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Isolation is manifested in Edward's strange appearances and behaviors misunderstood trapped – gothic house http://www.academia.edu/3620950/A_Psychoanalytical_View_on_Edward https://www.simplypsychology.org/Sigmund-Freud.html Edward Scissorhands Psychoanalysis: Freud Overview of theory unconscious mind governs behavior to a greater degree than people suspect. On the surface is consciousness, which consists of those thoughts that are the focus of our attention now, and this is seen as the tip of the iceberg. The preconscious consists of all which can be retrieved from memory. The third and most significant region is the unconscious. Here lie the processes that are the real cause of most behavior. id, ego, and superego (responsible for ensuring moral standards are followed) Repression – keep disturbing thoughts unconcisous Denial – blocking external events from awareness Projection – individuals attributing their own unacceptable thoughts, feelings and motives to another person Displacement – satisfying an impulse with a substitute object. Sublimation – satisfying an impulse with a substitute object. In a socially acceptable way (functional) Treatment plan

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Topiary – animals, hand Lives alone high above others – para 3 Large, dark, empty house Apprehensive of others

Jumps back when girl first tries to touch him Adaptive to put on pants Can opener sound brings back memory from invention Dad of the family “you need to learn to not take things so literally” Inventor: teaching him things, reading to him, (relationship with inventor) After girl finding him in her room he is quiet and conserved Creative Loving supportive relationship with the mom that found him Easily persuaded – naiive (woman in barber shop, to unlock doors to get into jims parents house) – para 3 end Isolation – moral –judge right from wrong (1:18min) quote “The years spent in isolation have not equipt him with the tools necessary to judge right from wrong. He’s had no context, he’s been completely without guidance.” “It’s clear that his awareness of our reality is radically under developed.” Anger from feeling betrayed – ruined drapes and towels Morality question: 1:25mins – “give it to my loved ones” -Edward “you’re walking down the street. You find a suitcase full of money. There is nobody around…What are you going to do? (A,B,C)” After being yelled at by jim, after hurting kim Edward cuts off his clothes and destroys tire, bushes, etc. Needs to learn how to functionally deal with negative emotions. Scared when he sees police car – runs Hug – brings back memories of inventor giving him hands in a present Inventor died that day, never able to put hands on Edward. Edwards scissors went through the hands, unable to be used. Edward caresses inventor and cuts him getting blood on his scissors Hands represented normality? “cripple” “disabled” accidentally cuts kevin when he knocks him over to save him from being hit by a car cuts another man on accident Edward is overwhelmed Jim tackles him. Edward cuts jim when pushing him off. Fighting with jim in tower at end. Edward cuts jim in stomach. Jim falls out window. Runs away. Relationship with girl. Says he is dead to save him. Before he came it never snowed, and afterwards it did...