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    Analyse how Frankenstein and Blade Runner imaginatively portray individuals who challenge the established values of their time. An individual can challenge conventional ideals in society in their time. The novel‚ Frankenstein by Mary Shelley in 1818 and the film‚ Blade Runner‚ directed by Ridley Scott in 1982‚ incorporate characters‚ which challenge ethics in their society. They challenge values of dependent responsibility and the fundamentals of being human. A dependent is like a parent‚ someone

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    ------------------------------------------------- How has the context affected the treatment of the concepts of nature and transgression in the texts under study? In comparing the treatment of the myriad of enduring issues and concepts explored in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818) and Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner (1982)‚ the influence of their vastly different contexts is impossible to overlook. Despite their radically different context and genre informed approaches‚ Blade Runner and Frankenstein ultimately come to what

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    English Sample Thesis: Such universal values explored in Frankenstein and Blade Runner do not change over time‚ it is merely our perceptions The dangers of knowledge and science in the hands of flawed and short-sighted humans Frankenstein * 19th Century = Age of enlightenment‚ Romanticism‚ * Shelley points out the dangers of man’s obsession with immortality and how it blinds Frankenstein of his morals * Throughout Frankenstein‚ the reader is left with the feeling that Victor’s obsessive

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    camera techniques and other film features. All these elements of cinematography synthesise to create an effective portrayal of the unifying theme. <br> <br>In Bladerunner the most prominent element of cinematography is mise en scéne. It generates a context for the film and therefore makes the plot and themes acceptable. To set an appropriate scene different variables need to be controlled. These variables include location‚ props‚ lighting and colour. In general the location of the plot is in the vast

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    lady on the advertising screen and the Asian street vendors Shows concerns of the time Asianisation Industrialisation Police headquarters – first origami figure (chicken) Replaying of Leon’s VK test Provides a way for Scott to establish context of the film Positions the audience to dislike the replicants Portrayed as malicious and violent Scientific jargon – increases authenticity Leon’s apartment – second origami figure (man) Eye laboratory Extreme conditions – cold Reflects environments

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    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 within the context of humankind’s

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    Perfect Frankenstein + Blade Runner Essay The texts‚ Frankenstein and Blade Runner reflect changing contextual values; however the treatment of content remains the same. Mary Shelley’s didactic Frankenstein published in 1818 centres on scientific advancement of the Industrial Revolution‚ as presented through a consolidation of Gothic and Romantic elements in response to the shifting paradigms of the Enlightenment Age. Similarly‚ Blade Runner directed by Ridley Scott in 1982‚ transforms the notions

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    The future is now. Robots control the job market. Amazon Go has hunted cashiers to extinction. There are now fewer and fewer jobs a robot cannot do better. You feel threatened. This isn’t the future we rushed forward at 88 miles per hour towards…was it? Fortunately‚ as of right now‚ no. Robotic automation is a looming threat‚ and some counter that threat with a concept called Universal Basic Income‚ or UBI. UBI aims to provide a source of livable income to those who generally cannot work. In relation

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    Through his observations‚ Joseph Campbell discovered a pattern called the Hero’s Cycle‚ in which no matter the culture all heroes follow. In the book‚ Ender’s Game written by Orson Scott Card‚ the main character Ender follows the typical Hero’s Cycle. In Ender’s world the humans are planning to destroy their alien enemy the Buggers. When Ender was six years old the government sent him off to Battle School‚ the first step in making him into a someone that could command the human army against the Buggers

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    In Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?‚ the spaces between the real and the artificial‚ in this case colonizing humans and the colonized non-humans (also known as androids)‚ are negotiated through the planetary colonization program‚ the program which sent humans to space and created androids. The real‚ the humans‚ are viewed by the fake‚ the androids‚ as aggressors‚ while the humans view the androids as their personal slaves. As such‚ there is a clear distinction between the real and the fake within

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