Blade Runner And Frankenstein Comparison
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 desire to defeat nature, through the creation of another life, directly led to the many tragedies that befell him, "Learn from me, if not by my precept, at least by my example, how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge, and how much happier …show more content…
The benevolent nature of humans is pointed out through the Romantic imagery of Frankenstein’s parents as they are described as feeling a “necessity, a passion” to act as a “guardian angel to the afflicted.” However, Victor’s obsession to knowledge and science resulted in a collapse of morals and he rejects his creation simply from its appearance, “Unable to endure…I rushed out of the room…I sought to avoid the wretch” which shows us how society has defined human based on appearance. However, the monster himself does display intrinsic human qualities, which is demonstrated by the use of anaphora as he empathises, “when they were unhappy, I felt depressed; when they rejoiced, I sympathized in their joys”. And such honest and pure attributes are what allows him to be accepted by the blind old man, “I am blind and cannot judge of your countenance, but there is something in your words which persuade me you are sincere”. The blindness of the old man symbolises a literal blindness to superficiality which shows us that traditionally humans were defined by their understanding nature. However, Safie, Agatha and Felix, whom represent the future generation, do judge the monster by his appearance and treat him as exactly that, demonstrated through the rhetorical question and their reactions, “Who can describe their horror and consternation on beholding me? Agatha fainted, Safie, rushed out of the cottage…Felix…tore me from his father”. And it is through this collapse of morals of mankind over time which has led to a superficial definition of what it means to be
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 desire to defeat nature, through the creation of another life, directly led to the many tragedies that befell him, "Learn from me, if not by my precept, at least by my example, how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge, and how much happier …show more content…
The benevolent nature of humans is pointed out through the Romantic imagery of Frankenstein’s parents as they are described as feeling a “necessity, a passion” to act as a “guardian angel to the afflicted.” However, Victor’s obsession to knowledge and science resulted in a collapse of morals and he rejects his creation simply from its appearance, “Unable to endure…I rushed out of the room…I sought to avoid the wretch” which shows us how society has defined human based on appearance. However, the monster himself does display intrinsic human qualities, which is demonstrated by the use of anaphora as he empathises, “when they were unhappy, I felt depressed; when they rejoiced, I sympathized in their joys”. And such honest and pure attributes are what allows him to be accepted by the blind old man, “I am blind and cannot judge of your countenance, but there is something in your words which persuade me you are sincere”. The blindness of the old man symbolises a literal blindness to superficiality which shows us that traditionally humans were defined by their understanding nature. However, Safie, Agatha and Felix, whom represent the future generation, do judge the monster by his appearance and treat him as exactly that, demonstrated through the rhetorical question and their reactions, “Who can describe their horror and consternation on beholding me? Agatha fainted, Safie, rushed out of the cottage…Felix…tore me from his father”. And it is through this collapse of morals of mankind over time which has led to a superficial definition of what it means to be