Jody
what does "as bright as the great light"mean? Through the chilly curtain of sleet, in the inter-mittent wash of the great light on the jutting cliff to the south, the massive silhouette of Bluff House loomed over Whiskey Beach. It faced the cold, turbulent Atlantic like a challenge. Standing three sturdy and indulgent stories above the rough and rugged coast, it watched the roll and slap of waves through the dark eyes of windows, as it had—in one incarnation or another—for more than three centuries. The little stone cottage now housing tools and garden supplies spoke to its humble beginnings, to those who’d braved the fierce and fickle Atlantic to forge a life on the stony ground of a new world. Dwarfing those beginnings, the spread and rise of golden sand walls and curving gables, the generous terraces of weathered local stone sang to its heyday. It had shone as bright as the great light that swept the water off Massachusetts’ rocky and glorious north shore. And it had huddled, shuttered in the dark.does this "light" equals to the "light" in the first paragraph? what is it? light from the passing cars?
Aug 13, 2014 12:20 PM
Answers · 2
It's the light from a lighthouse. The light at the top of a lighthouse either rotates or flashes, casting its beam intermittently. The verb "swept" suggests that this light rotates. Yes, the "light" at the beginning refers to the same light at the end of the paragraph.
August 13, 2014
I am guessing that it could be light shining from a lighthouse.
August 13, 2014
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