Comparing Frankenstein And Blade Runner

There are many ways in which ‘Frankenstein’ and ‘Blade Runner’ reveal the changing and maintaining of values and perspectives involving mankind’s inter-relationship with science and technology. In ‘Frankenstein’ the idea of science and its role in allowing humans to become closer to God through natural beauty, demonstrated in the romantic references throughout the novel are transformed by Ridley Scott’s
‘Blade Runner’ as instead there is a perception of science and its negative effects on humanity, clearly depicted through the dystopian society created in the opening scene. Another perspective which is shared by ‘Frankenstein’ and ‘Blade Runner’ is on the subject of moral ambiguities which have been derived from man’s role in
creating
‘Frankenstein’ depicts the inter-relationship of man with science and technology through the perspective that science has allowed humans to become closer to God through their understanding of nature and even their control of it. Shelley uses romanticism to communicate this perspective clearly demonstrated in Volume Two.
In this volume Frankenstein is in the Alps and mentions that “the sound of the river raging among the rocks, and the dashing of the waterfalls around, spoke of a power mighty as Omnipotence- and I ceased to fear”. This quote illustrates the romanticism used by Shelley to promote the idea of science getting humans closer to
God as we are bombarded with constant natural imagery, first of the river, then the waterfall. This evokes a feeling of natural beauty through the imagery of water in which evokes a sense of pureness. This is heightened further by the reference to the power of nature as the mention of Omnipotence allows the natural beauty to transcend that of the world and we develop a sense that this setting is as if it
The creature is further humanised through its actions to help the cottagers. “I cleared their path from the snow and performed those offices that I had seen done by
Felix.” The kind actions of the creature humanise him as he feels empathy and connection towards humans and even love. The connection that the creature feels towards the cottagers heightens his humanisation as he completely overturns the judgements that were previously bestowed upon him and it appears from the creature’s actions thus far that he is acting not just as human as human but more than human, as if angelic. This idea is developed as he watches over the cottagers and helps them around their daily business like an angel would. From the humanisation of the creature this refers to moral ambiguities that arise from science and technology as the question arises of whether we can create life and classify it as human or as science and also what values can we base our judgements of who is human and who is not. Overall, it depends on a person’s perspective to