Who is the real monster? The structural form helps composers like Mary Shelley and Ridley Scott express how similar ideas are approached differently, considering changes in their context and intended audience. Are we who we think we are? Mary Shelley's gothic novel, Frankenstein (FR), published in 1818, and Ridley Scott's director-cut Si-Fi film, Blade Runner (BR), re-released in 1992, convey thematic similarities between "Discovery and advances towards science ” and “ What does it mean to be human? and BR expressed concern about the differences over a century By analyzing both texts through an internal narrative, we as an audience gain an understanding of what the main characters think and which Shelley and Scott's input of time is reflected in their characters. Shelley's novel FR and Ridley Scott's film BR explore similar thematic similarities while offering different value due to the composers and audiences changing contexts to suit the their times. However the form is expressed in a novel or a visual film, the themes and values are distinct in both texts. A Gothic novel from 1818, Frankenstein was written during the post-Enlightenment era, in the early 19th century. , which also challenged the traditional values of religion, advances in science and discovery took place. Shelley used Victor Frankenstein, a young enthusiast for science and discovery to indicate progress in science and discovery. Victor is on a quest to discover the secrets of Heaven and Earth, "It is the secrets of Heaven and Earth that I long to learn" in chapter 2 this quote is delivered, it symbolizes that Mary wants Victor to challenge the values of religion and advance his research in discovery. Shelley's use of science... the medium of paper... images linked to memories is vital to replicants and robots. Rachel, Tyrell's robot, provides a photo of her as a child alone with her mother. This image connects her thoughts that she "had" with her mother giving herself a close identity with her mother, however are they her memories or implants? Almost two centuries apart, Mary Shelley's novel FR and Fridley Scott's film BR share similar thematic similarities such as Discoveries and advances in science and what does it mean to be human? Similar ideas about interpreting God and having an identity are represented in different ways by Shelley and Scott, appropriate to the changing individual and audience context and visual forms of a novel and film. Each text presents similar themes and values using different structural forms, while presenting the real question of what it means to be human?
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