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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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    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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    Edward Scissorhand The story of Edward Scissorhand is a modern day account of beauty and the beast. The main genre of Burton’s film is a Gothic-Horror film with romance and comedy added. The story takes place in suburban America where the majority of members are familiar with each other’s movements and whereabouts. When Peg brings in Edward the majority see him as an outsider‚ they also choose to use him to the best of their advantage. After a series of events which tarnishes Edward’s name the members

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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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    years since the American film director and producer‚ Tim Burton‚ released Edward Scissorhands in the United States. The film was a box office success and it received nominations for some of the most important awards in the film industry. This was mainly due to the compelling performances of a star-studded cast‚ composed of Johnny Depp‚ Winona Ryder‚ Dianne Wiest and Vincent Price‚ among others The film traces the story of Edward‚ a young unfinished-experiment-man who had scissors as hands. He was living

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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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    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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    At first glance‚ it would appear that Henry James’ "The Turn of the Screw" and Tim Burton’s "Edward Scissorhands" have only one thing in common: they are both from the gothic genre. But upon looking closer‚ one will notice that there are a number of other similar traits between the two. There are noticeable similarities between Edward and the Governess‚ as well as similarities between Edward and the two children in The Turn of the Screw‚ Miles and Flora. There are also general themes which the two

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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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