Bogle - Scissorhands

   

     Violence is something that the average twenty-first century American sees much of in his or her life.  It is shown in television shows, news programs, and movies. To be honest, I didn't see Edward Scissorhands as a violent movie. The only violence I recall was in the ending. There was a fight between Edward and Jim, Kim's boyfriend. When the violence did hit a climax, it was right after Kim had been hit by Jim. The fact that Jim hit Kim, was unnerving but it was not too shocking. Right after this occurred, Edward stabs Jim and then throws Jim out the window, killing him . Although this was violent, it was not upsetting or shocking. Edward was only acting in defense of Kim, and if he had not killed Jim, Jim would have probably killed both Kim and Edward. The violence of this movie is not overbearing, but it also does not add to any morality lessons like a classic fairy tale does.
     Classic fairy tales are much more violent than today's fairy tales. Take for instance Cinderella. As we know Cinderella, there is no violence, and everyone lives happily ever after. This is not the case in the original Cinderella. The original one, called Rhodopis, is much more gruesome. The stepsisters are so desperate with fitting into Cinderella's glass slippers, that they morphed their own feet by slicing off different parts of them in order to fit. The prince eventually finds this information out by two pigeons. These two pigeons gave the sisters the punishment of being blind by pecking out their eyes. The moral in this story is to be honest and never attempt to trick another person.
     Edward Scissorhands never gets to this level of violence. The violence in Edward does not have a morality clause like Cinderella, but is the violence truly needed in Cinderella? This is why many in the modern day Cinderella, there is no violence. Morals can be taught without the use of such harsh and gruesome violence.