to weaken his imaginative powers. On the allegorical level, the tortured landscape the narrator depicts represents his own imagination, fallen prey to these negative forces. This is shown in his painful attempt to recall happier times; “Out went my heart’s new fire and left it cold.”However, a dramatic change takes place when Roland finally discovers the Tower; or when perhaps the Dark Tower discovers him; “Burningly it came on me all at once,” Roland exclaims, and the “burning” although again a simple of destruction, also has a purifying effect. It purges Roland of his malaise and hatred, essentially ridding him of his ego and restoring his heroic sense of self-sacrifice. This change in him is reflected in the landscape- mountains rise, bells chime, he has a vision of his ghostly comrades. His imaginative powers are reawakened with his sense of duty, and “dauntless” he goes to face his doom....
