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Introduction Good morning/afternoon Miss Tspanos and fellow classmates. Today I will be carrying out a detailed comparison and clear analysis of how context affects the perception of how people receive texts over time by comparing values, ideas and language form .The two texts that I will be relating to the given question are Merry Shelly’s 1818 chilling novel of Frankenstein and Ridley Scott’s 1992 directors cut of blade runner. Both of the chosen texts present to time separate audiences on how the excessiveness and promotion of science and technology in substitute to the role of god and what consequences inturn follow .In both text humanity is portrayed as having taken science research to a point beyond return and in turn society has been left to deal with it consequences as whole. Romanticism Frankenstein or the modern Prometheus as its known features both the gothic and romantic elements. Both of these elements especially romanticism have been placed deliberately throughout the plot in a particular way offering the audience of that time something they can relate to themselves .Between the 18th and 19th century a romantic movement had risen which would be embraced by the artists, pouters and writers to transform their work in a way they never thought possible. Romanticism was plainly a movement against old laws and ethics which prevented people from thinking out side the box, enlightment thinking, or mentioning anything that was proposed to be against logic. In short the Romantic Movement gave people the opportunity to detach themselves from old ethics and beliefs in search for a more imaginative and innovative future not bound by logic. Many of the writers and pouters had notably responded to the movement by including many elements of romanticism in their work from settings ,tones ,themes and personalities. Merry shelly contributed to this movement by including numerous elements of romanticism in her novel of Frankenstein in the form of the way characters in her tale seek redemption after reflecting upon themselves what wrong they have done in their life or what role they had played in their society eg. The character of victor is portrayed as having a selfless and obsessive personality towards society and his creation. Gothicism Gothicism can be closely referenced to Romanticism. It’s a genre of literature that combines elements of both Horror and romance. Mary Shelly’s novel of Frankenstein Contains elements of Gothicism eg. bloody murders and forbidding such as graveyards ,charnel houses and the way dead body parts have been gathered and horrifically amalgamed to create the demon. The 18th century was a period in time marked by the industrial revolution, mass production, faster means of travel and growing urbanisation. In Frankenstein both the creator and the creature are portrayed to us as having obsessive personalities, both endure pain and suffering and seek the destruction of one another. In gothic literature revenge is a common theme and serves as a major contributor in the direction her tale takes. Bladerunner film history and film noir Bladerunner is a film text based and filmed upon Philip dicks novel of “do androids dream of electric sheep' “Which was written in 1969 .The original studio version of the film was viewed to the public on 1982 but a directors cut version of the film was later released on 1992 which is the one featured in my study today . The directors cut featured some extra scenes and reedited scenes such as in the unicorn dream in the original occurs in the end whilst the directors cut has it placed in the middle. But the main difference is in the endings the original shows Deckard and Rachel driving off into the sunset, and a happy continuation to their relationship is strongly implied, in the directors cut it stops of after Rachel and Deckard get into the elevator in his apartment leaving the audience startled and puzzled. Blade runner is a science fiction film that explores ideas and important philosophical issues of our time such as human corruption, good vs. evil, the relationship between art and science and between technology and the human kind. The ideas implied in the film cause people to reckon with themselves of what just might happen to mankind if they progressed the way they are. In the period the film was made postmodernism was taking place which involved the rapid growth in science and communication technology and commercialism wish clearly heavily influenced the film in terms of the themes ,tone ,character personalities and environments that attributed in the film .examples of these attributes in the film of Blade runner is its setting ,its set in an urban environment ,height time, shadows ,dark alleys ,acid rain ,smoke ,cigarettes crime and corruption All highlight the crippling destruction society has plagued upon itself. The use of all these features is a technique called film noir and in French means black cinema which was mainly used in American films between the 1940’s and 1950’s. Ridley Scott’s ideas and arguments are presented in his film can be related to what was happening in the 80’s. At that time computers where being sold at a mass scale to businesses and people in first world Countries this demonstrated the gap between the rich and the poor. Also at that time global warming and deforestation where being brought up as important issues to be debated. Ridley Scott takes advantage of these keys issues and incorporates them into his film to create a menacing atmosphere of fear about where the world Could be heading if we continue blindly placing all our trust with Technology to make our life’s better and as it turns out many of these shortcuts cause damage to our atmosphere as portrayed in the film such as constant acid rain, smog, gaseous clouds and the overall darkness of the sky. This further gives the audience something to relate to through the use of these powerful visual Mediums. Texts in time comparison Both texts are products of relatively different times in the world both explored what seemed to be in the distant future somehow the writer and the director of the two texts have created something current audiences can resonant to. Frankenstein compared to blade runner contains not much of a difference. Frankenstein has Merry Shelly explores the vision of creating or resurrecting life something that seemed believable in the 18th and19th century when a scientist had claimed to have resurrected a dead corpse by the use of galvanisation. While Ridley Scott takes on the idea of cloning in relation to what was happening in the 19 where numerous animals where cloned such as frogs ,mice and the famous dolly the sheep. An important key factor in comparing these two texts is analysing the creations. Blade runners Roy bate and Frankenstein’s monster have both been abandoned by their creators and are introduced as an under estimated and lethal threatto the society which leaves them with no room to adapt. Bothtext highlight and elaborate on how society as whole abandons, exclude sand alienates any abnormality or any form of change. In blade runnerthis can be noticed when humanity is portrayed as being over run andinfested by loose science experiments discovering society for what it isconsumed by greed, hate and illusions. In Frankenstein the monster isviewed as a menace or nuisance to society as destruction and murderfollows it wherever it goes. In our current society these issues have not changed over time for the better this gives current society something to relate to and maybe solve. Both texts stress upon sending a clear warning to society against stretching the limits in search of knowledge or invention without taking heed to the consequences that may follow in retaliation. In my final conclusion to both Merry Shelly’s novel of Frankenstein and Ridley Scott’s movie Blade runner both convey to the audience a similar message even though they have been created at very different times meaning people have not taken heed to merry Shelly’s warning and Scott had tried to renew this warning using Bladerunner which is “not letting society get too ahead of itself with brake through technology and meddling with things in science research they have no business in”. Thank you for listening to my speech