ii) The play‚ “Juno and Paycock”‚ by Sean O’ Casey is another comparative text I have studied under the theme of poverty. It is set in the inner city of Dublin during the Irish Civil War. It centres on how does the poverty affect the Boyle family members living in a two-room tenancy in a tenement house at the time of when Dublin had some of the worst slums in Europe. The key moment of the play which draws my attention to the chosen theme is the scene where Juno Boyle told her husband‚ Jack “Captain”
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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 of
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The creators of each abomination to ethics had different reasons for embarking on their projects. In Frankenstein‚ Victor Frankenstein wishes to test what he has learned from alchemists‚ and their ability to give life through chemistry. He uses various human body parts to construct a being‚ which he gives life to. When he discovered that it was an ugly mistake he flees. As for Eldon Tyrell in Blade Runner‚ he created Replicants in an attempt to demonstrate the technology and genius to mass produce
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composers can be seen through various different texts throughout time. The novel Frankenstein‚ written by Mary Shelly and the film Blade Runner‚ directed by Ridley Scott although composed over 150 years apart share this common question. The storyline‚ content and text type while vastly different‚ address similar themes and ideas concerning the ethical complications of science and technology. The gothic novel Frankenstein released in 1818 and written by Mary Shelley reflects the changes of society in
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Character Analysis: Roy Batty by RoyBoy Updated March 23rd 2003 Blade Runner has been errorneously labeled by some as lacking in character development. The film reviewer Roger Ebert notes in his review of the director’s cut‚ "It looks fabulous‚ it uses special effects to create a new world of its own‚ but it is thin in its human story." It should not surprise us that in the dehumanized world of Los Angeles 2019 the human story would be difficult to uncover. This sentiment is echoed in a thought
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The central theme of Bladerunner is the relationship between humanity and nature. More specifically it has a purpose in showing how science can negatively influence this fragile relationship. Set in Los Angeles of 2019 we see the decadence of western society into an inhumane harsh impersonal‚ technology-dominated realm. The inhabitants who fight for their daily survival are in desperate want for nature‚ contact with which is denied to them by the unrestricted scientific progress and the consequent
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The following is a critical essay of Mary Shelley’s "Frankenstein" and Charlotte Bronte’s "Jane Eyre" using Romanticism as a basis. I decided that I would pick those aspects of romanticism that I found most prevalent and interesting in the texts. After reading these stories‚ I realized that there were many ideas relating to Romanticism in the texts‚ some of them being variations of its definition; yet‚ they relate nonetheless. Nature is a common theme in Romanticism. There is often an increasing
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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 Bouriana Zakharieva’s essay‚ Frankenstein of the Nineties: The Composite Body‚ Kenneth Branagh’s 1994 film version of Mary Shelley’s novel‚ Frankenstein is discussed and examined in relation to its literary counterpart. A more recent film that seems to parallel the novel is Colin Trevorrow’s 2015 film‚ Jurassic World. The film is about a theme park that has created a genetically modified‚ hybrid dinosaur called the Indominus Rex. There are many similarities between the film and Shelley’s nightmarish
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While all texts originate from the imagination of their composer‚ they also explore and address the issues of their contexts. This is clearly the case with Mary Shelley’s gothic novel Frankenstein (1818) which draws upon galvanism and the industrial movement and Ridley Scott’s film Blade Runner (1992) which has been heavily influenced by Thatcherism and Reagonomics. Despite there being over 150 years between their compositions both these texts explore several common themes such as mankind’s loss
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