Frankenstein and BR (1 Viewer)

[nat246]

i have a home work task to write about the universal themes in frankenstein and blade runner. also the power of those themes in regards to expressing the message of the text. i have to write about how they relate to society and why they are still relevant today. what issues do i bring up in my discussion?
thanks!

 

[stolenhotelpen]

For me, the main themes in Frankenstein and Bladerunner are:

-Justice/Injustice
-Nature of humanity
-Revenge

..of course there are more than this, but I personally feel you would be crazy to attempt to thoroughly cover more than 3 themes in a comparison essay for the HSC. I wouldn't be able to cover them well enough.

Each of these themes are relevant and also prelevant in films/literature currently. Therefore, they link to society in the past, present and most likely in the future.

I would branch from these themes. Hope this makes sense and is somehow helpful

 

[danal353]

i think you should talk about the universal themes present in the two texts and how a change of context may change the way a composer deals with a text, but underlying universal values and themes continue to remain.

e.g.
love
human connection
the state of humanity
the value of life

hope this helps =D

 

[k150764]

i have a home work task to write about the universal themes in frankenstein and blade runner. also the power of those themes in regards to expressing the message of the text. i have to write about how they relate to society and why they are still relevant today. what issues do i bring up in my discussion?
thanks!

Themes in BR/FR
include

isolation
notion of pursuits and quests
prometheus obsession
monstrosity

there are more, but these are some

 

[absorber]

i have a home work task to write about the universal themes in frankenstein and blade runner. also the power of those themes in regards to expressing the message of the text. i have to write about how they relate to society and why they are still relevant today. what issues do i bring up in my discussion?
thanks!

If there's room for some contrasting, contrast frankenstein's romantic love of nature with the post-modernist lack of anything natural at all (apart from doves) in Bladerunner

 

[Aerath]

But that's about all you have time for to talk about in 40 minutes anyway.

 

[M3riJaan]

If there's room for some contrasting, contrast frankenstein's romantic love of nature with the post-modernist lack of anything natural at all (apart from doves) in Bladerunner

Yeah you should contrast, a big part of the rubric is about how the values of the context can change, or how the composer expresses the same values in different ways.