Textual Analysis Of The Movie Edward Scissorhands
Edward Scissorhands
The movie Edward Scissorhands emphasises how hard it is for a person out of the norm to actually be accepted by society. People judge others by their appearance before getting to know a person. When seeing someone or something to new, some sort of comment or reaction will come into a persons’ mind; whether it be good, bad, or just simply a thought. Many times if a negative impression is given off by a person that you are not well acquainted with, automatically you will feel a sense of disconnection towards that person; leaving the mentality that the other person is different and you do not want to accept their differences.
Edward is a perfect example for the new person that is shunned by society without, even consulting …show more content…
Once inside the house, the group, including Kim plan on taking money from the house’s safe. Edward is used to pick the lock. When Edward enters the room with the safe, the security system was tripped and he was trapped inside. The group scatters and leaves Edward to be caught by the police and blamed with the break in. Edward was taken advantage of and had to pay the price for Jim’s greed and jealousy towards Kim’s relationship with Edward. He is thought to be a freak and of course, everyone would assume it would be Edward that would break into a house and not Jim. In the movie, there were several gothic elements. The main ones were the twisted, convoluted plots, grotesqueness and architecture. The twisted plot, stems from Edward Scissorhands himself, he is not normal; he was created by an inventor and had scissors for hands. He was never finished because the inventor died. The grotesqueness in the story ties into Edward’s overall image. He is pale, his hair is long and messy and his clothes are dark and made of leather and other like materials. His hands look like mechanical scissors stuck …show more content…
There is a dispute over the female in the movie, and in the end one of the characters dies. He first appears to be a gentleman, he seemed to love Kim and was polite to Edward when he was around other people, but he became jealous. All the occupants of the town have the same kind of house and same type of life styles. When Kim began showing interest in Edward, Jim pushed him around and started drinking more. They were both outcasts to some degree and they never quite fit in. He was not like everyone else and that stopped all possibilities of him being accepted or thriving in the Suburbia environment. He didn't know how to live with normal people and he was so different in appearance that no one would accept him. By taking Edward out of his elements, he was forced to adapt to a "normal" lifestyle with little guidance or understanding. I don't agree with how people live their lives to only gain more money or power, but that is how things seem to run. He had a drive to accomplish something out of the ordinary. Heidegger wanted to see how people reacted to the fountain of youth, while Edward's creator wanted to invent Edward and make him a normal person, but halfway through his quest, he died, leaving Edward unfinished and left in the mansion
The movie Edward Scissorhands emphasises how hard it is for a person out of the norm to actually be accepted by society. People judge others by their appearance before getting to know a person. When seeing someone or something to new, some sort of comment or reaction will come into a persons’ mind; whether it be good, bad, or just simply a thought. Many times if a negative impression is given off by a person that you are not well acquainted with, automatically you will feel a sense of disconnection towards that person; leaving the mentality that the other person is different and you do not want to accept their differences.
Edward is a perfect example for the new person that is shunned by society without, even consulting …show more content…
Once inside the house, the group, including Kim plan on taking money from the house’s safe. Edward is used to pick the lock. When Edward enters the room with the safe, the security system was tripped and he was trapped inside. The group scatters and leaves Edward to be caught by the police and blamed with the break in. Edward was taken advantage of and had to pay the price for Jim’s greed and jealousy towards Kim’s relationship with Edward. He is thought to be a freak and of course, everyone would assume it would be Edward that would break into a house and not Jim. In the movie, there were several gothic elements. The main ones were the twisted, convoluted plots, grotesqueness and architecture. The twisted plot, stems from Edward Scissorhands himself, he is not normal; he was created by an inventor and had scissors for hands. He was never finished because the inventor died. The grotesqueness in the story ties into Edward’s overall image. He is pale, his hair is long and messy and his clothes are dark and made of leather and other like materials. His hands look like mechanical scissors stuck …show more content…
There is a dispute over the female in the movie, and in the end one of the characters dies. He first appears to be a gentleman, he seemed to love Kim and was polite to Edward when he was around other people, but he became jealous. All the occupants of the town have the same kind of house and same type of life styles. When Kim began showing interest in Edward, Jim pushed him around and started drinking more. They were both outcasts to some degree and they never quite fit in. He was not like everyone else and that stopped all possibilities of him being accepted or thriving in the Suburbia environment. He didn't know how to live with normal people and he was so different in appearance that no one would accept him. By taking Edward out of his elements, he was forced to adapt to a "normal" lifestyle with little guidance or understanding. I don't agree with how people live their lives to only gain more money or power, but that is how things seem to run. He had a drive to accomplish something out of the ordinary. Heidegger wanted to see how people reacted to the fountain of youth, while Edward's creator wanted to invent Edward and make him a normal person, but halfway through his quest, he died, leaving Edward unfinished and left in the mansion