430 blog #6

The image of justice the blindfolded woman holding a lighted torch represents justice. However the customary connataion associated with liberty represnting hope, is truncated by the odd and unusual appearance of justice. She is descibed as being blindfolded, which doesn't make sense because she should be able to see where she is going with her lighted torch. The painting's irregularity goes further, by portraying the figure behind a black setting, which suggests that the light she was carrying was "sinister" and not a promising symbol of truth or hope. This painting just adds on to the somewhat odd atmosphere repeatedly described by Marlow.