An ‘uncommonly gentle man’, Edward, is the main character of the film ‘Edward Scissorhands’. Edward is an unfinished robot who has scissors instead of human-like prosthetic hands. He was built by an inventor who lived in a huge, spooky mansion on the top of a hill. The film ‘Edward Scissorhands’ is about this abnormal man who fell in love with a young woman. Because of Edward’s differences, the people in the community were unable to tolerate him and at last Edward hid into the mansion again. There are few differences Edward had in the film, and the biggest difference he had was that his hands, the scissors, were far more dangerous than human hand because they were sharp. Even though he was a gentle and respectful person, the existence of his scissor hands proved to be incredibly dangerous.
No one had ever tried to enter the mansion at the top of the hill until a huge outcast opened the door of the mansion and included him into her family. “Why are you hiding back there? You don't have to hide from me - I'm Peg Boggs, your local Avon representative and I'm as harmless as cherry pie…” Peg took Edward from the dark mansion and introduced the town to him where there were strange colourful houses and lots of people which seemed to excite Edward. Peg …show more content…
He was tolerant whilst having to cut so many people’s hair after one another, and he tolerated in his scissor hands. He knew that people might be scared of his scissor hands and yet he didn’t even show a sign of discomfort or disappointment. When Kim requested Edward to hold her, even though he loved her, because he knew that he might hurt her, Response from Edward was “I can’t”. Edward could’ve felt frustrated because of his scissor hands, as they were the biggest obstacle that stopped him from communicating normally with other people, but he never showed any frustration throughout the film except for the last