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    Misunderstood? The life of Edward Scissorhands can’t be compared to the life of another. With the appearance of a monster found in a comic book‚ Edward is a great example of what an outcast looks like. In the movie‚ Edward Scissorhands‚ Tim Burton uses various techniques to show the out casting differences. There are many examples of Edward’s eerie appearance shown against the inviting pastels of the town suggesting how different he is. From dressing himself to feeding himself‚ Edward is a great example

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    opinions. In an American Romantic Fantasy film directed by Tim Burton‚ Edward Scissorhands‚ the meaning of independence is greatly exemplified. The movie shows the story of an unfinished creation‚ named Edward‚ who is living in an isolated gothic castle and who has scissors as his hands. Being virtually kind and hurtless‚ he is taken home by Peg Boggs‚ a local Avon saleswoman‚ who happens to stop by in the castle and found Edward there. Pegg’s husband Bill and his young son Kevin sincerely accepts

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    Edward Scissorhands is a 1990 American Romance‚ Horror‚ Gothic and fairy tale hybrid film directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp. The film shows the story of an artificial man named Edward‚ an unfinished creation‚ who has scissors for hands. Edward is taken in by a suburban family and falls in love with their teenage daughter Kim. Supporting roles are portrayed by Winona Ryder‚ Dianne Wiest‚ Anthony Michael Hall‚ Kathy Baker‚ Vincent Price‚ and Alan Arkin. Burton conceived the idea for

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    knees‚ as it flared in the night air like a fountain of silk. Gazing at the empty sky; the moonless night magnified the silence as the untouched‚ soft white layer of snow covered the ground like a blanket on top of you on a chilly winter night. Edward scratched away at an angelic sculpture‚ with his pointed lethal hands. He shadowed the pure and beautiful angel as he scratched intensely through the ice; his face‚ as pale as wax‚ as he stood in his borrowed‚ steam pressed shirt. I came closer to

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    trained in from a young age‚ Edwards problem is that he isn’t used to this. He has to be taught all these things. Each group of friends and family has little expectations . Edward has a lady who comes Edward and Othello are treated really well until they provide an advantage to society‚ once this benefit is complete these people are thrown out like trash. Still a delineation between a man and a woman. Othello just expects her to obey him no matter what. Edward is not believed when he says

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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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    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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    July 2012 30Th July 2012 ‘‘Peg Should Have Taken Edward Home To Live In The Town’’ Peg Boggs should definitely have taken Edward down from the mansion to live with her and her family in the local town. Edward got to experience how people lived down in suburbia and he got to meet various new people. He also had some great relationships with people and he was particularly close to Kim‚ the girl he truly loved. Peg’s decision to take Edward down to live with her family‚ resulted in him learning

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    in The Ugly Duckling and Edward Scissorhands. The Ugly Duckling is a famous fairy tale by Andersen. I guess everybody know this fairy tale. It talks about a ugly duckling. In fact‚ he is not a duck‚ but when he was younger‚ he looks like a duck. Other animals exclude him‚ because of he is not look like other ducks‚ he is ugly. He was so sad‚ and left home by himself. After he became a swan‚ others think he is so beautiful‚ all of them love and praise him. Edward Scissorhands is a sad love movie‚ by

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    Edward Scissorhands Tim Burton’s 1990 Edward Scissorhands creates a whole new world for viewers to enjoy: the classic‚ perfect world of suburbia with each family living the American dream versus the unknown world of an uncommonly gentle man who is nearly human. The film Edward Scissorhands shows that Edward’s gothic castle and the perfect town of suburbia are meant to be two separate worlds though Edward desires to live in a perfect world‚ and the people of suburbia desire a change of pace

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