English Advanced: Assessment Task 3 Comparative Study of Texts and Contexts: Frankenstein and Blade Runner William Meadley Dear Mr. Ridley Scott‚ I Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelly am writing to you after viewing ‘Blade Runner’. I became aware that your composition and my own‚ ‘Frankenstein’ 1818 are very similar in themes and ideas. I also noticed similarities between characters of both our compositions‚ which together evoke questioning within our audience. We‚ as artists feel strongly about
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Texts In Time: Blade Runner and Frankenstein Syllabus Students compare how the treatment of similar content in a pair of texts composed in different times and contexts may reflect changing values and perspectives. By considering the texts in their contexts and comparing values‚ ideas and language forms and features‚ students come to a heightened understanding of the meaning and significance of each text. Module A: Comparative Study of Texts and Context This module requires students to
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Defining Human How do we define "human?" This is a question that has become more difficult to answer day by day. With technological advances‚ the line between human and non-human has become blurred. In the movie Blade Runner‚ the distinct question of whether or not replicants can be classified as humans arises. The replicants are colons of humans‚ therefore‚ their behavior and actions are alike to those of humans. Nevertheless‚ these replicants do lack certain characteristics such as not having
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it would have reached an important landmark. What’s more‚ the Turing Test has been referenced many times in popular-culture portrayals of robots and artificial life – perhaps most notably inspiring the polygraph-like Voight-Kampff in the movie Blade Runner. It was also widely used in Alex Garland’s Ex Machina. An article on BBC explains that more often than not‚ these fictitious illustrations falsify the Turing Test‚ turning it into a measure of whether a robot can pass for human. The original Turing
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effectively explore the elements which constitute humanity and convey similar warnings regarding the future of mankind through the use of representations within varying forms of texts. The novel Frankenstein (F) by Mary Shelly composed in 1818‚ and film Blade Runner (BR) directed by Ridley Scott in 1982‚ embody the above notions. A comparative study of these texts reveals that‚ despite the fact that the context of composition moulded both works‚ the distinct universal ideologies embedded within each text consisting
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep in comparison to Blade Runner The novel‚ ‘Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep’‚ written by Philip K. Dick in 1968‚ explores the bleak life of San Francisco‚ in the aftermath of World War Terminus. The text presents the struggle of humans as they tussle to retain their humanity in a world dependent on artificial ‘mood organs’ and ‘empathy boxes’‚ which allow them to experience feelings- an event that no longer occurs naturally. Several characters in the text undergo
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How does a comparative study of Blade Runner and Frankenstein bring to the fore ideas about responsibility? “It is easy to dodge our responsibilities‚ but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.” – Josiah Charles Stamp The consequences of our actions usually far outweigh the conditions that responsibility places of humanity’s shoulders‚ yet we still manage to neglect the very things that are ingrained in our life. A parents’ embrace‚ nurturing and education is what
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Human relationships‚ and humanity’s understanding of the wild‚ are shaped and reflected in Blade Runner‚ by Ridley Scott‚ and in Brave New World (Aldous Huxley) through their composers’ use of the contrast between true nature and the wild. The human relationship with the wild is tenuous‚ and this is shown within both texts. More often than not‚ nature is understood simply as a force to be dominated‚ controlled or exploited for the benefit of humanity. The new wild is one created by human society
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suspenseful and have beautiful on-screen picture since no one would be entertained by a long‚ dull‚ confusing movie. The novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? experienced this firsthand when it was stripped and redrawn into its sister movie‚ Blade Runner. Although much of the original story is preserved‚ several aspects of its original plot were omitted‚ and new ones were added. The
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to more accurately connect to their context‚ and reflect the concerns and values of the time. Through the comparative study of Mary Shelley’s 1818 gothic novel Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus and Ridley Scott’s 1981 neo-noir cyberpunk film Blade Runner (Director’s Cut)‚ one can observe how in these two didactic and prescient tales‚ ideas of the dangers of unrestrained scientific progress and the Promethean overreaching of man are explored‚ with differences in values presented reflecting the different
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