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The texts that we watch can be categorized into various genres. The film Edward Scissor Hands is a contemporary archetype of the gothic genre exploring themes such as unrequited love, human creation and societal rejection. Set In America in the 1980s by which a lonely creation named Edward is adopted into a small town whose cruelty serves to isolate him further, a clear example of a gothic text. We can see a clear link between the gothic genre and this film through the use of various gothic elements reinforced by filmic codes and conventions. A few key gothic elements evident throughout the film include; Women in distress, Dislocation, powerful love, the uncertainty of reciprocation, lovers parted and setting in a castle. Throughout the film the use of gothic elements is evident. An example of a gothic archetype in Edward Scissor hands is the setting, which uses juxtapositioning to enforce Edward’s isolation. In the first scene of the movie we see that Edward lives in a huge deserted castle on the top on a hill, surrounded by grey fog with big, creaky metal gates, isolating him completely. We then compare this to the neighbourhood, which is extremely colourful with neatly trimmed gardens. This comparison already sets us up to see that Edward is an outsider and rejected by society. The colours are also archetypal representations; the black of the castle represents death, loneliness and desperation where as the colour in the town represents life, happiness and hope. The weather also differentiates between the town and the castle as it is always sunny and hot down in the neighbourhood however up by the castle it is foggy and cold. The position of the castle again sets us up to view Edward as an outcast as he is looking down on society which shows us how much he wants to be a part of it but cant, and toward the end of the film we see how he looks down on society as a whole because of it’s cruel and prejudice nature. This is portrayed through a high angle shot, from