Edward Scissorhands

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Edward Scissorhands

The film that I watched is ‘Edward Scissorhands’. Tim Burton produced it in 1990. Johnny Depp plays the main character. Johnny Depp has starred in ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ and ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’. The main genre of the films Depp has featured in is Neo-Gothic fantasy. In this essay I will be illustrating how Tim Burton, The director, creates sympathy towards Edward and why the community turns against him.

The story of the film begins with an inventor who lived in a Gothic mansion on top of a hill. This inventor created an android. This Creature was called Edward Scissorhands because he had temporary hands made from scissors. Unfortunately, the inventor died before he was able to give his Christmas present to Edward, which was ‘Human Hands’! The inventor taught Edward to function as a human being and he could walk, talk and cut. This special ability to cut and trim made Edward unique and useful. Edward expressed his emotions in a limited fashion. People were sympathetic towards him as they thought he was an orphan, helped him get a job and look after him. Until he was falsely accused of rape and burglary, this is what turned the community against him. He retreated to his house forever.

The way Edward is introduced to us is generally by accident by Peg; The Avon representative intruded into his mansion, and then came upon him. She was just wondering if she could get anyone to buy her products. Peg assumes that Edward is a lonely, frightened, traumatised orphan that needs some love and attention from someone. The reason this would make us sympathise with him is that if someone were orphaned then they would get our sympathy and attention as they lost their parents and would be grief stricken because of the terrible loss.

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On Edwards’s appearance, his taste in style is different to other people, which make him an individual. His secluded style is of a gothic appearance that includes new rock boots, black-skin-tight P.V.C outfit with buckles encompassing around. Edward has a pale complexion with scarring due to him cutting his face with his scissorhands. Edwards’s hair is also eye-catching as its eccentric and messy. People are scared by his gothic appearance; His appearance would make us sympathise with him, as he is individualistic and not indifferent to other people who would make people blank him out as a person because ...

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