Edvard Munch's The Scream

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Have your facial expressions ever portrayed how you feel? The painting, the Scream by Edvard Munch is a artistic genre of expressionism. This painting demonstrates a heavy feeling of fear & shock. Fear & shock are created in the painting by the artists design. The Scream is known for its mysterious character, significative colors and loud swirly sky. The mysterious character is a person clasping their face with there hands, wide eyed, on a bridge. The very famous play Macbeth by William Shakespeare literally represents painting, in many ways. Act 3 scene 4 from William Shakespeare's play, Macbeth represents fear and shock. At this point in the play, Macbeth is having hallucinations about Duncan’s murder while at a dinner event. Art and literature …show more content…

The location is very important in a painting because it will draw the attention as to where the dark or bright colors are located. In The Scream, my attention is drawn directly to the bright sunset then to the shocked character, and lastly the other two characters walking in the opposite direction. In William Shakespeare's play Macbeth, location is very important considering he states “This is the air drawn dagger which..” (Macbeth 3.4). The air drawn dagger symbolizes Duncan's murder,

The painting, the Scream by Edvard Munch is a artistic genre of expressionism. This painting demonstrates a heavy feeling of fear & shock. Fear & shock are created in the painting by the artists design. The Scream is known for its mysterious character, significative colors and loud swirly sky. The very famous play Macbeth by William Shakespeare literally represents painting, in many ways. Act 3 scene 4 from William Shakespeare's play, Macbeth represents fear and shock.When Macbeth began to hallucinate about Duncan's murder, it can be artistically portrayed by the Scream painting; fear and