How does Kate Chopin use imagery in Desiree's Baby?

Example of Imagery:

The roof came down steep and black like a cowl, reaching out beyond the wide galleries that encircled the yellow stuccoed house. Big, solemn oaks grew close to it, and their thick-leaved, far-reaching branches shadowed it like a pall. Young Aubigny’s rule was a strict one, too, and under it his negroes had forgotten how to be gay, as they had been during the old master’s easy- going and indulgent lifetime.

The physical appearance of the house reflects the ethos of its owner.