What makes Edward Scissorhands a modern tragedy?

I think that one of the reasons that the film is a modern
tragedy is that it shows how the community terrorizes the individual.  In the end, Kim
and Edward cannot be together.  Even though that there is obvious love between them,
they cannot be with one another because the community repels difference.  The community
has nothing but disdain towards Edward when they recognize that they cannot use him for
their own ends.  Since Edward will not succumb to Romantic trysts and embrace self
serving ends, he is repelled by the community.  Edward endures the false accusations of
rape and causing harm to others and has no choice but the flee back to his castle, where
Kim must tell others he is dead in order for the mob to disperse.  I sense this is
modern for two particular reasons.  The first is that individual identity is sacrificed
for collective notions of the good.  There is little in this vision that reflects how
freedom and individual choice are validated by the social order.  The film does not
reject these ideas, for Kim employs them in saving Edward.  Yet, it reflects how those
who are different have to carry a different burden or weight than the cultural majority
or the conformist voice.  Along these lines, it reflects that while freedom and choice
are present in the modern setting, happiness might not be the full result of these
ends.  We see this in Kim.