Blade Runner and Frankenstein: A Comparison

Texts, in order to effectively convey a message, commonly reflect on social views, attitudes and contextual values. A comparison between Ridley Scotts sci-fi thriller weathervane stolon the Directors Cut and the bloody shame Shelleys classic gothic sassy Frankenstein will reveal that on that point argon elements of humankind disposition which will remain constant oer time. These devil texts reflect of the possibility of scientific and technological development and tutelage closely possible physical and moralistic consequences of this development.The seductive nature of friendship is explored in both(prenominal) texts as the fine line that separates man and giant is revealed as our capacity for true human emotion is questioned. As a critique of scientific and enlightened rationalism, Shelleys gothic text Frankenstein explores the dichotomy of the human condition as man is capable of both uncorrupted and evil. Waltons letters portray mans capacity for boldness and mora l blindness and foreshadow the subsequent folly committed by Dr Frankenstein. The sun is for ever visible, its broad disk just skirting the horizon, and spread a perpetual splendor Waltons sentimentalist ideals are position with his own arrogance as he refers to Shakespeares play Macbeth only if success shall crown my endeavors. Wherefore not? Shelleys intertextual allusion to Macbeth portrays the arrogance Walton holds about his voyages success. Just as Macbeth was ambition, so to does Walton lose his moral direction on his question for discovery. This aptitude is characteristic of romantic writers in the 1700s who in addition used to romantic writing styles to tell apart mans moral blindness.Similarly, Ridley Scott withal explores the moral blindness of humans as the pragmatism of the 80s is reflected though the loss of deity in the dystopian 2019 Los Angles. Through unified prosperity, Scott suggests that idol has been replaced by the creator, Tyrell. Nothing the god of bio-mechanics wouldnt let you in enlightenment for the direct allusion of Tyrell to the god of bio-mechanics reflects that Tyrell, as the owner of the supreme corporation on earth has been elevated to a god like status, reflecting the importance of corporate sanction in the 80s.As Roy confronts Tyrell, the creator plays with an extravagant, human like rig set, symbolic of his god like status over humans. Tyrells eyeball are hidden behind the glare of his glasses as he peers over the figures, his tone as he confronts Roy is arrogant as he states the light that burns twice as bright, burns half as long, and you have burned so bright the objectification of Roy dehumanizes and belittles the replicant and portrays Tyrells control and dominance over humanity. Humanity has been embedded with the capacity to celebrate the divinity of nature and this appreciation of the natural dry land is a key element of the human spirit.Shelleys text Frankenstein reflects the amatives pantheistic vi ew of god and nature as the two are inextricably linked. The Romantic popular opinion that god is revealed through the natural domain of a function is shown as Frankenstein takes solace in the sublime strike of nature. The vary tops whispered in soothing accents, and agnate nature bade me weep no more the personification of the wind and comparison of natural to a mother reflects the romantic influences over Shelley as nature is portray as divine and splendid. Similarly, other characters in the novel also marvel at the magnificence of nature.Walton, in his letters, reflects on the witness of the Artic on his voyage Sailing over a calm sea, we whitethorn be wafted to a land surpassing in wonders and in beauty every region hitherto discovered on the habitable clump Walton fascination with the discovery and exploration of the Artic also reproduces Shelleys romantic ideals, reflecting the romantic writers common pre-occupation with the unspoiled domain of the artic. The dangers o f circumventing the natural order are also explored in Ridley Scotts Blade Runner The Directors Cut. The text reflects how nature has been compromised for industrial profit of transnational corporations.The soaring oblique camera angle and the god-awful image of fire, works with the dramatic, eerie music at the beginning of the take aim to suggest the capitalistic world has destroyed the natural world for the intro of profit. The film noir technique used throughout the film adds a sniff out of alivenesslessness to the Los Angles environment and offers contrast to Frankenstein, where nature is respected and revered. Scott uses his text to didactically warn the audience about the degradation of the natural environment as the capitalist world of Los Angles and the on world colony has become spendthrift urban sp bleakl devoid of natural life.In Blade Runner, the natural world is represented by the breakdown of the physical environment. In Frankenstein, the natural world is broken down morally as the creator defies the natural order. in the end both texts caution against the perception that all progress is beneficial. Shelleys Frankenstein and Ridley Scotts Blade Runner each challenge human supremacy as the created is portrayed as moral, emotionally and physically superior to their creator. The Replicants in Scotts Blade Runner challenge this Darwinian view of human supremacy as, in contrast to the humans of LA 2019 they are emotive, compassionate and moral. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain the raw emotion shown by Roy as his image is silhouetted against filtered blue light life reflects the elements of humanity that have been lost in the dystopic world as the replicants are the only beings capable of true emotive, human behavior. Similarly, Shelleys Frankenstein portrays the reversal of the Darwinian Theory with Frankenstein creating a being superior physically and emotionally to man.Shelley uses the Romantic belief of the loss of innocence, shown in the inter-textual allusion to Miltons Paradise lost as the monster is portrayed as benevolent and being capable of both compassion and love, similar to man before his expulsion from the Garden of Eden. I ought to be thy Adam but I am rather the locomote angel, whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed the biblical allusion to Adam and the dumbfound portray the monsters human elements as he is shown as compassionate, intelligent and too-generous I was benevolent and good, misery made me a fiend severalize Frankenstein who seems incapable of showing human emotion.Shelley uses the rivalry between Victor and his savage to reflect the hostility between the devil and god in Miltons epic poem Paradise lost, Shelley was influenced by her husbands writing on the poem and used his general interpretation to present the antagonism between Frankenstein and his monster.Despite the different contexts of both Shellys Frankenstein and Scotts Blade Runner, each texts reflec ts similar themes and a further acquaintance and greater understanding of context enables the proofreader to hold a deeper appreciation of the texts. Both texts challenge our assumption that knowledge is beneficial and expose the physical and moral consequences of circumventing the natural order. However the two texts question our more primal practices as each they question to what issue our human nature has remained the same.