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    Edward Scissorhands shows how many emotions can collide while still not being the right thing to do. Throughout the film there is exemplary acting and portrayal of emotions of characters perfectly. In this film‚ a young boy who was made as a robot being‚ was found and accepted into a new family and home‚ while still feeling and being excluded at the same time. In this neighborhood everyone was the same and had a repetitive lifestyle. As Edward gets used to the town he develops feeling for the teenaged

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    implements an outcast protagonist to emphasize you do not have to stick to the status quo to be happy or successful. When Peg and Edward are strolling through the neighborhood‚ Burton uses medium and shot-reverse-shots to show how much Edward sticks out from the rest of the community. Early on‚ this develops Edward as

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    popular actors‚ singers and all famous celebrity’s with the fancy cars and loads of money that mean something to all of these crazy fans. In the film Edward Scissorhands‚ Ed is very much treated like a celebrity he was discovered‚ he hit his peak of popularity‚ then as he made one little mistake the world turned against him and he crashed. This 1960’s suburbia movie demonstrates how the life of a normal family living the American dream changes when there is a “celebrity “around. Ed is a creation bye

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    Different directors show the different themes through camera shots. In Edward scissorhands the director‚ Tim Burton used different camera shots‚ different themes‚ settings and dialogue to show how the characters showed love. This will be looking at how the main character‚ Edward showed his love towards Kim‚ Peg’s daughter. Also how Peg showed her love towards him. In the starting scene‚ love is shown by how Peg welcomes Edward into her home. So he can experience life with a loving family. Peg’s the

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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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    Adversity‚ it is some sort of obstacle put in front of you in life that you have to overcome. A good example of adversity is in a book written by author Theodore Taylor called The Cay. It is about a young white boy named Phillip and a black man named Timothy and they are in the middle of World War 2 with America‚ Australia‚ Curacao and Great Brittan against Germany. They want to leave Curacao so they get onto a ship that is taking them to Miami but it is bombed on the way. As a result of this Timothy

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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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    the Edward Scissorhands& The Cabinet of Dr Caligari The pale face‚ messy dark hair‚ According to the inspiration from the somnambulist Cesare in the Cabinet of Dr Caligari‚ in 1990‚ Edward was created in the Edward Scissorhands by Tim Burton. There are a lots of horror element in both of films. However‚ they are shows us different types of movie. The Cabinet of Dr Caligari is a horror‚ but the Edward Scissorhands is a drama and romance movie. In the both of films‚ mise en scene and cinematograph

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    Stage 1 English Specialist Mrs Brindal‚ 2007 Jacqueline Bonsell‚ 1101 Word Count: 1‚397 Compare the ways in which the authors of two texts explore how society treats people who are different. The texts Edward Scissorhands - directed by Tim Burton - and To Kill a Mockingbird - a controversial novel written by Harper Lee - both explore the ways in which society treats people who are not like them whether it is because they look or act different. Both texts demonstrate how a misunderstood character

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    as his personality contrast his outside‚ in other words is very likeable and nice. Despite trying to fit in and feel normal‚ the society will not accept Grotesque characters‚ for they miss the society´s idea of what is normal to look like and act like. Furthermore‚ it is often just the society´s judgemental reactions that make the Grotesque character act like a monster‚ being a part of a self-defense mechanism. Another characteristic typical for a Grotesque character is being a Christ figure. As

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