Voice of Fate (Auditory Imagery)
The novel opens with panels of action, overlaid by narration provided by The Voice of Fate, sent out through the Norsefire's public broadcast system. This auditory imagery establishes the pervasiveness of the fascist government's verbal propaganda: no matter where citizens are, they hear the Voice of Fate's message.
Thames barrier burst (Visual Imagery)
While narrating how she lived through the nuclear war that led Britain to become a fascist state, Evey recalls looking out her window to see that the Thames barrier had burst. The accompanying visual imagery shows the tops of London buildings sticking out of still water, showing the extent of the flooding that resulted from the riverbank's overflow.
Devil Horns (Visual Imagery)
When V arrives at the bishop's door, he removes his hat to reveal horns protruding from his forehead. This visual image is design to add to V's sense of menace and frighten the corrupt and predatory bishop, who, before answering the door, was reading a passage about the presence of the devil.
Viking Funeral (Visual Imagery)
Before dying, V asks Eve to give him a Viking funeral. At first she doesn't know what he means, but later she understands that he wants her to place his body next to the explosives he and she loaded into his flower-filled train. Before sending the train into the tunnel to blow up Downing Street, Evey arranges V's body next to the gelignite and lilies—a calm visual image that contrasts sharply with the destruction about to occur.
