I just found my assignment sheet for this module from earlier in the year. The question is:
How do Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, composed in different times and context, reflect changing values and perspectives?
I guess, this is an example of question which...
Yeah, although values of love and friendship is also evident in Blade Runner since you see the response from Roy when Pris is killed. But yes, these values aren't shown by the actual humans in Blade Runner, unlike in Frankenstein, with Victor as an exception of course..
And yes, 'MAY' is the centre of gravity for these two texts, haha. (Yes, I did steal that wording from one of the texts in Area of Study yesterday :-p ) I discovered that yesterday when I first found this thread, so yes, 'sall good, I understand it all now, just gotta study it. :)
I don't...
Well, the Module is 'Comparative Study of Texts and Context' so obviously we'd have to refer to context. Also, the rubric states, "By considering the texts in their contexts and comparing values, ideas and language forms and features, students come to a heightened understanding of the meaning...
But I'm confused as to how you CAN agree with the syllabus, well, fully anyways, since the two main differences are that Frankenstein shows a world that values nature, while Blade Runner doesn't. Personally, I can't see many more differences except that perhaps Blade Runner is perhaps.. more...
Thanks for this, guys. I've been struggling with this module in the same regard. I understand that the world and the culture that are presented in each text reflect changing values and perspectives, but nothing much else. The morals and ethics in my opinion are very similar. However, question...