Taylor Culmone Mrs. Gomes English 4AP 4A/C November 29‚ 2010 Huxley introduced the use of recreational drugs into everyday life for their sole purpose of creating artificial happiness. The utilization of soma formed another world for the consumers to live in‚ a world full of happiness and euphoria: “By this time the soma had begun to work. Eyes shone‚ cheeks were flushed‚ the inner light of universal benevolence broke out on every face in happy‚ friendly smiles” (Huxley 81). Is this where 21st
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technology? Or do you think that all inventions of scientists are worthwhile for humanity? Of course‚ lots of these inventions are helpful and useful. Also‚ some of them have created new periods in past. They played a big role for coming modernity. However‚ there are some inventions that seem very effective but they have brought new problems for humanity and environment. Especially‚ at the beginning of an invention‚ people don’t realize that it will become big problem. Nowadays‚ people are taking notice of
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Texts in Time Analyse how Frankenstein and Blade Runner imaginatively portray individuals who challenge the established values of their time Timeless texts inevitably explore universal debates about core human values and the social significance of these values. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818) and Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner (1982) are two such timeless texts: both present arguments in favour of enduring human values such as compassion‚ responsibility‚ empathy and humility‚ particularly
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also isn’t‚ “...content with merely hatching out embryos: any cow could do that.” (Huxley‚ p. 13) but they‚ “also predestine and condition. We decant our babies as socialized human beings‚ as Alphas or Epsilons‚ as future sewage workers or future… World controllers...” (Huxley‚ p.13). This way of accepting has worked‚ so far‚ on everyone except Bernard Marx. Through the way that Bernard acts and thinks he often experiences alienation. He is fast to refuse soma while others are fast to accept it. He
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“Although times change‚ human concerns about aspects of the world remain the same.” How do your prescribed texts considered together support or challenge this idea? Through the use of numerous techniques‚ the prescribed texts demonstrate that although times change‚ human concerns about aspects of the world remain the same‚ or very similar. This is apparent in a comparison of Mary Shelly’s novel‚ Frankenstein‚ and Ridley Scott’s film‚ Blade Runner. Techniques like imagery‚ atmosphere‚ camera angles
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Extreme Conditioning The citizens of the World State are conditioned to keep stability in their community. They are made to love the conditions of their jobs and castes‚ thus ending labor strikes and bringing a new definition of productivity to the World State. The emotional conditioning prevents insanity and negative feelings between people. The citizens are compliant with their government because of the moral conditioning. The conditioning of the World State citizens is in their best interests
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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
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Shelly and Scott reflect‚ nature and the natural world in the texts they create‚ Frankenstein and Blade Runner using literary devices and societal context. In Blade Runner‚ Scott uses the aspects of the 20th century tradition of dystopias and film noir as literary devices. Throughout Shelly’s work of Frankenstein‚ the romantic and sublime themes of the era are examined as literary devices. The appreciation for the natural wonder of the world is evident throughout Frankenstein when Shelly emphasises
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Blade Runner is a 1982 American neo-noir tragic sci-fi film controlled by Ridley Scott and featuring Harrison Ford‚ Rutger Hauer‚ Sean Young‚ and Edward James Olmos. The screenplay‚ composed by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples‚ is an altered film adjustment of the 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick. The film portrays a tragic Los Angeles in November 2019 in which hereditarily built replicants‚ which are outwardly unclear from grown-up people‚ are produced by the capable
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MAC 170: INTRODUCTION TO FILM STUDIES ASSIGNMENT ONE – FILM ANALYSIS FILM CHOSEN: Blade Runner (1982) EXTRACT: INT – Sebastian’s Building‚ starting with the shot of Deckard climbing up the wall. Duration: 9 minutes (Chapter 30‚ Blade Runner: The Final Cut‚ 2007) The following essay will be a close analysis of an extract from the 1982 film Blade Runner‚ which was directed by Ridley Scott. Blade Runner is a science-fiction film based on the book ‘Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep’ which
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