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Frankenstein vs. Edward Scissorhands
My First Draft The extraordinary novel made by Mary Shelley, first published, in 1818 amidst a world of changing perspectives. Since then Frankenstein was made into many novels and films. Very alike, almost appropriated, Edward Scissorhands directed by Tim Burton in 1990. Both Frankenstein and Edward Scissorhands show Gothic displays. Marry Shelly who wrote about a man-made monster, who was very different from normal people and appeals have disrupted human's serenity. In contrast, Tim Burton uses his protagonist Edward Scissorhands, who is also extraordinarily unalike human beings. They are unable to evolve around human beings due to the effects of longs periods of isolation. Edward Scissorhands and Frankenstein both entwine using gothic displays as well as the three genres love, innocence, guilt, horror, revenge and fantasy. As for Edwards setting, the mansion where Edward lived with his inventor, is made of monochromatic schemes of dark and sombre colours. In contrast, Pegs family and the neighbourhood lived in a bright coloured village so that the place was filled with joy and happiness. Also, in Edwards room, Edward had cut out pictures of people with disabilities and placed them onto the wall. Likewise, In Frankenstein, beauty is considered a virtue of the good, while deformity and ugliness are automatically associated with evil. The monster does not look any better than Edward. The monster who has dark grey lips with scars all over his face lives in isolation as well. He goes around society hopefully to find a friend, but gets nothing but people running terrified or getting physically hurt by means of guns or bullets. ''... even bees turn their face around disgust...People send their dogs onto me''. Discrimination is one the most obvious theme. Discrimination is portrayed in many ways. The main type of discrimination used is appearance. Edward is called many names throughout the movie, for example, ''freak'', ''cripple'' or ''lose you to

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