Blade Runner And Frankenstein Comparative Essay
To what extent has your comparative study of Frankenstein and Blade Runner developed your understanding of the personal struggles experienced by individuals?
Both Frankenstein and Blade Runner were created at times of great innovation and technological advancement. Although the texts have different and are separated by 200 years, they both share a concern to explore this issue and come to very similar conclusions. Both texts claim that to be truly human is to manifest qualities of self awareness and comparison for others.
Both texts use the situation of the creation of another to explore the essential qualities embedded in our humanity. In Frankenstein, Shelley’s creature is lacking in a sense of parent child relationships. He narrates, “I am only malicious because I am miserable”. If he was nurtured at a young …show more content…
Personal struggles are often caused by human societal impact.
The story of Frankenstein is a prime example of how a person, or in this case a creature, can struggle to construct their own personal identity. Victor Frankenstein is horrified at the body of the now full of life Monster he has created. “Unable to endure the aspect of the being I had created, I rushed out of the room, and continued a long time traversing my bed-chamber, unable to compose my mind to sleep”. From the second the monster took his first breath of life, his creator took flight from him, never to return and play the mentor role that is so important early on in a new life. With no one in the Monster’s life to teach him basic skills like speech, communication or knowledge of any sort, the Monster is left entirely on his own with no influences to form a sense of self. Another factor in the Monster’s initial lack of identity is the fact that he is made of body parts from various deceased people. Victor Frankenstein “dabbled among the unhallowed damps of the grave”, to find the necessary
Both Frankenstein and Blade Runner were created at times of great innovation and technological advancement. Although the texts have different and are separated by 200 years, they both share a concern to explore this issue and come to very similar conclusions. Both texts claim that to be truly human is to manifest qualities of self awareness and comparison for others.
Both texts use the situation of the creation of another to explore the essential qualities embedded in our humanity. In Frankenstein, Shelley’s creature is lacking in a sense of parent child relationships. He narrates, “I am only malicious because I am miserable”. If he was nurtured at a young …show more content…
Personal struggles are often caused by human societal impact.
The story of Frankenstein is a prime example of how a person, or in this case a creature, can struggle to construct their own personal identity. Victor Frankenstein is horrified at the body of the now full of life Monster he has created. “Unable to endure the aspect of the being I had created, I rushed out of the room, and continued a long time traversing my bed-chamber, unable to compose my mind to sleep”. From the second the monster took his first breath of life, his creator took flight from him, never to return and play the mentor role that is so important early on in a new life. With no one in the Monster’s life to teach him basic skills like speech, communication or knowledge of any sort, the Monster is left entirely on his own with no influences to form a sense of self. Another factor in the Monster’s initial lack of identity is the fact that he is made of body parts from various deceased people. Victor Frankenstein “dabbled among the unhallowed damps of the grave”, to find the necessary