Edward Scissorhands Meanings

Submitted by: anonymous
Added: 2009-06-28 18:51:22     Rating:

This is a humorous satire of suburbia and a fable. It has symbolism beneath the surface and has understanding of not belonging. Edward's scissorhands symbolize his difficulty to reach out to others, to communicate. And he may harm people literally with his scissors or figuratively with his trouble communicating. And his house that is profoundly different from the rest of the neighborhood also demonstrates his inability to fit in.

This movie also pokes fun at suburbia by having nearly identical houses and showing how irrestible gossip is in such a dull society. And seems to criticize suburbia's difficulty in accepting things that are different or foreign such as Edward and how they corrupted such a pure, naive individual.

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