Tim Burton in his film “Edward Scissor Hands” communicates the dominant perspective that forcing others to conform to societal norms is a negative‚ paticurly when the focus is on someone who is marginalised through no fault to his own. In this instance‚ Edward is the brain-child of a well meaning inventor‚ however the Frankenstein sub-genre of film provides intertextuality that is wrong and irresponsible to play god with creation of life. Therefore‚ from the start‚ Edward is constructed as an other
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Compare the way in which the 2 films Frankenstein and Edward Scissor Hands represent stories of the misunderstood outcast in society. The 1930’s black and white film Frankenstein by James Whale and 1994’s film Edward Scissor Hands by Tim Burton are two movies about a misunderstood creation that is seen as an outcast and practically shunned by the community. In this essay I will be comparing the two films on the outcast‚ context‚ style and technique. The monster in James Whale’s production
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Edward scissorhand is a movie made in 1990 directed by Tim Burton. This story is about a man called Edward that gets created by an inventor with a few incomplete parts to make him look quite different than others. Being different and unique he finds it very hand and struggles endlessly to try and fit into the society he is brought into. He is challenged to adapt into the new life and environment that he has never experienced before. When Edward‚ an outsider enters into the community there is confusion
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Edward Jenner was an English surgeon that is now greatly known in the field of science as discovering a way to vaccinate for smallpox. Because of his achievements in the medical field of science‚ this has led to many other great discoveries and a way to control a great deal of diseases. Because of him‚ the smallpox disease is now virtually nonexistent. That is why he is also known as the “Father of Immunology” Jenner was born May 17‚ 1749 in the English countryside. His father was a clergyman. His
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Discussion Questions on Edward Scissorhands As you watch the movie you will need to take notes to answer these questions. The purpose of this film is to get you ready for the next role we will look at in depth which is that of the artistic designer. You need to consider the needs of the director and work with set designers‚ costuming and other professionals in the film industry for this job. I would like a rough copy of your answers to these questions to be given to the teacher at the end
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Archetypes of Edward Scissor Hands In the words of Carl Jung‚ a well-known psychologist‚ an archetype is “An innate tendency which molds and transforms the individual consciousness. A fact defined more through a drive than through specific inherited contents‚ images etc.; a matrix which influences the human behavior as well as his ideas and concepts on the ethical‚ moral religious and cultural levels”(Jung). This research paper provides different archetypes that are present in Edward Scissorhands
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In Edward Scissorhands the main focus of the film is the character Edward himself. Edward is an invention that would appear to be a monster‚ but has a very good soul. He was left alone and socially disconnected after his inventor died‚ leaving him “unfinished” with scissors for hands. He is dressed in a strange leather outfit and has a messy‚ untamed black hair. Looking into his eyes you could see the heartache of being trapped in an unwanted body. Edward resides alone in the dark dusty mansion
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Tim Burton is an American film director‚ who is best known for directing Beetle juice‚ Edward Scissorhands‚ A Nightmare Before Christmas‚ and various great films. Tim Burton has a unique style used in children’s movie‚ he uses a lot of gothic and dark themes that can be great for other movies such as the 1989 Batman film or Sweeney Todd both already have a dark setting with them and are great for Burton’s gothic style. Tim Burton’s films are mostly centered around being an outcast‚ a different person
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Inherent within humanity is the need to belong‚ in which an individual must accept one another in order to achieve a greater sense of connectedness and identity. This is firstly evident in Shakespeare’s As You Like It whereby the ideas of love are used to reveal how relationships are fundamental to one’s sense of belonging. Act 1 Scene 3 explores belonging and not belonging through love and nature as it establishes the plot at the mark of separation from court and country by Rosalind and Celia breaking
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Edward Hopper’s‚ Nighthawks Edward Hopper’s painting‚ Nighthawks‚ is perhaps one of the most famous pieces of art in which he completed in his eighty-four year lifetime. Nighthawks was painted in the early 1940’s and portrays three people sitting at the bar of a well lit corner diner‚ in the city‚ late at night or even early into the morning. There is a single male worker behind what appears to be triangular shaped wooden bar. There is no exit door. The lighting in the diner appears very bright
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