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    Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep/ Blade Runner (symbolism) Often times novels and movies are written and produced and most generally all include some type of symbolism. Types of symbolism can be shown through a physical item or even an idea. Symbolism can be used to shape one specific character or a society as a whole. In Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep‚ symbolism is best shown through Mercerism‚ the almost Godly figure in this novel. Much like God‚ Wilbur Mercer created this religion and

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    Frankenrunner Final Notes Context Frankenstein Bladerunner 1818 Romanticism – rejection of the Enlightenment‚ celebration of nature and creativity Galvanism‚ electricity‚ genetic engineering Locke‚ Rousseau – blank slate theories Wollstonecraft – feminism Godwin – criminalisation of the mind Shelley’s parents were radical idealists‚ brought up in a high minded household. 1982 Globalisation Consumerism/capitalism Environmental degradation (starting from Rachel Carson’s 1961 ‘Silent

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    texts via use of women‚ the environment and natural sexuality. Women are often seen from Romanticist perspective as givers of life‚ all that is natural and to be valued. Women are part of nature therefore are objects of which the society of blade runner and the Character Victor within Frankenstein repress and objectify. Few women are present within the film bladerunner all of which are used and abused by the dystopian society. Rachael is treated as “nothing more than experiment”‚ a product to

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    Despite being created in different political‚ social and cultural paradigms‚ a comparative study of Mary Shelley’s classic novel Frankenstein and Ridley Scott’s sci-fi cult film‚ ‘Blade Runner the Directors Cut’ reveals similar concerns and issues which are still relevant to a modern audience. Both Blade Runner and Frankenstein were written centuries apart‚ both being passed on Milton’s four century old epic poem‚ Milton’s Paradise Lost. This continuum of consideration highlights the continued significance

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    John D’Augustine-Mudd Mr. Williams English 12 17 March 2017 The Archetypal Struggling Writer: A Biographical Analysis Of Philip K Dick and The Man In The High Castle Philip K Dick was one of the most brilliant science fiction writers of the past 50 years‚ even if he only received widespread renown after his early death. He is the archetype of a struggling writer‚ his best work‚ The Man In The High Castle‚ came relatively early in his long and financially poor career. It is a gripping‚ alternative

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    Texts in time convey values of their respective contexts that contain dire warnings through time‚ do you agree with this statement? Evaluate how this message may be apparent in Frankenstein and Bladerunner. Texts entail values proportional to their milieu. Composers of each era analyze and inquire the potential consequences of what their societies deem as progress. Composers Mary Shelley and Roy Batty‚ in their respective texts‚ Frankenstein‚ a gothic-based epistolary novel‚ and Bladerunner‚

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    Due to differing contexts‚ Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Riddely Scott’s Blade Runner explore overarching themes in diverse ways. Exploration of these themes in light of the context of the texts reveals the underlying warnings present in both Frankenstein and Blade Runner. As a result‚ comparison of the two texts leads to a greater understanding of these themes‚ including nature‚ technological advancements and the notion of humanity. The natural world is explored throughout the texts in such

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    2010 English (Advanced) Paper 2: Texts in time Band 6 student sample Analyse how Frankenstein and Blade Runner imaginatively portray individuals who challenge the established values of their time. | Mary Shelley’s seminal novel Frankenstein and Ridley Scott’s cult classic film Blade Runner express the contextual concerns of the post-industrial and post modern eras respectively. Where Shelley’s novel operates as a Gothic expression of the conflicting paradigms of Romantic idealism and Enlightenment

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    setting in Blade Runner. Through the establishment of setting in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner (directors cut)‚ a medium is provided by which the characters and message behind the text can develop by means of various cinematic techniques and diverse settings. Situated in the year 2019‚ Blade Runner is within the near future‚ no more than a generation for viewers in both our context‚ and the context in which it was released (originally 1892 then the directors cut released in 1992). In Blade Runner‚ the

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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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