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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probed‚ celebrated‚ mocked and forgotten in a haphazard cycle that has been classified as human nature. Through a comparison of Mary Shelley’s 19th Century didactic novel‚ ‘Frankenstein’ (the Modern Prometheus) and the director’s cut of Ridley Scott’s ‘Blade Runner’‚ a common conception of man’s place amongst nature is posed as being submissive to her dominance. Though each text shares the same values each represents its core concepts in a manner inimitable to its context‚ ultimately critiquing the respective
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Module A Essay Plan Introduction: - Texts; o Blade Runner – Ridley Scott (1982) o Frankenstein – Mary Shelley (1818) - Both texts deal with issues of nature‚ monstrosity‚ creator vs creation and man playing God‚ as well as challenging the notions of traditional humanity. - The issues dealt with in the text can be clearly linked with the context in which they were written. - Despite being written in different centuries one can draw clear links between
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Describe the film techniques (visual and aural) that are used to convey these values and ideas * Describe how the themes represent the directors (Ridley Scott) context After you have analysed Blade Runner they are to find excerpts (chapters or events) from Frankenstein and conduct the same analysis; * Summarise the scene * Outline the values or ideas that are present in the scene * Describe the language techniques that are used to convey these values and ideas * Describe how
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Frankenstein Blade Runner Essay Analyse how ‘Frankenstein’ and ‘Blade Runner’ Imaginatively portray individuals who challenge the established values of the time. In your response‚ refer to both excerpts below. i) ‘Slave‚ I before reasoned with you‚ but you have proved yourself unworthy of my condescension. Remember that I have powers‚ you believe yourself miserable‚ but I can make you so wretched that the light of day will be hateful to you. You are my creator‚ but I am your master;-obey
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Intro There are many parallels between Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818) and Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner (1982). They both explore major questions about the nature of being human‚ personal identity and whether or not people should “play god” by creating other life. They share the technique of interior narrative‚ so we understand what the major characters are thinking and what the motivations are for their actions. However‚ while the big questions about human nature may not have changed substantially
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Part 2—Integrative Problem Exchange Rate Behavior As an employee of the foreign exchange department for a large company‚ you have been given the following information. Beginning of Year Spot rate of £ = $1.596 Spot rate of Australian dollar (A$) = $.70 Cross exchange rate: £1 = A$2.28 One-year forward rate of A$ = $.71 One-year forward rate of £ = $1.58004 One-year U.S. interest rate = 8.00% One-year British interest rate = 9.09% One-year Australian interest rate = 7.00% 1. Determine whether
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Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’ and Ridley Scott’s ‘blade runner How has the context of each of the composers affected the representation of their respective worlds an the place of nature in these world? Context is something that should be considered when exploring how composers represent their respective worlds and the role of nature in it‚ in this essay I will explore techniques used by the composers to convey messages about nature in their texts and how it is subject to the context in which
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In what ways does a comparative study accentuate the distinctive contexts of Frankenstein and Blade Runner? Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner are texts that explore the same underlying anxieties and values in humanity. Even though they are constructed nearly 200 years apart‚ the same feelings exist. At the time of composition‚ and‚ through their literary work‚ the authors examine their place in the world. With the proliferation of scientific technology
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This paper will look at Ridley Scott’s use of distinctive characteristics from both science fiction and film noir‚ in the multi-generic film Blade Runner. In order to do this‚ we must first establish what the main characteristics are for film noir and science fiction respectively. These can be divided into visual style‚ structure and narrational devices‚ plots‚ characters and settings and finally worldview‚ morality and tone. The reason why it is important to know these genres‚ is because genre
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