List at LEAST 10 parallels (characters, situations, events, etc.) that you see between the film EDWARD SCISSORHANDS and THE SCARLET LETTER. Don't be lazy; be creative and really think this through. This post is due by 11:59 PM on October 7th.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
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Rachel L
ReplyDelete1. Edward is like Dimmesdale
2. Jim is like Chillingworth
3. the neighborhood barbeque is like when Hester was up on the scaffold holding pearl
4. Edward's creators house is like the prison with the rose bush on the side
5. The time in the woods with Hester and Dimmesdale is like when Kim and edward were alone in the house
6. Ms. Hibbins is like the avon lady's neighbor who tried to get edward alone in the back room
7. Kim is like pearl
8. Edward being locked in the safe room in Jim's house and being alone is like Hester living alone in the woods
9. Hester sewing talent is like Edward's cutting talents
10. Kim defending Edward at his house on christmas is like Dimmesdale getting up on the scaffold and confessing to everyone
Tori C
ReplyDelete1. Edward's scissor hands prevents him from doing certain everyday things that make people 'normal' like how the scarlet letter prevents Hester from bring 'normal'.
2. The lady condemns Edward of being from hell just like how the the men condemn Pearl of being from hell.
3. The neighbor lady and Hibbens.
4. Scissor hands prevent love just like how scarlet letter prevents love.
5. Love looked down upon by society.
6. Jim tricks Edward just like how Chillingworth tricks Dimmesdale.
7. Hester used the scarlet letter for good and helps people just like how Edward uses his hands for good and also helps people.
8. Both couples are not allowed to be together because Edwards saves Kim's brother but still gets into trouble, and Dimmesdale dies after confessing his sin. Die through good-doing.
9. As they become more love-sick, both Edward and Dimmesdale act differently, Dimmesdale wants to tell people bad things and act out and Edward ruins the mirror and drapes and etc. out of anger.
10. Hester wants to get rid of the letter to be normal just like how Edward would want to get rid of scissor hands to become normal.
1) Edward lives by himself far away from others in the town just as Hester lives in a cottage in the woods.
ReplyDelete2) Edward has a special talent of cutting hair just as Hester is very skilled at needlepoint.
3) Both Edward and Hester possess something that frightens others; Edward has scissors for hands while Hester wears the Scarlet A on her chest.
4) People of the town gather to see both of these people; when Edward comes down, everyone rushes to see him and when Hester is on the scaffold, it is a almost a social gathering to watch her.
5) Both Edward and Hester are accused of being evil; a woman says that Edward is from hell and trying to carry out the work of Satan while many people in the town believe that Hester is a bad example to her daughter because she is evil too.
6) Edward does not tell a secret (that it was Jim's idea to break into the house) because of Kim, a girl he is deeply mesmerized by, just as Hester does not tell that Dimmesdale is the father of her child because she loves him.
7) Both Edward and Hester love someone they cannot be with.
8) Jim is jealous of Edward and is always trying to keep him away from Kim, just as the jealous Chillingworth is always trying to slowly weaken Dimmesdale.
9) Both Edward and Hester are very disconnected from society. They are both alone in the world without a family.
10) Edward and Kim share a kiss before Edward "dies" just as Hester and Dimmesdale share a kiss before Dimmesdale dies. When they feel like they are finally going to get to be together, they realize it is impossible.
1. The lady who played the piano and was very “holy” and weird and Chilling worth are similar in was such as that they both tried to keep people away from the main characters. Chilling worth tried to make it seem like Pearl was evil and that lady tried to make it seem like Edward was evil.
ReplyDelete2. There a somewhat sense of forbidden love in both. Hester and Dimmsdale could not be together and later on neither could Kim and Edward.
3. Edward and Hester where both considered the outcasts of society.
4. Edward and Hester both tried to do things that they thought where right but then they where looked at as evil. For example when Edward tried save the little boy and ended up cutting his face and the passion that Dimmsdale and Hester shared.
5. Edwards hands and Heaters letter both made them stand out from the rest of society.
6. At a point Edward becomes like Chilling worth when he wants revenge on Jim for deceiving him and Jim ends up dying.
7. The very skinny lady in the beginning of the movie and Mrs. Robinson both are like witches, they both promote evil in the town.
8. The skinny lady in the beginning is like Chilling worth in a sense that she makes everyone think that he is evil and Chillingworth makes everyone think that Pearl is evil.
9. The way that Hester protects Pearl is kind of like how the lady who brought Edward into her home. They are always trying to protect there children no matter what evil they may posses.
10. Hester and Edward both do things in the heat of the moment that have great consequences like when Hester and Dimesdale get together and when Edward kills Jim.
Colleen O
ReplyDelete1. After Edward's arrival to Peg's house, the women of the neighborhood stand on the corner gossiping. This is similar to when Hester is coming out of jail to stand on the scaffold.
2. At the dinner table, Kevin stares at Edward and his abnormalities. While standing on the scaffold, Hester has a huge audience of onlookers.
3. I saw a parallel between the woman in Edward Scissorhands saying "Power of Satan!" in relation to Edward's being, and the "Stern faced woman" from Scarlet Letter, whose opinions of Hester were not held back.
4. During Edward's talk show appearance, Peg has reason to interject and say that Edward will always be "special." This is similar to Hester's scarlet letter on her chest, something that will always make her stand out, and be special.
5. The suburban neighborhood with the pastel colors and husbands who all arrive home from work at the same time is similar to the Puritan community described in The Scarlet Letter in that each community is after perfection.
6. Edward's home on the outskirts of civilization is similar to Hester's home that was tucked away in the woods.
7. Although Edward has something that makes him obviously different, his talents are many. He is incredibly talented with his scissors, just as Hester is with her needlework.
8. Hester and Dimmesdale plan to run away together once their secret is made known to society. Edward runs back home once the town decides he is not fit for their society.
9. Although Edward came for a time to Suburbia and made his home in Peg's house, eventually he returned to the place he was truly comfortable, his house on the hill. Hester moved for a short time after Dimmesdale's death, but was said to have returned a few years later.
10. The neighborhood barbecue could be considered similar to Hester's stand on the scaffold -- allowing the whole community to get a view of the individual in the spotlight.
1. All of the neighbors talking in the beginning of the movie about Peg’s new guest; all of the townspeople in the beginning of the novel were gossiping about Hester.
ReplyDelete2. The woman who claims Edward is from hell; Hester and Pearl are slandered as being associated with the devil.
3. He gets attention only because of his hands; he would be like anyone else if he had regular hands. Hester would be like anyone else if she did not have her letter.
4. The neighborhood gathered in front of the castle at the end of the movie is a visual parallel to the beginning of the novel where the townspeople are gathered outside of the prison.
5. Edward is a social outcast; Hester is a social outcast.
6. Kim cannot be with Edward because of Jim’s actions; Chillingworth works to keep Hester and Dimmesdale apart.
7. Society would not accept nor attempt to understand the relationship between Edward and Kim, much like Hester and Dimmesdale.
8. What Edward is and how society sees him threatens to tear him apart; Dimmesdale is tortured by his actions and love.
9. Edward escapes his tormentors by going back to live in the castle; Hester and Pearl merely leave the town.
10. Kim and Edward can only be themselves with each other when they are away from the town in the castle or in the house alone. Hester and Dimmesdale only freely talk of their love and their feelings for each other when they are in the forest away from the townspeople.
Similarities between Edward Scissorhands and The Scarlet Letter:
ReplyDelete1.Both Edward and Hester do things to help others. Edward cuts hedges, dog’s hair, people’s hair, and even trims an ice sculpture for people at no cost. Hester makes clothing for the poor. They are both very generous.
2. Both Edward and Hester are set apart from the rest of society. Hester is always looked at when she walks by on the street, and was forced to stand on the scaffold. Edward was brought to show and tell, and on a TV program. Both Edward and Hester, are kind of put on show for the rest of society, at one point.
3. Both Hester and Kim find love but then have it taken away from them. Hester falls in love with Dimmesdale only to have society prevent them from being together, and eventually Dimmesdale dies. Kim finds love in Edward, and then society keeps them apart because she has to say he died to calm down all her neighbors.
4. The prison in The Scarlet Letter appears ugly from far away, just as Edward’s house does. However, once you go closer to Edward’s house you see the beautiful garden, and once you get closer to the prison you see a beautiful rosebush.
5. Both Hester and Edward are originally accepted into the society. However, they are both rejected by society after they make one mistake. Hester was a part of society until she committed adultery, at which time she became an outcast. Edward is accepted in society, until he breaks into Jim’s house, at which point society begins to make up rumors about how he raped someone and is a bad person.
6. Kim’s boyfriend Jim is like Chillingworth, because while they both have different intentions, they are both antagonizing and trying to torture Dimmesdale and Edward.
7. The woman who accuses Edward of raping her is like the leader of the other gossipy women, just like there is one lady outside the prison in The Scarlet Letter who kind of leads in the accusation of Hester.
8. Dimmesdale is kind of like the Avon woman who took Edward in because in the beginning Dimmesdale is the only one who feels sorry for Hester’s current situation, while the Avon woman is the only one who feels bad enough about Edward’s situation to invite him to live with her and her family. Both Dimmesdale and the Avon woman show kindness to people, most of society would not notice.
9. Edward’s hat with the red “V” when he robs Jim’s house is like Hester’s “A.”
10. Both Edward and Hester live far from society.
1.Dimmesdale and Hester’s love is looked down upon by society and so are Edward’s and Kim’s.
ReplyDelete2.Dimmesdale and Edward are at first seen as men or characters of high praise and well liked by the community.
3.Jim sabotages and tricks Edward as Chillingworth sabotaged and tricked Dimmesdale.
4.Hester and Dimmesdale are marked with the shame of the Scarlet Letter; Edward is marked with scissors as hands.
5.Both Dimmesdale and Edward experience change in the personas, Dimmesdale because sickly, Edward acts out.
6.The stories both share a tragic ending, neither of the couples can ever be together.
7.Edward is willing to do anything for Kim, and Dimmesdale was always willing to stand up for Hester.
8.Gossip was a major key factor in both towns
9.The mom acts as Edward’s Pearl; she almost never leaves his side.
10. Both of the bad guys are defeated in the end.
Ten parallels that I see between the film EDWARD SCISSORHANDS and THE SCARLET LETTER include
ReplyDelete"The sign of Satan"; for Edward his hands represent the sign and for Hester the letter itself represents Satan.
The housewives resemble the towns people, they are always judging Edward just like in The Scarlet Letter when the townspeople judged Hester.
Kim represents Dimmesdale because she hides her true feelings.
Jim represents Chillingworth because he is out to destroy.
The cutting of the bushes and hair portray Hester’s job as a tailor and how all the people in the town came to her for nice clothing.
Hester and Edward are both hiding, Hester in her seaside cottage and Edward in his lonely castle.
Bob and Peg’s family represents Hester and Pearl and how they were outcasts
Edwards Castle represents the jail and the beauty of the garden represents the rosebush.
Peg’s neighbor is like Mrs. Hibbin’s she tempts Edward into doing bad things.
Kim’s defending of Edward in front of the house represents the third scaffold scene.
Mariah C
ReplyDelete1. The people of Edwards’ town are bored they have nothing to amuse themselves. When he is brought down from his home the women gossip and whisper. The same with Hester, the people looked at her on the scaffold and whispered and gossiped about what they thought happened.
2. The lady that plays the organ from the beginning of the story accuses Edward as being from Satan. Chillingworth accuses Pearl as being the baby of Satan. When they both have no real evidence of neither being from Satan.
3. Edwards’ services far as cutting dogs and human hair can be compared to Hester’s. The towns’ people lined up to get their dogs groomed by Edward. In Hesters town they were awaiting for her great sewing skills.
4. At first people gossip about Edward wondering what is wrong with him, and then after they get to know Edward they begin to like him. Same as for Hester she used to walk around with her head down afraid to speak to people. As the book progresses she becomes some of the towns people favorite.
5. Kim cares greatly for Edward. She does not want to see him hurting or for anyone to hurt him. The scene where they force Edward to break into the home, Kim was scared to say anything to Jim. The same as Dimmesdale still took up for Hester but was nervous the same time.
6. The Avon lady wants to make Edward feel at home just as Dimmesdale wants to make Hester feel comfortable when they meet in the forest.
7. Jim is like Chillingworth. Jim thinks that what he says is always correct. As Chillingworth does when he is talking to Dimmesdale at the end asking him what is wrong with him, he wants to know why he is confessing.
8. Edward and Pearl are the same. They both hold their feelings in.
9. At the end of the book Dimmesdale dies leaving Hester to raise Pearl alone. The same as Kim tells the towns people that Edward has been killed by Jim, which leaves her alone.
10. Edward lives in a home all alone at the top of the hill away from others. Hester lives in her house all alone.
11. People both seem to be nice to both Hester and Edward then they turn on them when they are not happy with their choice.
Hannah P
ReplyDelete1) Edward has frequent flashbacks to when the professor was alive - this reminds me of the repeating of the scaffold scene
2) Edward reminded me a lot of Dimmesdale because of his popularity amongst the neighbords like how Dimmesdale was popular because of his sermons
3) Dimmesdale shares many qualities with Edward, such as being all alone and "incomplete" in a way and hiding something
4) Jim is a lto like Chillingworth in the sense that he is out for revenge on Edward and dies once Edward's situation is "better'
5) It's pretty obvious that Edward and Kim are paralled to Dimmesdale and Hester - they have a secret love affair going on
6) On the night Edward got into trouble, he and Kim meet in the night, like Dimmesdale and Hester are forced to do
7) Edward's scissorhands could be seen as his "scarlet letter" even though he didn't do anything wrong
8) Dimmesdale had such a skill for giving oving sermons, and Edward had a nack for giving hair cuts and cutting shrubs
9) The one neighbor who always flirted with Edward could be seen as the temptation Dimmesdale faced daily to tell the truth
10) When the professor was giving Edward lessons, it reminded me of how Chillingworth tried to "help" Dimmesdale, but it really hurt him
11) When the dog gives Edward a lick on the cheek, it paralles to when Pearl gave Dimmesdale a kiss on the lips
12) Mrs. Hibbins can definitely be paralled to the "witch lady" who plays the organ and is afraid of the devil in "Edward Scissorhands"
1. All the ladies gathered around and talked about Edward like in the Scarlett letter when the ladies were talking about Hester.
ReplyDelete2. That one woman came up to the ladies and said that Edward was the power of Satan, just like Pearl was accused of being part of Satan too.
3. Jim pretended to be Edwards friend and be nice to him the day they were stealing from Jim's house but Jim left Edward stranded.In the Scarlett letter Chillingworth pretended to be Dimmesdale's friend just so he could get something he wanted too.
4. When Edward first came to the pastel town he was misunderstood and an outcast just like Hester was.
5. Hester and Edward both had something significant that stood out, Hester's Scarlett Letter and Edward's scissorhands.
6. Kim and Edward and Dimmesdale and Hester both kept their love a secret.
7.Kim had a very good reputation and could have any guy that she wanted but she chose Edward and the same for Dimmesdale, he could have choose anyone but he chose Hester.
8. Hester and Edward tried to do things to help people but whatever they did, it was looked upon as bad or evil.
9. Kim covered up how Edward killed Jim while Hester covered up that her baby was Dimmesdales because they both wanted to protect their significant others.
10.The pastel town in Edward Scissorhands was very conservative just like the Puritan town in the Scarlett Letter.
1) Conflict of interest between Edward/Kim and Dimmesdale/Hester being together because of a significant other.
ReplyDelete2) Hester/Edward being ostracized at first, but slowly accepted into the community. Edward's leathery-like body symbolises him as an outcast like the scarlet letter labeled Hester unwelcomed in the community of the purists
3) The townspeople having a 'mob mentality' outlook.
4) Hester and Kim never seeing the man they love again, after the climax hits.
5) Both towns are a close-knit community, that is easily rocked by any sort of scandal and have have gossipy women who pretend to be so righteous and moral, but really have sinned themselves..
6) Both Kim and Hester are perceived as beautiful, and are secretive about their feelings for Edward and Dimmesdale.
7) They both have a crazy lady; Mrs. Hibbons is the crazy witch lady in Scarlet Letter, and that one super-religious lady in the neighborhood, represent the extremes of belief and non-belief.
8) Edward, like Pearl, doesn't have an active father in their life. Edward has his creator which dies, and Dimmesdale is secretive about Pearl's paternity.
9) Hester and Edward were nonconformists
10) They are both stories being told, after the fact when they happened
11) Edward's house was prison-like, like the Prison Hester was in. Dark and gloomy, with one beautiful plant as to brighten it
1. Edward's scissor hands are like Hester's scarlet letter, but the two do not feel like this made them less of a person or less worthy to be a part of a community.
ReplyDelete2. Hester's home and Edward's home are a like because they live far away from the town and away from people.
3. The feud between Jim and Edward resemble the feud between Dimmesdale and Chillingworth.
4. Pearl and Kim are a like because they both accept and love Hester and Edward even though the two are considered social outcasts.
5. The town's people from the Scarlet Letter are like the women that live in Edward's neighborhood. Both groups of people love to gossip and know what is going on in the town.
6. Both Hester and Edward were considered outcasts, but they tried to live like an normal town person. They tried to be as kind and nice as possible even though no one would treat them with disrespect.
7. Hibbins and the Avon lady's neighbor.
8. The barbecue was like when Hester was on the scaffold.
9. In the beginning of the movie when Edward is hiding in his attic, it parallels the jail in the Scarlet Letter.
10.Edward's ability to cut shrubs and hair is like Hester's ability to do needle work.
Melissa K
ReplyDelete1. Hester’s scarlet letter that she wore on her chest everyday and Edwards’s hands that were scissors - showed the townspeople there was something different about them
2. Edward and Kim shared a secret love that nobody knew- Hester and Dimesdale also shared a love that they did not allow the townspeople to know
3. Hester had a love for sewing- Edward had a love for sculpting things (grass, people’s hair, ice)
4. Edward’s castle was his place to be away from the people- the forest was where Dimesdale and Hester went to be away from people
5. Edward keeps secret about the break in putting himself in danger and ridicule, as did Hester for Dimesdale when she kept the secret of him being the father of pearl.
6. Edward and Kim could not be together neither could Dimesdale and Hester
7. Edward and Hester are both outcasts of society
8. The townspeople were very interested as to who Edward was because of his hands as the townspeople were in Hester for the scarlet letter she had on her chest
9. Edward was placed in jail for a crime which was not his fault. Hester was placed on a scaffold for a crime that was not her fault.
10. Jimmy is like Chillingsworth because he always found ways to keep Kim away from Edward because he knew Edward had feelings for her as did Chillingsworth when he tried to keep Hester and Dimesdale away from each other because he knew their secret love.
1. Obvious scarlet letter on Hester, Edward with his obvious scissorhands, both seen as bad at one point to surrounding people.
ReplyDelete2. Town’s people thought Edward was strange at first, town’s people judged him like they judged Hester and her scandal.
3. Jim was out to get Edward like Chillingworth was out to get Dimmsdale. Both thrived on the other’s pain, and wanted to use the other person for another motive.
4. Hester’s needle work was like Edwards hair cutting abilities. It was in high demands to the judgmental towns people.
5. Kim was like Dimmsdale, because her secret love for Edward was something she would not show because of what the others might think about it.
6. In the T.V interview when all the people are asking Edward questions the one they are most interested about is if he has a girlfriend, or care’s for someone else. Everyone is anxious to know but he never tells same with Hester she never tells that it was Dimmsdale who she committed her sin with.
7. The inside of Edwards home was so beautiful same with the inside of Hester personality.
8. Edward and Kim’s love has to be hidden when he goes to his home and when Dimmsdale and Hester hid their love once her secret is revealed.
9. Social gathering with the scaffold and Hester, and when Edward came down into the town.
10. Dog hair cutting parallel to Hester’s Gift as a seamstress.
1. Edward is like Hester because he is looked down upon, gossiped about, and not included.
ReplyDelete2. The Scarlett letter is like the scissors because they wore it around and permanently and everywhere they went, they were talked about for it.
3. Jim is like Chillingworth because he is evil towards the man his lover really wants.
4. People in the town talked about Edward and Hester.
5. Edward and Kim's love was hidden and Dimmesdale and Hester's love was hidden.
6. Hester and Edward used their disadvantage as a gift such as the A she used to advertise her good seamstress skills and the scissors were used to cut bushes and hair.
7. The barbecue is like when the townspeople are gathered at the market place while Hester is on the scaffold.
8. Edward is like Dimmesdale because he can't be with the one he loves because of the views of the townspeople and neighbors.
9. Edward and Hester both were nice people on the inside who had to face crude and evil acts of others toward them.
10. Kim's mother was like mistress Hibbins because she was a mother figure for Hester and the avon lady was a mother figure for Edward.
1. Hester uses her Scarlet Letter to sort of help people, she was always very kind, and Edward helped out people with his scissor hands.
ReplyDelete2. Edward and Hester were both loved but sort of looked down upon.
3. The religious neighbor in Edward Scissorhands accused him of being from the devil, while in the Scarlet Letter Pearl was accused of being from the devil.
4. Both Hester and Edward wanted to get rid of their burdens so that they could become normal.
5. They both lived out of the way of people. Hester lived in a small cottage and Edward lived in the castle on the hill.
6. Jim is like Chillingworth. He tries to keep Edward away from Kim, while Chillingworth tried to keep Dimmesdale away from Hester.
7. There is a forbidden love in both; Hester loves Dimmesdale and Edward loves Kim.
8. The women in both movies were gossiping. When Edward first comes to the Avon Lady’s house, the women are all out on the corner. When Hester is on the scaffold, the women are talking about her as well.
9. Edward and Hester were both stared at; Kevin stared at Edward during dinner, and the crowd stared at Hester while she was on the scaffold.
10. Edward escapes the townspeople by leaving town and going up to the castle, and Hester escapes the townspeople by leaving.
1. Edward’s Hands and the Scarlett Letter
ReplyDelete2. Hester and Edward
3. The rose at the beginning of the book and the castle at the top of the hill
4. Kim and Hester are both ‘loose’
5. Jimmy and Chillingworth
6. The neighbor who tries to seduce Edward and Chillingworth
7. The neighbors who gossip and the townspeople in the SL
8. The Haircutting/bush trimming and Hester’s embroidery
9. The odd neighbor and the witch in SL
10. The barbecue and when Hester was being watched on the scaffold
1.Edward is like Hester. They both are outcasts to society.
ReplyDelete2.People gather at the scaffold just as the nosy neighbors meet at the corner.
3. Edward keeps his love concealed like Hester keeps her love hidden.
5.The scarlett letter is like a punishment just like the scissors. They stop them from doing everyday things.
6. The boyfriend in Edward scissor hands is like Chillingsworth. He plots and scemes. He is suspision of the love between Edward and the daughter.
7. Both Edward have interest in handicrafts during their spare time. Hester sews and Edward cuts (hair, bushes, etc.)
8. The dark attic that Edward was in is just like the jail that Hester was in during the beginning of the story.
9. Hibbins is like the crazy religious neighbor.
10. At the end, the two couples both were seperated and were not allowed to be with eachother.
Hannah S
ReplyDelete1. First parallel is Edward and Hester. They are both outcastes from the society.
2. Second parallel is the scarlet letter itself and the scissors. They are both symbols and marks on Edward and Hester that difference between them and the rest of the people.
3. Third parallel is Jim and Chillingworth. They both use others for their own advantages. Jim uses Kim and Edward and Chillingworth uses Hester and Dimmesdale.
4. Fourth parallel is the societies in each. They are both at sometime or another very judgmental of Hester and Edward.
5. Fifth parallel is the neighbor lady and Hibben’s.
6. Sixth parallel is forbidden love. Edward and Hester love someone they should not and cannot be with.
7. Seventh parallel is the barbeque that everyone comes to and Hester’s stand on the scaffold. Both circumstances give the society a view at them.
8. Eighth parallel is Edward leaving and going back to his castle to get away from everyone, and Hester and Pearl leave town.
9. Ninth parallel is Edward’s house is dark, scary, gloomy, and frightening, but has one place where the sun shines in. The prison is all of those things as well, but has the rose bush.
10. Tenth parallel is Edward and Hester were both outcasts but had talents that brought them to be semi accepted by society. Hester’s needlepoint and Edwards hair cutting and bush trimming.
Bethany R
ReplyDelete1.) Edward gets caught stealing from Jim’s house and becomes an outcast, but Kim doesn’t confess that she was also a part of this crime and she feels guilty about it. This parallels to The Scarlet Letter because Hester is punished for her sin of adultery, but her partner, Reverend Dimmesdale, is not.
2.) Edward and Hester were both talented with their hands: Edward was crafty with his scissors and Hester was good at needlework.
3.) The crazy religious-fanatic neighbor in the movie parallels Mistress Hibbins and the religious-fanatic members of society who condemned Hester for her sin.
4.) There are town gossips in Scarlet Letter and in Edward Scissorhands, all of whom are girls.
5.) There are two escape plans: In The Scarlet Letter, Hester and Reverend Dimmesdale plan to take a boat to another country, and in the movie Kim tells Edward to run.
6.) At the end of both the novel and the movie, the two main characters are separated. In The Scarlet Letter Dimmesdale dies, and in the movie Kim tells everyone that Edward is dead and they never see each other again.
7.) Pearl can be seen as the little girl at the beginning and end of the movie who is asking her grandmother about where snow comes from. Pearl always asked Hester what the scarlet “A” meant.
8.) Hester is a beautiful woman who cheats on Chillingworth for the more sensitive Dimmesdale, and Kim is a beautiful girl who leaves Jim for the more sensitive Edward.
9.) Chillingworth plans revenge on Dimmesdale for having an affair with his wife, and Jim tries to kill Edward for stealing his girlfriend.
10.) Both Hester and Edward are forced to live on the outsides of town in seclusion from the rest of society because the townspeople feel threatened by both presences in both instances.
1. Jim is like Chillingworth because he is trying to get revenge on Kim and Edward.
ReplyDelete2. Neighbours are like the nosey townspeople in the Scarlet Letter.
3. Kim and Edward are like Hester and Dimmesdale because they are in love but they can’t be together.
4. Edward is like Hester because he does not fit in and is not accepted by others in the neighbourhood.
5. The religious neighbour is also like the townspeople in the Scarlet Letter and represents society because she things Edward is “the devil” just like everyone think Pearl is a devil child.
6. When Edward is being chased by the cops it is like Hester’s situation and how she is in trouble with the law, too.
7. Edward’s love for Kim is the same as Dimmesdale’s love for Hester. At first, Edward can’t have Kim because she already has a boyfriend.
8. Jim tries to get revenge on Edward and Kim just like Chillingworth tries to get revenge on Dimmesdale and Hester.
9. When Edward goes back to live up on the hill at the end of the movie because he doesn’t belong and it is safer for him, it is like Hester when she moves away to the Carolina’s at the end of the story because it is better for her to be away from the townspeople.
10. Edward would fit in more if he didn’t have scissorhands, just like Hester would be accepted by others if she didn’t have the Scarlet Letter or didn’t commit adultery.
1.The neighbor ladies in Edward Scissor hand and the women gossiping about Hester in the Scarlet letter
ReplyDelete2.The simple, stubborn, and routine life of the puritans in the Scarlet letter and the same one-tone color neighborhood, people going out to work at same time, coming back at the same time in Edward Scissorhand
3.The first dinner table scene in Edward Scissorhand, Kevin stares at Edward and his hand are like the people staring at Hester standing on the scaffold.
4.Edward’s hands (scissors) and Pearl as the evidence of Hester and Dimmesdale’s love
5.Edward and Hester; they are being the topic of others in their town, considered different from the townspeople, and they are isolated from others,
6.people use the sewing and cutting skills when they need it but criticize when one thing is wrong
7.Jim and Chillingworth; they become evil as the story goes along because of the woman they loved, and they both die at the end
8.Hester and Dimmesdale’s love and Edward’s love toward Kim was ignored by the society
9.Mrs. Hibbins and the religious lady; they are both into their own faith
10.Hester and Edward are being accused of because of what they did impulsively
Allie R
ReplyDelete1.The scissorhands set Edward apart from all others just how Hesters scarlet letter did.
2.Jim, Kim’s boyfriend was just like Roger Chillingworth, he was evil and always out to get Edward just how Roger was out to get Reverend Dimmesdale (the new guys).
3.The neighbors in Scissorhands are like the townspeople in Scarlet Letter, they all are wanting to know the latest news and whats going on and all give their input.
4.The religious creepy devil girl is just like Hibbins in scarlet letter, they have odd moments and represent evil
5.Edward ripping apart the bathroom shows his anger and stress even though he is not normally like that, and Reverend also whipped himself and let out his anger as well and it was both unusual for them to do so
6.Edwards house was way at the top of a hill and it stood out from all else, and the scaffold in Scarlet Letter was also high up for everyone to see
7.People did not know who Pearl’s true dad was and neither did the townspeople know who Edwards parents were
8.Edwards house was like the prison, it was old creepy and ugly but had beautiful bushes he created in front just like the rose bush
9.Kim defending Edward during Christmas time is just like how Reverend Dimmesdale defended Hester at the scaffold
10.Hester’s sewing talent is just like Edwards cutting talent
1)Chillingworth and Jim are both evil and have ulterior motives, these characters both end up dying in the end.
ReplyDelete2)Mrs. Hibbins and the odd lady who warns the neighborhood about Edward both are mysterious and ominous people.
3)Edward’s scissors mark him as “unnatural” just as the “A” Hester wears marks her as being not normal as well.
4)Pearl wears a red dress and she is the result of the actions of two people. When Edward touches skin with his scissor hands, red blood is the result of his actions, whether it is accidental or not.
5)The gossipy woman who talk about Hester in the Scarlet Letter parallel the woman in the neighborhood in Edward Scissorhands who are always eager for any kind of news about their community.
6)Edward and Hester are both skilled with their hands; Edward cuts bushes and hair with his hands and Hester is skilled with the needle.
7)The love between Hester and Dimmesdale can never be due to their situation, just as Kim and Edward’s love.
8)Edward’s eyes are dark; he rarely lets anyone know his true emotions instantly, with the exception of those he truly cares for. Hester’s eyes are dark as well and she also does not let people in easily unless she genuinely cares for them.
9)Both communities are “normal” until Edward and Hester come on the scene. The neighborhoods blow up when the slightest difference or change in their daily routine.
10)Edward’s home is away from society and he goes their for safety and comfort, just as Hester and Pearl regard their house (which is by the forest and also away from society) as a safe haven and a place they can call their own.
1. Edward- Hester- judged by society and cannot be with the one he love.
ReplyDelete2. Kim- Dimmesdale- loves Edward but does not originally show it because of what society might think.
3.Jim- Chillingworth- when Kim tries to break up with him because she loves Edward he becomes obsessed with revenge which leads to his death.
4. The garden next to the inventor's house is like the rose bush next to the prison. It stands out next to the gloom as something beautiful.
5.Esmeralda says Edward came from the devil like people claim Pearl and Hester are.
6.Edward and Kim cannot be together like how Hester and Dimmesdale cannot be together.
7.Society blames Edward for problems (i.e. calling him a thief and saying he tried rape Joyce)like how society used Hester as a scapegoat for their sins.
8. Kim and Edward do not end up together like how Hester and Dimmesdale do not end up together because Dimmesdale dies.
9. The women in the town gossiping about Peg's visiter are like the people in the town gossiping about Pearl and Hester.
10. Edward is being punished for being outwardly different like Hester is punished for having her sin shown outwardly (having Pearl).
1)Hester and Edward are looked down on by society, Hester because of the scarlet letter, Edward because of his scissor hands and both of them want their defect gone.
ReplyDelete2)At the end of the story Hester and Dimmesdale are unable to be together just as Kim and Edward are not able to be together.
3)Jim, Kim’s boyfriend, is like Chillingworth in the sense that they torment their enemy (Edward, Dimmesdale). Jim, by physically fighting Edward and also leaving him for the police during the scene where he was going to steal something, and Chillingworth, by torturing him mentally as his physician.
4)Both Jim and Chillingworth (the “bad guys”) die in the end.
5)Edward doesn’t rat Kim out for breaking into Jims house just as Hester doesn’t rat Dimmesdale out for being the father of pearl.
6)Both Hester and Edward had a certain talent, Hester being a seamstress, and Edward cutting hair and sculpting trees and ice.
7)Hester and Edward wore their shame on them (Edward his hands, Hester the scarlet letter)
8)Both Pearl and Edward accused of being from hell or sent by Satan
9)The gossiping of Lady’s in both towns
10)Both towns have a reputation of being “perfect” and both Hester and Edward are the exceptions and entertainment for the “perfect” community.
1.The whole neighborhood in the movie was interested in Edward just like the towns people were interested in Hester.
ReplyDelete2.Everyone in the neighborhood acts alike each other; so does the towns people.
3.Edward is an outcast like Hester
4.Both accused of witch craft
5.Jim is like Chillingworth
6.Edward and Hester had something that made them stand out from the others, scissor hands/ scarlet letter.
7.Crazy holy lady is in a way like Chillingworth by accusing Edward/Pear of being sent from the devil.
8.Edward and Pear both thought as a devil figure.
9.Kim is like Dimmesdale for keeping the truth hidden about Edward being alive.
10. Edward is alike Hester because of his creative way of cutting and designing things; Hester is a seamstress and puts things together.
11. Hester made pearl which was seen as wrong making people look at her differentlu. The scientist made Edward who was also looked at as different
1. They both lived in a isolated area away from the town.
ReplyDelete2. Edward and Kim love each other but Jim stands in the way. Hester and Dimmesdale love each other but Chillingworth stands between them.
3. Jim is mean to Edward and Chillingworth is mean to Dimmesdale.
4. Both had Talents. Edward: cutting hair/ bushes. Hester: embrodiery
5. Kim, Kevin, and the Parents get judged because of Edward and Pearl is being disrepected as well because of Hester.
6. Both left memories and stories behind for other people to tell.
7. Both judged by their outer appearance. Edward: Hands. Hester: Scarlet "A"
8. The town they live in is seen as perfect.
9. Perfect rose bush outside Hester's prison and perfectly cut bushes outside Edwards house.
10. Everyone in the town talks about them.
1.The women in the beginning gossiping in front of Peggy’s house are like the women in “The Scarlet Lettter” gossiping in front of the scaffold.
ReplyDelete2.The religious woman keeps coming around telling people to beware of Edward. This is just like the people in the town saying that Pearl is of the devil.
3.While eating dinner Peggy’s family was staring at Edward just like how the people were staring at Hester on the scaffold.
4.Edward went back to the mansion on the edge of the suburbs just like how Hester and Pearl went to live on the edge of the town
5.Kim never saw the person she loved ever again just like how Hester never got to see Dimmesdale
6.Kim hiding the fact that Edward killed Jim is just like how Hester doesn’t tell anyone about Dimmesdale
7.Hibbins and Esmeralda were alike they were both out there and eccentric. Hibbins is obsessed in witchcraft and Esmeralda is obsesses with Christianity
8.Both the village and the suburb are not what they seem.
9.The love between two characters is not able to be shown to the public. (Dimmesdale and Hester/Edward and Kim)
10.Both Edward and Hester have a skill. Edward is good at cutting bushes and hair, and Hester is a good seamstress.
1. Hester's scarlet letter is comparable to Edward's hands- both mark the bearer with a stigma that makes it easy for others to judge them.
ReplyDelete2. Jim's frequent antagonizing of Edward parallels Chillingworth's psychological torture of Dimmesdale.
3. The gossipy, judgmental women neighbors of the suburban town in Edward Scissorhands are similar to the gossipy, judgemental women who look down on Hester Prynn.
4. Although Edward is initially seen as strange, people after time respect him for his work as a hairdresser and landscaper. Similarly, Hester Prynn is admired for her skill as a seamstress.
5. Although both Hester and Edward are judged and treated badly by those around them, they both continue to live out their lives in relative seclusion, Hester in her cottage on the outskirts of town, Edward in his mansion outside the suburbs.
6. Esmerelda and Mistress Hibbins are both fanatics of some sort, coming in and out of the story with their crazy ramblings.
7. Hester's 3 hours on the scaffold are similar to Edwards's time at the neighborhood barbecue: both were put in front of the public to be judged.
8. The suburb in Edward Scissorhands and the town in The Scarlet Letter are both superficially "perfect", but underneath this facade, there is sin and imperfection.
9. Jim and Chillingworth both die in the end, when the their energies can longer be used to torture their victims.
10. Both Edward and Hester get in trouble with the law, but are ultimately subjected to the punishment of the people: judgement and ridicule.
1. Both Edward and Hester live in a seculded area distant from the town.
ReplyDelete2. Edward's house (his jail almost) has a big wooden door with metal bolts on it and flowering bushes outside, just like the Hester's prison in The Scarlet Letter.
3. They both have an obvious difference for everyone to see, Edward- his hands, and Hester- her letter, these differences set them apart from the crowd.
4. They are both publicly scrutinized at some point in the plot.
5. Edward and Kim love each other, and Hester and Dimmesdale love each other, but eventually have to part.
6. The women gather in both the beginning of the story and movie, and at the end, of the story and movie.
7. Jim taunts Edward, making Jim parallel to Chillingworth, and Edward parallel to Dimmesdale, because in the story Chillingworth tautns Dimmesdale.
8. The scene of the barbeque is similar to the scaffolding scene because all of the attention is on both Edward, and Hester.
9. When Edward does not tell that Jim and Kim put him up to the break in, it parallels Hester keeping the secret of who the father is, Dimmesdale.
10. Both the village and the Suburban neighborhood appear perfect and uniform, but in both the movie and the book, they all have their underlying problems.
1. Hester's scarlet A makes her different just like Edward's scissor hands make him different. They signal them out. They seem like nice regular people till you either see Edwards scissor hand or Hester's A on her chest, then people make the assumption that they're not.
ReplyDelete2. Edward house seems like the jail house. Both the house and the jail house seems horrible on the outside but the house has a beautiful garden and the jail house has the rosebushes. Edward's house can also be like Hester's because both are outside the neighborhood.
3. Jim is like Chillingworth. Both lose the love of the person they supposedly love. After they know they have lost that love they try to get back at the person who they think took it away. In this case, Jim with Edward and Chillingworth with Dimesdale. Both try to blame someone. In the end, their ambition ends up killing them because once they see Edward and Dimmesdale free from them, they have no one else's pain and suffering to feed on.
4. Hester works at a seamstress and she is really good at it. Edward turns out to be good at cutting hair, grooming dogs, etc. They both are good at what they do and people like them when they are working for them. Once they don't need them they are out casted again.
5.Both Hester and Kim end up losing the guy they love. After they realize that love and finally have the chance to enjoy, they get that taken away. Hester's love dies and for Kim Edward has to go back his castle.
6. The crazy neighbor lady and the women accusing Hester are parallels. Both in their situation point fingers when they are not innocent themselves. Another similarity is that both are making it harder on themselves with this accusation. The woman are letting themselves and other females down by not sticking together. The crazy lady is an outcast like Edward but she thinks the worst without knowing.
7. In the movie the wives gathered on the street corners to see who Edward was. They also start gossiping and talking on the phone about him. This can be compared to how the people in Hester'stown talk about her and point fingers.
8. The barbeque in the moovie is parallel to Hester standing on the scaffold. Everyone gathers at the barbeque to look at Edward just like everyone in the town goes to see Hester stand on the scaffold.
9. In the Scarlet letter everyone just notices Hester's sin. In the movie everyone sees Edward as different without thinking that they are different also. Since they are only looking at their mistakes, when booth commit a mistake or a sin and then are punish in the worst way and looked down on.
10. Edward hides what actually happened at Jim's house to protect Kim. Hester hides the identity of Pearl father so Dimmesdale won't get in trouble. They are similar because both lie to protect the person they love.
Katie Ke
ReplyDelete1. Both Hester and Edward are seen as social outcasts.
2. Roger Chillingworth and Jim are similar because they both seek revenge on the man who steals their love away from them. Roger Chillingworth seeks revenge on Dimmesdale while Jim seeks revenge on Edward.
3. Edward is like Dimmesdale because they are both unknowingly being tricked by their enemies into things that aren't good for them. Dimmesdale is tricked into a friendship with Roger Chillingworth who is secretly getting revenge on him. Edward is tricked into helping Jim break into his house and he gets in trouble for it.
4. Edward is like Pearl. Pearl is a young child and therefore displays innocence. Edward has had no human interaction for most of his life,so he doesn't know right from wrong, and is therefore like an innocent child.
5. The talk show with Edward is similar to when Hester is on the scaffold. When she is on the scaffold, she is being asked questions, especially about who the father of her baby is, and she refuses to answer. Edward is asked many questions, such as whether he has a girlfriend. He takes the time to think about whether or not to answer, but he never does.
6. Hester and Edward both possess special talents that gain them business from many people even though they are outcasts. Hester has the talent of fine needlework, which causes many people to ask for her to make gloves, scarves, etc. for them, whereas Edward has the ability to trim bushes into neat animals and give haircuts to people and dogs. His talent makes people desire for him to work for them.
7. Hester and Edward both have a mark that shows others that they are different. Hester's mark is her scarlet letter, which tells others that she is an adulteress. Edward's is his hands, which are made of razor blades, and therefore let others know that he is not like other people.
8. In both Edward Scissorhands and The Scarlet Letter, there is gossip from the townspeople and neighbors that continually goes on about the main characters from each story.
9. The ends of the stories are similar because Kim and Hester need to realize what is best for the men they love and need to accept it. When Dimmesdale dies, Hester learns that she needs to let him go because he is released from his suffering, and is therefore happier than he would be still living. Although Kim loves Edward, she needs to leave him in order to save him and allow him to be happy because he would no longer be around society's ridicule anymore.
10. Like Dimmesdale and Hester's forbidden love, Kim and Edward's love is forbidden as well. Because Hester is technically married, she cannot have any relationship with Dimmesdale according to society. Likewise, Kim cannot stay with Edward because he is seen by society as dangerous, which prevents her to pursue any further relations with him.
1. The home where Edward lived with his creator is like Hester's cottage.
ReplyDelete2. Edward's hair cutting and shrub work is like Hester's seamstress job.
3. Jim is the equivalent to Chillingworth
4. Kim is Dimmesdale.
5. Kevin is Pearl.
6. Esmerelda & Joyce are the witch.
7. "they killed each other"-kim.
8. Show and street corner is like Hester's trial
9.Scarlet letter = scissor hands.
10. Townspeople all follow trends like in Scarlet letter (gossip & witch)
Katelyn C
ReplyDelete1. Edward’s hands prevent him from living a normal life like the Scarlett A prevents Hester
2. The lady condemns Edward as being a ‘demon’ like the ladies in town condemn Hester. They are both outcasts of society.
3. Edward and Kim hide the love they have for eachother like Dimmesdale and Hester hide their love for eachother throughout the novel
4. Their are many feuds and disagreements between Edward and Jim similar to the feuds between Chillingworth and Dimmesdale
5. At the neighborhood barbque everyone interrogates and watches Edward. This is similar to Hester on the scaffold when everyone is watching her.
6. The townspeople in both Edward Sisscorhands and the Scarlet Letter cling to gossip and the lives of other people in the town.
7. The Avon Lady and her family love Edward despite his differences, just like Pearl loves Hester despite the Scarlet Letter
8. Edward's home is isolated and set away from the town just like Hester is isolated in the woods.
9. Jim tricks an innocent Edward into breaking into his house just like Chillingworth tricks Dimmesdale. Both Dimmesdale and Edward do not expect to be tricked.
10. Edward never tells anyone that Jim forced him to break into the house. He keeps it a secret. Dimmesdale keeps the secret of fathering Pearl throughout the entire novel.
1- Edward is rejected in a sense, just like Hester was.
ReplyDelete2-women of the neighborhood in the movie are similar to the crowd of women who talk about Hester on the scaffold.
3-Kim is like Dimmesdale because she lives witht the guilt of making Edward break into Jim's home.
4-Jim is like Chillingworth...he's a creep/jerk who wants to suck the life out of Edward.
5- Edward lived in a big castle far away similar to how Hester lives in the forest.
6- Edward is persecuted and yelled at by everyone in the end just like Hester was yelled at on the scaffold.
7- Edward is represented by snow as Hester is represented through the rose bush.
8- The town is dull and monotonous until Edward comes to town, just like Hester's town was dull before she had a baby.
9- The crazy religious lady has strange religious views similar to Mistress Hibbons' witchcraft.
10- Edward does not feel bad about his scissor hands at points of the movie(when he cuts the womens hair and bushes, etc) just like Hester did not feel shame for her scarlet letter.
Catherine L
ReplyDelete1. Edward did things for others like Hester did.
2. Edward was treated different for having scissor hands like Hester was treated differently for sleeping with Dimmesdale.
3. The barbecue in the backyard was like the gathering at the scaffold.
4. Jim was cruel to Edward like Chillingworth was cruel to Dimmesdale.
5. The kooky religious neighbor lady was like the psycho lady in the crowd in the courtroom.
6. The secret romance between Hester and Dimmesdale was like the brief romantic relationship between Edward and Kim.
7. Dimmesdale dying and Hester never remarrying is like Kim never going to see Edward after she helped keep him safe.
8. Jim dying is like Chillingworth dying.
9. Edward protecting Kevin is like Dimmesdale protecting Pearl.
10. The lady that tried to seduce Edward and accused him of almost raping her is like the lady that wanted Hester to have a more severe punishment.
Sam M.
ReplyDelete1.)Both the Scarlett Letter and Edward Scissor hands have sympathy for the main character.
2.)In the scene at the end of the film where Edward is outcasted and running through the neighborhood, is very similar to the scene in The Scarlet Letter when Hester is on the scaffold and being outcasted by the town for committing adultery.
3.)The religious neighbor that proclaimed that Edward was devious and a product of satin was much like Head Mistress Hibbins in The Scarlet Letter in her way of creeping upon the other women in the neighborhood while they discussed Edward and telling them to stay away from him.
4.)Edward like Hester was in Prison in a way because his house is much like his own prison since he ends up living alone at the end of the movie and doesn’t leave the property.
5.)Both Hester and Edward were treated differently by society and felt they had a disadvantage next to others at some point in their lives. Edward for his scissored hands and Hester for the embroidered S on her clothing that stands for her sin of committing adultery.
6.)Kim’s boyfriend Jim relates a lot to Roger Chillingworth’s character in his devious and jealous way of tricking Dimmesdale into his poor health, like how he tricked Edward into getting in trouble.
7.)Kim is a lot like Hester, when it came to her friends tricking Edward. She played along and didn’t say anything to warn Edward it was Jim’s house, like Hester didn’t tell Dimmesdale that Chillingworth was her husband when she knew he was subconsciously torturing him.
8.)The subdivision in the movie was very orderly and almost exactly the same, much like the small puritan town in The Scarlett Letter where everyone went along with life pretty much the same.
9.)When Jim dies at the end, Kim like Hester doesn’t really tell anyone what really happened and why they were actually dead.
10.)Edward’s eyes are dark and he doesn’t really express his emotions or feelings throughout the movie at all like Hester, and how she keeps the secret of Dimmesdale being her husband throughout the novel.
Allison S.
ReplyDelete1) Because of Edwards scissors he is unable to touch anyone without hurting them just as love was prevented in Scarlet letter
2) Hester has come to terms with her letter and Edward has come to terms with his scissor hands
3) At the beginning of Scarlet letter all the town’s people are talking about Hester and what she has done, when Edward first is brought home all the neighbors talk about him and want to know who he is.
4) At first it seems as though people accept them until they make a choice that people think is wrong or evil in some way and after that they are social outcasts.
5) Edward tried to find ways out such as cut hair and bushes just as Hester found a way out in her sewing
6) Jim tries to separate Edward and Kim just as Chilling worth tries to separate Hester and Dimmesdale
7) Kim and Pearl have many similar traits
8) In Societies eyes both of them did something wrong Hester committed adultery and Edward is only not accepted until after he breaks into a home.
9) There is something about both Hester and Edward that is unknown and that scares the people around them
10)Both Edward and Hester are not understood.
1. The people that reside in this town don’t have any other entertainment, but to gossip. So when something happens there they make a big to do about it. They were so eager to find out who was the new guest that the avon lady had brought home.
ReplyDelete2. Edward was being accused for being from Satan because he wasn’t like everyone else. The old creepy lady kept popping up throughout the movie and saying this.
3. Everyone is lined up to watch him work his scissor hands. All of the ladies wanted their hair to be cut by him and their dog’s hair, too.
4. Kim cared about him so much that she didn’t want to be without him.
5. Every time he would walk anywhere (mall or down the block) he would be stared at by bystanders.
6. People started to turn against him, lies were spread about him and now people were accusing him of doing really horrible things.
7. Edward kept everything he felt inside of him. He never told anyone how he felt about them or the situations that he was put into many times. Closer to the end of the movie, he decided to take out his anger and he sliced the walls in the hallway and bathroom.
8. The whole town came to find out if Edward had been killed by the police officer.
9. Throughout the movie Jim would try his best to keep Kim away from Edward knowing that he had feelings for her.
10. When Edward lived in the castle on the hill he was away from everyone. No one would dare go up and bother him, until the avon lady came up there one day.
1. Edward and Hester are both the outcasts of their society in some part of each of their own works.
ReplyDelete2. Both of Hester’s and Edward’s professions involve them using their hands.
3. Kevin is Pearl in the movie.
4. Edward’s hands prevent him from being like everyone else and Hester’s letter prevents her from being like everyone else.
5. Hester and Edward both live on the outskirts of town.
6. In both works the neighbors or other townspeople are gossiping about the outcast or person that is different than them.
7. Hester and Kim are alike because their love is forbidden.
8. Jim is like Chillingworth.
9. When Edward is on the talk show is like when Hester is on the scaffold.
10. The odd neighbor in the film is like Hibbins in the novel.
1. There is a parallel between Edward and Hester. They both have outer flaws that all can see and judge them on.
ReplyDelete2. There is a parallel between the daughter's boyfriend and Riger Chillingworth. They both were vengeful and dwelled upon setting up the men that their women truly loved.
3. There is a parallel between the Avon woman and Dimmesdale. They are both loving people that are a part of something that is looked down upon in society.
4. There is a parallel between the daughter and Pearl. They both have a love and connection to people that society doesn't accept.
5. The women in the neighborhood parallel the townspeople in the Scarlet Letter. They all pass judgment on people they did not know because they weren't what was normal.
6. Edward's house parallels the scaffold. They were both raised for the whole town to see and equated with darkness, sin, and evil.
7. Edward was given the job of cutting hair in the twon which parallels Hesters job as an enbroiderer for the twonspeople. Both their skills were utilized, but they were still not accepted.
8. Both Edward and Hester had homes that were on the outerskirts of the town and away for normal living.
9. Edward's creator parallels Hester creating Pearl. Both people were loved as being evil or from Hell.
10. The first scene when the daighter is telling her grandmother about in the story parallels Hester telling Pearl about her Scarlet Letter.
1. Both Hester Prynee and Edward stood out to their communities because Hester had to wear the Scarlett letter and Edward had scissors for his hands.
ReplyDelete2. Both Hester and Edward lived secluded from the rest of the town. Hester lived in a cottage in the woods while Edward lived in a mansion on top of a mountain.
3. Hester Prynee was very skilled at needlepoint and Edward was very skilled at sculpting anything such as ice, bushes, and hair.
4. Hester had to stand in front of everyone on the scaffold just as Edward was the center of attention at the barbeque.
5. Chillingworth did not like Dimmesdale just like Jim did not like Edward
6. Outside of Edwards house was very pretty with the gardens and the outside of the jail was pretty with the rose bush.
7. The neighbor lady has a bright outside of her house but really inside she has many issues and Dimmesdale seems to be a perfect minister but really has many issues that no one knows.
8. Everyone in the Scarlett Letter stare at Hester while on the Scaffold and think about her sin making theirs vanish while when Edward first comes into the town everyone stares at him hiding their sins and problems.
9. When Hester and Edward are doing deeds and making the people happy they are liked but when they are not doing anything they are seen as an outcast and burden.
10. The Religious women and Mrs. Hibbins are parallels to each other because they both try and tell people their beliefs and no one ever understands or takes them serious.
Paula B.
ReplyDelete1. Every time Hester is standing on the scaffold, everyone in the town comes to see what's going on. This is also true for Edward whenever he is outside. Everyone in the neighborhood comes over to spy on Edward when he is outside.
2. Kim is keeping her feelings of love for Edward a secret, and Dimmesdale is hiding the fact that he has committed adultery with Hester.
3. At the end, when Edward is presented with a normal pair of hands, he throws them down. He can't imagine not having scissors for hands. This is similar to Hester's decision to not remove the scarlet letter because she can't imagine her life without wearing it.
4. Both Hester and Edward are not rebellious. In other words, they do not fight back aggressively after being accused of wrongdoings. They simply to choose to accept the consequences of their actions.
5. Edward's job cutting hair is similar to Hester's job as a seamstress. They both have unique qualities that set them apart from the rest of the town. These qualities are positive ones.
6. Jim is not pleased with Kim and Edward being acquainted with one another and Chillingworth is not pleased with Hester and Dimmesdale being acquainted with one another. Jim tries to separate them, just as Chillingworth tries to get Dimmesdale away from Hester.
7. Both Hester and Edward cannot go anywhere without someone stopping to stare at them. Hester's scarlet letter stands out the same way Edward's scissor hands stand out.
8. Edward lives in a dark attic, just as Hester resides in a dark prison cell at the beginning of The Scarlet Letter.
9. Both Edward Scissorhands and The Scarlet Letter are stories passed down by word of mouth to different generations. Both are told from the third person omniscient point of view.
10. Hester and Pearl move to a cottage in the woods away from the town in the end, just as Edward moves back into the castle in the end to get away from everyone else in the town who expressed negative feelings toward him.
Alison F.
ReplyDelete1.Hester and Edward both have somthing about them that makes everybody in the town talk about them.
2. everybody in the town, especially the women, always have something to gosssip about
3.both Hester and Edward fall in love with two "good" figures in the movie/ book
4. both stories are told, like Pearl telling the story at the end and jenny telling the little girl at the end of the movie
5. Both hester and Edward live in dark environments for parts of the book and movie. Edward on the hill and Hester in the dark cottage.
6. they both live seperate lives then the village/ towns people do.
7. There is always that one person in both stories saying how Hester/ Edward are both firgures of the devil
8. Both Hester and Edward have mementos of their doings; hester has pearl who is a constant reminder and Edward has the flashbacks of his lif with the scientist
9. when Edward uses his hand to cut the bushes, dogs hair and womens hair, everybody is watching, and when Hester is on the platform serving her three hours, everybody is watching her too
10. in both situations the police are involved, the popo in Edwards situation like at the court almost tries to help him, and asks the doctor if hes going to be ok and that he can o back out into socirety, and In Hesters situation the police officer has Chillingworth who claimes to be a doctor, come in and check Hester and Pearl out.
1) Edward and Hester will do anything for the person they love. Edward broke into Jim's house because Kim asked him to. Hester wore the Scarlett Letter and did not tell who was her partner because she loved Dimmesdale and did not want him have the same fate as she.
ReplyDelete2) The people in their towns both see them as a source of entertainment. One of the reasons Hester had to stand in front of the townspeople for hours and hours was truly because the people say it as a form of entertainment. Edward's haircuts were also a source of entertainment. They added a flair to the dull life's of the housewives.
3) Edward and Hester both took advantage of what other people thought would hold them back. Edward used his scissor hands to become a excellent gardener and hairstylist. Hester's Scarlett Letter made her have to sew it on all her clothes. So she started to make other designs and dresses for and ultimately became a better seamstress because of it.
4) Edward and Hester both were in love and others did not approve of it. Edward was in love with Kim which was frowned on because he could never hold her hand and other things that people in love usually do. Hester was in love with Dimmesdale when she was already married to Chillingworth.
5) Chillingworth and Jim are alike. They both do not like the people who were in love with the people who are in love with someone else who is the main character.
6) Jim is playing Edward, as how Chillingworth was playing Dimmesdale. Both of these characters feed of the people who are doing them wrongs generosity.
7) Edward and Hester live away from the rest of the general population, because of how they are marked.
8) Edward and Hester both live in perfect towns. In Edward's town all the house were perfect and hand the same general landscape. Hester's town was full of people who did everything by the book.
9) The towns both revolve around gossip.
10) Edwarad and Hester can't be with the ones they love.
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ReplyDelete1. the towns in ESH and Scarlet Letter both revolve around gossip.
2. Edward and Hester and both outcast from their towns and have a distinct mark of their past that is visible to everyone.
3. Amy and Dimmesdale are both afraid to stand up for the ones they love.
4. The crazy neighbor is a parallel to Mrs.Hibbins in The Scarlet Letter
5. Just like in the Scarlet Letter when Hester is on the scaffold and everyone gathers to see, the same thing occurs whenever Edward comes out in public.
6. Edward's house has a view of a beautiful garden just like the view from Giovanni's room over Rappaccini's garden.
7. Jim is not happy with Kim and Edward getting together like Chillingworth is not happy with Dimmesdale and Hester. And tries to sabatoge their relationship.
8. Both Edward and Hester work with their 'hands' to earn a living. Edward does grooming and gardening and Hester sews.
9. The townspeople gather outside Edward's castle like the town gathers the see Hester on the scaffold.
10. Hester and Dimmesdale are forced to meet in secret, the forest. Like Edward and Amy have to meet in secret and hide their love.
Forgive me for jumping into this blog. I'm an English teacher as well (or was -- I'm now the principal), and every now and then I check the 'Net to see if anyone else has explored the connection between Edward Scissorhands and Hester Prynne. It's been central to my American Lit unit for a long time. Until today, I've had no luck.
ReplyDeleteFortunately, I stumbled upon your blog, and I can't tell you how impressed I am! I applaud your students for their wonderful and insightful ideas.
Kevin Collins,
St. Thomas Aquinas High School
Dover, NH