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Similarities Between Bladerunner And Frankenstein
Bladerunner and Frankenstein

Q. Changes in context and form offer fresh perspectives on the values of texts. How does Scotts Bladerunner reveal a new response to the values in Shelley’s Frankenstein?
Include the following: * Topic sentence * Context * Quote/techniques

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Thesis: In society, values are relatively constant overtime regardless of the changes in context. However underlying the transcending values, the perspectives of individuals in different contexts fluctuate as seen in Scotts Bladerunner and Shelley’s Frankenstein

Topic sentence(s): * Nature vs. Technology (the sublime) * Social Justice * Humanity * Prometheus

* Nature s. Technology (the sublime)

* Social justice:
Context and values relate to each other. In saying this, though context changes,
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* Legal justice is explored in characters such as Justine and how the creature manipulates law for his benefit. * Shelley is very critical of social status being structured around wealth and lineage. * the monster learns that you can have everything if you have money or you are a in a family of high status already

* Roy “fiery the angels fell” * The injustice of society is shown the Tyrell. A man who lives in grandeur while the people below in the city live in inhabitable conditions. * Tyrell is a greedy man, 2019 is ruled by big corporations, and there is no higher power above that of Tyrell Corporation. It is this greed that has destroyed the Earth but instead of refraining, Tyrell takes the greed to another level creating replicants to colonize other planets where humans can continue consuming.

* Parallels to Frankenstein: * Victor and Tyrell’s greed for knowledge * The creation of life/playing

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