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    him. Films such as Edward Scissorhands (1990) and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet street (2007) have been used to explore special concerns about outcasts and the power of your true identity. Burton has used aspects that are recognisable by the audience‚ for example‚ colour palette and characterisation to consistently explore these thematic concerns throughout the films. Tim Burton can be considered an auteur due to his use of a

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    cover. In Tim Burton’s beautiful film‚ Edward Scissorhands explains the true meaning of harsh judgment by society. This Drama-Fantasy film from the 1990’s shows how harsh society can be at an instance to such a harmless creation‚ which comes to show how quick people can judge without knowing. For many years now Edward (played by Johnny Depp) has been in lonely solitude causing him a lack of the outside world. His creator made him with a human heart. Edward is welcomed into Peg’s (played by Dianne

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    Edward Scissorhand‚ is a comedy‚ romance‚ sci-fi‚ which revolves around a love story between Kim‚ a messed up teenager‚ and Edward‚ a freakish mixture of childlike humanity and shear destructiveness‚ doomed never to grow up or share a home with other creatures. The film is an odd mixture‚ and at some points may become confusing. It is partly a gothic fairytale with the castle on the hill‚ but mainly it is a story of a normal community and how it is challenged by an outsider‚ and how difficult it

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    the eye misleads the truth. “Edward Scissorhands”‚ directed by Tim Burton‚ portrays this form of act at its finest‚ giving the audience the clue of how society is influenced wrongly through one’s worth of aspects. This film revolves around an animated human being named‚ Edward Scissorhands‚ created by the scientist‚ Vincent Prince. Edward’s creator unfortunately passed away due to a heart attack‚ leaving the created human being incompleted with scissorhands. Edward is left to also fend himself

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    Edward Scissorhands directed by Tim Burton conveys many ideas and themes to the viewer. Of these ideas‚ the most predominant are that of finding beauty in the most unlikely of places‚ and accepting difference. By exploring and understanding individual characters‚ in particular‚ Edward Scissorhands‚ and film techniques in this movie‚ we can develop a better understanding and knowledge of the ideas portrayed to us‚ and apply these to situations that we may face in our own lives. Edward Scissorhands

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    Edward Scissorhands‚ a film directed by Tim Burton‚ contains many allusions to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Both stories are centered on the creation of life and the difficulties that the one who was created must face as a result. However‚ Frankenstein is entirely composed of Gothic elements‚ while Burton chooses to sharply contrast Gothic elements with those of modern suburban life. In Edward Scissorhands‚ Tim Burton satirizes the conformity of American suburbanism‚ which is counter to many ideas

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    who cares and loves everyone. Her name is Peg‚ Peg welcomes Edward to town and gives him a nice place to live. Everyone is impressed by what Edward can do until Kim‚ Pegs daughter and her boyfriend Jim return from their camping trip. Edward falls in love with Kim the moment he laid eyes on her. Kim is rude and embarrassed at first but once Jim showed Kim who he really was she instantly knew she loved Edward. In the movie Edward Scissorhands‚ Tim Burton uses costume‚ color‚ and set/props to create a

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    In usual fairytale movies‚ filmmakers intend to make films that give happy endings with simple miraculous entertainments. However‚ in the fable movie‚ Edward Scissorhand‚ the director‚ Tim Burton‚ positions the viewers to understand the significant meaning of particular issues. “E.S” is can be seen as a story of stereotypical suburbia with social criticism. In this essay‚ starting from analysing this film and providing dominant discourse‚ the use of characters will be discussed followed by debate

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    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

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    Within the film Edward Scissorhands‚ the director Tim Burton exposes us to a vulnerable‚ almost baby like un-developed human in a full grown man’s body. We are allowed in to Edward’s strange‚ yet exciting new world where we experience in his many plaguing problems‚ of heart ache and confusion. Edwards’s problems are both caused equally by‚ his kind-hearted good nature and his trusting soul towards others‚ but at the same time by his rage and anger in desperate times caused by the cruel judging people

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