Edward Scissorhands Character Analysis

In Tim Burton's expressive film, Edward Scissorhands (1990), audiences are exposed to the gothic world of Edward, played by Johnny Depp as he struggles to fit into the conformed and opposing world of the town below the dark mansion that he inhabits. This film is mainly directed at teens and adults and not children under eleven years of age. Even though most children would understand the storyline and recognise the characters intentions, they may not fully appreciate the true morals and themes of the story. The story compromises of many loveable and hatable characters but one character stood out to me the most and that character was 'surprisingly' Edward. Possibly because he had a charming personality, his opinions on the town was almost always
Left with scissors instead, Edward lives alone in a dark mansion overlooking a stereotypical, American, suburban town. Peg Bogg, a sweet, caring door to door saleswoman and her family live under the shadow of Edward's looming house. One particular day, after no luck in selling any makeup, Peg catches a glimpse of the black house in the sideview mirror of her car. Not knowing who or what could be behind the closed doors of this house, she decides to be brave and enter the house, determined to sell the makeup. Seeing him cowering in the corner, Peg discovers Edward and after an abrupt introduction, she decides to take him down to the town so that he may interact with humanity for the first time. I think that the main message in this film is that just because everyone has the same opinion about something, doesn't mean it's right. The vast majority of the townspeople in the film all had the same opinions about Edward. They liked him at first and then started to oppose him once bad things started happening that were associated with him, but this was only because of Joyce's feelings about him. They all followed what Joyce said. Joyce's opinion became everybody else's opinions. Only Peg and her family understood Edward's true self and his character because they talked to and interacted with him. Most of the townspeople probably hadn't even met Edward and yet they assumed what Joyce said was true. Therefore the message is to have your own opinion and not conform to everyone else without knowing the situation or intentions