Red and Blue are complimentary to each other from the standpoint of a color wheel, but their meanings are complete opposites. Red is a warm color that stands for strong emotions such as anger, but blue is a cool color that stands for weak emotions such as sadness. This fits the character of Spiderman. Spiderman has to deal with the conflicts of battling villains, and many emotional conflicts. Soon after he gets his powers his father figure Uncle Ben is killed causing incredible sadness. When he finds out who did it he cannot control his anger and stops the burglar.
I chose a picture of faces covered in half by shadow. The light shows that Spiderman is good and a hero, but he must wear a mask to hide his identity and protect those close to him. He is originally viewed as a villain by the press which causes him to have to stay hidden even more. Though he is a hero he has many dark emotions and struggles that keep him “in the shadows.” His uncles death, his strange relationship with Mary Jane, and the death of his girlfriend Gwen Stacy are only a few of his personal struggles.
Spiderman is rarely shown standing straight up and he always has a triangular shape. The triangle is very fitting for Spiderman because it has many meanings. Some view the triangle as a symbol of God because of the Trinity. This shows Spiderman as someone who is above normal people. It is also viewed as a shape of strength and stability. Pyramids need to have a strong base to stay up and need to stay strong all the way to the top. Spiderman is a strong hero both physically, wide base, and emotionally, strong all the way up to the top.
The color scheme for the Green Goblin is very clever. Spiderman is red and blue which are 2 of the 3 primary colors. Green is created by mixing blue and yellow, and purple is created by mixing both of Spiderman’s colors red and blue. They have meanings that are very different than Spiderman. Red and blue have negative emotions, but green and purple have positive ones. That is very interesting with Goblin being the villain. Green is the color of nature, fertility, and life and purple is the color of good judgement and peace of mind, and he’s the maniac?
The light of Green Goblin is simple. He is an insane and dark villain. He seems to terrorize spiderman just for fun, and for that he is a dark shadow. Light seems to be almost non-existent unless its the blast and fire from him blowing something up with his pumpkin bombs. There is no good in side of the Goblin. It also fits because of his dark past. His wife died soon after their son is born which causes him to neglect his son and focus on taking more control of OSCORP eventually finding the serum that makes him gain super strength and enhances other attributes. It also causes him to go insane.
The Green Goblin is normally shown as a squared off character to show his dominance over the small and triangular Spiderman. The Green Goblin developed enhanced physical and mental attributes after being splashed by the serum he was working on. It made him physically bigger and stronger unlike Spiderman who stayed relatively small in size. The Green Goblin being older and more mature than Spiderman often gained the upper hand for many of their fights. Spiderman would just barely survive, only to fight him again in the future. The Green Goblin ended up being his own downfall by killing himself on accident with his glider.
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