Symbols In Edward Scissorhands

Understanding the underlying meaning of symbols in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novels is a major key to actually understanding what is occurring in the story itself. There is a multitude of symbols pay attention to in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Out of all these symbols,however, Sunlight stood out. Sunlight plays a tremendous part in showing the emotion in characters, mood of the current situation, and foreshadowing major events that are soon to take place.

Everything a person encounters in their life affects their view on the world. In The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, Santiago does not feel like he is fulfilling his life to its highest potential. In order to achieve his full potential, he sells his sheep and takes off on a journey to fulfill his personal legend. The story is not just about a boy trying to carry out his personal legend, it is about the symbolic aspects of life and how everything in a person's life affects them. Fate and omens are main motifs in The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo that helped Santiago find this way through his journey and are shown by the symbolic stones from the king, the desert he traveled through and the treasure that was found.

"The First Part Last" has many authoritative symbols. All people, no matter who they are, have symbols that represent them and how they have changed throughout their lifetime. Throughout Angela Johnson's book, the main character Bobby had many moments that alternated the way he thought, saw, and reacted to things, and these each moment had a symbol that represented it.

The film ‘Edward Scissorhands’ directed by Tim Burton, is a modern-day fairy tale, that follows the story of Edward, a young man that has been withdrawn from segregation and introduced into a new way of life. ‘Edward Scissorhands’ is for entertainment, but that is not its sole purpose. The story is rather dark and packed full of many profound and rich meanings and emotions that are portrayed through themes such as: conformity, isolation and the significance of individual growth.

In the film, “Edward Scissorhands”, the main character has the power to cause much pain and agony but chooses a gentler path. Edward is angered when Kim’s boyfriend Jim tells

When a family lives in destitute conditions, they can barely take care of their selves, and when they take care of another person, it gets even harder to take care of everyone. That is exactly what happens when Liesel and her family hides a Jew, Max, in their basement in the book The Book Thief. Liesel’s family already has very few possessions, and when they hide a Jew in their basement, during the Holocaust, they risk losing what they have, each other. After Liesel and her family hide a Jew in their basement, Han’s accordion, paint, and the book The Grave Digger’s Handbook are shown as the three most important objects in The Book Thief.

In the book, The Awakening, the author Kate Chopin uses symbols to express meanings in her story about a young married woman exploring outside her comfort zone for herself and happiness. Main character, Edna Pontellier, feels trapped her in marriage as a wife and woman in the 19th century. In her quest to find her independence and true happiness, she does the unthinkable and her actions cause major conflict within herself. The book uses many symbols to express hidden meanings throughout Chopin’s story. A major symbol in The Awakening is the ocean. Since the book begins and ends here, it is a very complex and important part of the story. The ocean symbolizes freedom, growth, and rejection in Edna as she finds herself.

In the Film Edward Scissorhands, there is a thoughtful moment in the film, when Edward a character from the film is being instructed by his originator to shape Edward’s acuity. This moment is Edward’s origination of his personality, his capacity, and his absorption of everything around him. This is the one part of the movie that explains who Edward is and how he became to what he is. Other than that moment of the film, the story is about Edward, who in this society is the outlier because of how he looks, how he acts, and what he is. Moreover, Edward goes through a sequence of events that affect the people around him and himself due to his personality and his hands as scissors.

Tormented. Unfinished. Alone. Edward Scissorhands lives in a secluded gloomy castle that shadows over a vibrant neighborhood. He lives haunted by the ghost of his creator, unable to fend for himself until one-day Peg, the makeup sales person, ventured into his castle requesting for him to check her sales. Upon meeting Edward, Peg realizes he has scissors for hands, she then proceeds to take him home for a better environment. Which leads to the calm neighborhood to be scatter upon his arrival, the neighbors persistent to use Edward for their own personal gain. With Tim Burton’s use of cinematic techniques, the movie shows that Edward is an outcast and a contradiction to societies idea of normal. Burton’s unpredictable,

The inventor passed before finishing Edward’s hands, leaving scissors in their place. He is alone until a kind woman, Peg, finds Edward and invites him into her home. In the beginning, everyone is welcoming of him, until things take a change for the worse. In the film Edward Scissorhands, Tim Burton uses low-key lighting, and non-diegetic sound to develop an ominous and mysterious cinematic experience.

Similarly, Edward continued making snow for Kim and her family even when the neighbors tried to kill him- a sincere act of kindness that set him aside from everyone else. Edward was the good that can be found in the bad, but unfortunately, he was considered the wicked one, just as the protagonists in many of Edgar Allan Poe’s short stories. Clearly, Tim Burton’s use of symbolism in Edward Scissorhands emphasized the theme of individuality.

The first symbol that seem particularly important in terms of understanding Of Mice and Men is the farm that George and Lennie always dreams about. It symbolizes the nonexistent carefreeness and independence among the two, as well as their friendship because this dream contains only of Lennie and George, living happily together- no one else included. I feel that it is vital that readers note this symbol and understand it because friendship plays a huge part in this novella, and it is largely represented by the farm. Secondly, the dream farm is all that the two men really hopes for, from the beginning of the story til the end, and it is important for the readers to understand what it is about the farm that makes them so eager for it.

Symbols in literature, especially in short stories, are rarely what they seem to be at first glance. In the same vein, a story’s narrator can greatly influence the meanings of the said symbols depending on their perspective. In A. S. Byatt’s short story, “The Thing in the Forest,” both of these factors greatly influence the entirety of the work. As a reader, however, it becomes more and more unclear as to exactly what symbols are literal or figurative as well as who is the true narrator of the story. As I look at who the narrator may be, the meanings of the symbols become much more ambiguous. Characters such as Penny and Primrose, the two main characters of the story, are almost the only truly certain factors that are given to us. Thus, I

Edward Scissorhands is among the earliest works of Tim Burton, featuring a plot line of a non-human creation struggling to live in a human community and with himself. When Edward is first introduced to the audience, an extreme long shot is used. This demonstrated his little self-confidence regarding survival. Added by the cloudy sky and the shadows created by the roof, the entire room is lacking light to clearly see all objects without any difficulties. From this technique, the audience can experience Edward as a frightening person emerging from the middle of darkness with no specific origin. Later into the storyline as Peg attempted to hide the scars from Edward’s face, Edward’s gratitude is demonstrated through close-ups. At the same time,

Edward Scissorhands, directed by Tim Burton is a story about a monster (or outsider) who enters into the so called peaceful neighbourhood and disturbs the calm. the message of isolation and alienation is shown through the colour, costume/makeup and setting that are used through the film.