Uzername
B.S., M.S., M.A., Ph.D.
- Joined
- May 30, 2009
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- HSC
- 2011
I just wanted to ask a question about last year's Module A question: "Analyse how Frankenrunner imaginatively portray individuals who challenge the established values of their times."
For Frankenstein, you can mention Victor's transgression of the beliefs of the Romanticists (against the Enlightenment) and other things. But the established values in Blade Runner's context are things like 'greed is good'; a society living in technological upheaval. Tyrrell doesn't challenge any of these values of his time, in fact he actually reflects it: he artificially recreates humans and is only concerned with profit. So what does he challenge? I understand that he challenges the idea of what it is to be human, but isn't this value/idea universal & timeless, as opposed to being just from his established context?
For Frankenstein, you can mention Victor's transgression of the beliefs of the Romanticists (against the Enlightenment) and other things. But the established values in Blade Runner's context are things like 'greed is good'; a society living in technological upheaval. Tyrrell doesn't challenge any of these values of his time, in fact he actually reflects it: he artificially recreates humans and is only concerned with profit. So what does he challenge? I understand that he challenges the idea of what it is to be human, but isn't this value/idea universal & timeless, as opposed to being just from his established context?