPTER 3 Figured Shino ¡§The white and the pale pink seemed to melt into a mist with the Shino¡¨ (86) Colour Imagery: White: purity, hope, long life, cranes, tradition. Pale pink: tainted purity, tainted hope, shortened life, mixture of white and a hint of red, tainted tradition. Synopsis: Fumiko: - New Japanese image - Present in each transition - Combination of Japanese and Western Culture Significance: - First transition of color from white to pale pink - First alteration of Japanese tradition CHAPTER 4 Her Mother¡¦s Lipstick ¡§She flushed crimson¡Kshe had reddened sightly¡Kshe took the Shino water jar¡K¡¨(113) Colour Imagery: Cr...