What appeals so much about the hair shop scene in The Gift of the Magi is the complete desperation for Della to find a gift she deems worthy enough for Jim. Because she has to give up her most prized possession I imagine the scene to have the emotion of being intimidating. Adjectives to describe the scene would be: Desperate, cold, grim, intimidating colors I imagine would be cool grays, whites, and dark wood colors with little color in them, a splash of red to indicate not danger, but a rather uncomfortable color shift. Initially I was thinking of using sharp shapes to express her sorrows but I feel I could include round shapes to help push the roundness of Mme. Sofronie.
