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The Scream And Marigolds
“Marigolds” written by Eugenia Collier is a story about a girl who realizes the end of her innocent childhood after a childish action. In The Scream by Edvard Munch, we see a man who seems scared and confused, the world around him seems undefined and confusing as well. In Kiseg’s painting Scared Girl, we see that she looks trapped and scared. All 3 of these pieces there is a common element: scared and confused. In “Marigolds”, the narrator, Lizabeth, is scared on page 319 where she says, “The fear unleashed by my father’s tears.” This shows that she was feeling fear from how upset her father was. Also, in The Scream, we see the fear in the face of the man in the painting, he’s screaming from the terror of something. There are similar themes …show more content…
In the painting by Edvard Munch we see a man who is afraid, of what, we do not know. In contrast in the story “Marigolds” we have a young girl, but we know what she is afraid of and why she is afraid of it. The painting gives us a brief view of the terror in the man, we do not know what is scaring him and why. Different to the painting we see how the fear affects Lizabeth, in the painting all we see is the fear, no details. Another detail in the painting is an undefined background, which can create a sense of confusion. In “Marigolds” we also see confusion in the young girl as she’s maturing. On page 318 it says, “I do not now remember my thoughts, only a feeling of great bewilderment and fear.” This shows how the whole situation of the poverty, her father crying, and her mother now being the strength of the family is confusing for her. In The Scream, the confusion is not directly showed but it kind of leaves the impression of confusion. The impressions are similar, but the way they are left is different. The story directly states it but it is more interpreted by the viewer in the painting. The Scream and “Marigolds” are both different as much as they are

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