The Lifted Veil
Describe symbolism in The Lifted Veil by George Eliot
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In Chapter One, we learn that Latimer's early life was marked by an unexplained bout of blindness. His blindness foreshadows his later desire to quiet his psychic powers, and it symbolizes a desire to not see.
The Lifted Veil