Bladerunner‚ directed by Ridley Scott‚ focuses on one main issue: humanity. It is often said that the eyes are the windows to the soul‚ and it seems that Scott plays off of that in the closeup shots of the duplicate’s eyes as they are being tested. The main issue presented through the film is the controversy over whether or not the duplicates count as human. Scott’s use of lighting in the film is impeccable; predictive lighting‚ and the use of shadows really help add to the message of the film. On
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In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein‚ Victor Frankenstein and the monster that he creates are very similar. Frankenstein being a great man had his wants and needs even though he studied things that people thought to be ungodly and just wrong. Frankenstein creates the monster to be like himself although the monster has super human strength and is almost eight feet tall. Victor worked very hard trying to create the monster not noticing that he was creating the monster in his image. Victor not wanting to
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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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placed changes its purpose and allows it to be interpreted in a variety of ways. The function‚ perspective and audience of the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelly differs greatly to the film Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein by Kenneth Branagh in many ways. Importantly‚ Kenneth Branagh’s film was made for a more contemporary audience‚ reflecting modern concerns where as Frankenstein the novel was written in the context of the 18th century and dealt with the questions at that time. These differences can be seen
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become "god". Such examples are introduced in the following two stories: Frankenstein and "The birthmark". In both stories‚ the author created a character that was to symbolize the scientists of the early 19th centuries who believed that anything was possible with science. In "The Birthmark"‚ Hawthorne’s character Aylmer tries to remove his wife’s birthmark with his use of science but ends up killing her. While in Frankenstein‚ the protagonist Victor attempts to use science to create life but ends
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Though composed at different times‚ the themes portrayed in both Frankenstein and Blade Runner are evidently influenced by their own respective contexts – the early 19th century and late 20th century. These texts put forward an exploration of humanity and morality‚ the value of nature as well as individualism as these themes and values are perceived in each context. The nature humanity and morality is explored in Frankenstein and Blade Runner. The two texts feature a creator who is ultimately
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The characters John‚ from Brave New World‚ and the monster‚ from Frankenstein‚ both have very similar backgrounds. In both novels‚ the characters are treated very poorly in the societies they live in‚ and are considered outcasts. However‚ these characters also have some major differences. John and the monster both struggle with rejection but they differ in that John was given more control of his situation. In both novels‚ the main characters are totally rejected by those around them. This is made
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How are monsters created? The question whether people are born evil or are transformed has been around forever. The Creature from Frankenstein‚ written by Mary Shelley‚ and Grendel from Grendel‚ written by John Gardner‚ had similar situations. Grendel was a beast who had no communication with humans or any other living creature. He could understand the humans‚ but they could not understand him. He could not even communicate with his mom because she had forgotten the language long ago. He was isolated
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The Frankenstein book was a little long to read and not very interesting to me. The pictures were good to have to somewhat visualize what was going on‚ but otherwise the book was a waste of time to me. I could never really get into it very much making it difficult for me to read it without getting bored of it. We also just finished the movie today with Carrie Fisher which was weird not seeing her shooting a blaster at storm troopers‚ but that is beside the point. It did not follow the book that we
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Mary Shelley’s‚ ‘Frankenstein’ and Ridley Scott’s‚ ‘Blade Runner’ both take social fears and reflet them. They show aspects of Film Noir‚ Gothic literature‚ Romanticism‚ The impact of Science and natural philosophy‚ Crime fiction and Post modern literature. The two texts‚ although different in overall context‚ have many themes‚ ideas and values which closely link them to each other while still portraying differences. The image that I have chosen to portray these similarities and differences is a
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