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"A man broken in spirit,
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"on his neck the face
of a biting vampire.
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"There is something terribly silent,
passionless about this picture.
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"The man spins around and around,
powerless.
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"He cannot rid himself
of that vampire nor of the pain
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"and the woman will always sit there,
will bite eternally."
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In his canvas
Death In The Sickroom,
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contrasted to the detailed,
staring face
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of his younger sister Inger,
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Munch depicts himself
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turned away, in profile,
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his face a blank mask.
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He was very happy that Edvard
had received the scholarship.
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But he was sorry that he had forgotten
to send Edvard's Bible.
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I've written to Edvard to say
that he must buy one.
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At this period,
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as he paints Mrs. Heiberg standing
outside her summer cottage,
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her shadow looming large,
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the psychic and sexual tension
of Edvard Munch
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is at an unbearable peak.
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Constantly, his nerves
are at breaking point
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as he struggles to find
the artistic solution
:37:44
to expressing his feelings.
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He is isolated from his family,
separated for ever from his father.
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His work is rejected
in his own country.
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He watches his mistress, Dagny Juell,
pass from one hand to another.